SMALL TOURISM BUSINESS AND SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CHANGE——A Case Study of Xijie Road of Yangshuo County
BAO Ji-gang1, QIU Ji-qing1,2
1. Center for Tourism Planning and Research, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China;
2. College of Tourism, Chongqing Technology and Business University, Chongqing, 400715, China
Abstract：Small tourism business is the first place where the residents communicate with the tourists as well as the most frequently. So it is also the place where is infected by extra culture deeply. On the other hands, Small tourism business is regarded the symbol of the traditional culture of the community, which often shows the local cultural & consuetude in its service. So what is the function of the Small tourism business really in the social and culture change? The paper takes a case study on Xijie, Yangshuo to give detail analyze on this question.At the first part, the paper describes the varies of phenomenon on the social and culture change in Xijie after the development of tourism, such as the appearance of English culture on an old Chinese town, the change of view on marriage and the change of view on value. Then, the paper analysis the function of Small tourism business in this development from three areas:the first, one of the content of operation of Small tourism Business is the community of culture between Chinese and west; the second, the employee in Small tourism Business is the first group who affected by the external culture, then these employees spread the external culture when they community with other local people; the third, Small tourism Business is the flat roof that local people can be community with the tourists. To the local people, Small tourism Business is the easiest place that they can meet the tourists.Finally, though the case study on Xijie road of Yangshuo county, the paper draws a conclusion the small tourism business accelerates and promotes the community's social and cultural change directly.
保继刚, 邱继勤. 旅游小企业与旅游地社会文化变迁:阳朔西街案例[J]. 人文地理, 2006, 21(2): 1-4,54.
BAO Ji-gang, QIU Ji-qing. SMALL TOURISM BUSINESS AND SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CHANGE——A Case Study of Xijie Road of Yangshuo County. HUMAN GEOGRAPHY, 2006, 21(2): 1-4,54.
