The Tourism Studies
Online ISSN : 2189-7530
Print ISSN : 1342-0208
ISSN-L : 1342-0208
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The Social Construction of Negative Heritage in Tourism Destination in China : The Case of Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County, Sichuan Province
Jinwei WANG
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2014 Volume 25 Issue 2 Pages 3-13

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Abstract
Negative heritage has recently attracted lots of attention and aroused heated discussions. The problem is that some of the discussions are based on perspectives out of the negative heritage sites, and thus being superficial and incomplete. In order to gain more information of the attitude of the community in the negative heritage sites and get deep thinking from the perspectives of residents, this paper discusses the concept of Negative Heritage, and also interviews the residents, tourists, and staffs of tourism industry and local government based on the theory of the Social Constructionism. Results show that, the interaction between every behavior sheds the emotion and politics on the negative heritage. Moreover, the construction is deeply affecting the protection and development of negative heritage.
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© 2014 Japan Institute of Tourism Research
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