Open AccessThe Development of Tourism Industry and Its Impact to Dali Erhai Lake Region
Author(s) -
Wei Yang,
Sukanya Aimimtham,
Chuanchen Bi
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of recent technology and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2277-3878
DOI - 10.35940/ijrte.c1246.1083s219
Subject(s) - tourism , china , poverty , theme (computing) , ecotourism , tourism geography , citizen journalism , economic growth , political science , geography , regional science , economics , computer science , law , operating system
Tourism, been regarded as one the most useful vehicle for the enhancing the local economic development worldwide. China, especially after President Xi announced the precision poverty alleviation policy in 2013, the contribution from tourism is outstanding. Tourism in Dali Erhai lake region, has been operated for over 40 years, however, from 2016, the tourism development has been decreased till now. This paper focus on the development of tourism industry, and its impact, especially why under national precision poverty alleviation policy, this area tourism development has been decreased. Specifically, this paper divided into three themes based on the focused topic. The first theme overviews the tourism development in China, and Dali Erhai lake. The second theme applied participatory observation, semi-structure interview and focus group technic to explore the impact, especially the impact from tourism policy towards Dai Ehai lake. The last theme for this paper offers the academic discussion for balancing the tourism development and environment conservation by using tourism policy Key words: Tourism policy, Impact, Natural B