Open AccessThe impact of tourism across the Taiwan Strait on the Taiwanese identity
Author(s) -
Qianqian Li
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of finance research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2591-7145
pISSN - 2591-7137
DOI - 10.26549/jfr.v1i1.604
Subject(s) - tourism , identity (music) , politics , value (mathematics) , mainland china , mainland , democratization , development economics , political science , political economy , china , economy , economic growth , sociology , economics , geography , democracy , physics , archaeology , acoustics , machine learning , computer science , law
Nowadays, the search for identity in Taiwan has been more significant today compared to the past because political parties have been attempting to use Taiwanese identity to impact the political loyalty, the democratization as well as language. Based on current situation of tourism cross-Straits, this paper respectively analyzes its economic value, political value as well as cultural value on Taiwanese identity. This paper finds that due to a series of strategies adopted by Tsai’ government, tourism does not make a big difference in Taiwan’s economy, hence, the interdependence of tourism does not remarkably diminish Taiwanese identity from the perspective of economic value. Furthermore, according to the current perceptions of Taiwanese to Mainland tourists, tourism across Taiwan Strait makes slight influence on Taiwanese identity. Consequently, the current effect of using tourism as an economic lever to encourage political unification is extremely rough and tenuous. Besides, to some extent, currently tourism is likely to produce greater social and cultural alienation among Taiwanese, which makes a contribution to boost Taiwanese identity. However, the result can be reverse with the current improvement of education and the quality of Chinese and admiration of China’s remarkable development.