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Informationen zum Autor Honggen Xiao, PhD., is Assistant Professor in the School of Hotel and Tourism Management at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR. His tourism interests include sociology of knowledge, scientific community, knowledge development, experiential learning, cultural studies, leisure, and China tourism. He is Calendar and Index Editor of Annals of Tourism Research , and has teaching and research experience from Hong Kong, Canada, Japan and mainland China. Klappentext 'Contemporary Perspectives on China Tourism' is an innovative and engaging collection which presents unique approaches and critical insights into the policy! development and management practices of tourism and hospitality in modern China. Zusammenfassung Contemporary Perspectives on China Tourism is an innovative and engaging collection which presents unique approaches and critical insights into the development and management practices of tourism in modern China. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of China Tourism Research. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 ...