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| THE REVIEW OF THE MODEL OF TOURISM CREATIVE DESTRUCTION |
| XIAO You-xing1,2,3 |
1. Tourism College of Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China;
2. Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China;
3. Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China |
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Abstract This paper reviewes the model of tourism creative destruction in the field of tourism impacts and tourism evolution. The model is constructed on the basis of the thought of Schumpeter, an American economist, and Harvey, an American geographer. The model is tested in the community of St. Jacobs, a picturesque village located in the heart of Ontario's Mennonite country,as well as Niagara-on-the-Lake and Elora situated in Canada,and Luzhi and Tongli in China. The model is a useful tool for geographers and planners who are interested in guiding the development of communities in rural areas. After reviewing the theory basis and social background of the model of creative destruction,The paper reviewes the progress of the model of tourism creative destruction from several aspects. Firstly,the model makes entrepreneurial spirit,commercialization and innovation as the main motive of tourism impact and tourism evolution. Secondly, the model emphasizes the power of capital and stresses the capital on the leading index in the interaction among the tourism stakeholders. Thirdly, the model indicates that the tourism impact and tourism evolution is a process of destruction with creation which have the circulation of creation, destruction, creation and destruction. Fourthly, the model uses multiple-index to decide the stages of the model, including tourists' number and type, residents' attitude, tourism stakeholders, an d main landscape. The indexes reflect every aspect of tourism impact and tourism evolution from different angels. Finally, the authors point out that the change of the indexes in the model is non-linear. For example, the capital investment is more and more by the stage; the number of post-tourists grows by the stage; the authentic heritage seekers increase from pre-commoditization stage to advanced commoditization stage and decreases afterwards; the local people's attitude get more and more negative from pre-commoditization stage to advanced destruction stage but more and more positive afterwards.
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Received: 23 March 2010
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2010, Vol. 25 
