Contemporary Perspectives on China Tourism (Hardcover)

Introduction: Contemporary Perspectives on China Tourism Honggen Xiao  1. Tourism Demand Modelling and Forecasting: A Review of Literature related to Greater China Gang Li  2. "Galloping Our Minds Beyond the Boundaries": Exploring Leisure in the Poetry of the Orchid Pavilion Gathering Thomas M. Lavallee and Libo Yan  3. Post-Olympic Tourist Experience: An Autoethnographic Perspective Songshan (Sam) Huang  4. Framework Suitability for Strategic Management in the Hospitality Industry: A Comparative Study Hong Shi  5. China Hotel Quality Competitiveness Assessment: A Quality Competition Index Approach Jianlan Zhong, Xueqiong Chen and Lijia (Karen) Xie  6. Tourism Development and Regional Quality of Life: The Case of China Fang Meng, Xiangping Li, and Muzaffer Uysal  7. Event Impacts Assessment: A Model Based on Media Content Analysis of Expo '99 Kunming and World Expo 2010 Shanghai Guangquan Dai, Jigang Bao, and Xin Chen  8. Repositioning Chinese Tourism Media Studies: A Sociocultural Perspective Grace Yan and Carla Almeida Santos  9. Hongcun, China?Residents’ Perceptions of the Impacts of Tourism on a Rural Community: A Mixed Methods Approach Huimin Gu and Chris Ryan  Conclusion: China Tourism Studies: Prospects and Paradigmatic Implications Honggen Xiao