A Study of a Riverside District Tourist Spot in China -A Case in Zhozhuang, Jiangsu-

Abstract

The writer visited a riverside tourist attraction called Zhozhuang village at Konan district in the southern part of China, twice in 2005 and 2006. The village gave me an impression different from that I get from Japanese tourist attractions. The Konan district, like riverside tourist attractions in Japan attempting to conserve their landscape, is trying to preserve the traditional scenery of the Zhozhuang village. My dissertation focused on viewpoints which the sightseeing guests have on the tourist spot. I have written about Zhozhuang villager's life style and tourist perspective. According to the results of the survey by questionnaire that I performed on residents of Shanghai, most of visitors to Konan district for sightseeing are composed of low-education low-income middle age people. In other words they represent the viewpoints of tourist to the Zhozhuang village.