Version 1
: Received: 21 October 2022 / Approved: 26 October 2022 / Online: 26 October 2022 (09:21:11 CEST)
Version 2
: Received: 6 January 2023 / Approved: 6 January 2023 / Online: 6 January 2023 (10:06:05 CET)
How to cite:
Tang, M.; Xu, H. Culture Integration and Rural Tourism Development: A Scoping Literature Review. Preprints2022, 2022100406. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202210.0406.v2
Tang, M.; Xu, H. Culture Integration and Rural Tourism Development: A Scoping Literature Review. Preprints 2022, 2022100406. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202210.0406.v2
Tang, M.; Xu, H. Culture Integration and Rural Tourism Development: A Scoping Literature Review. Preprints2022, 2022100406. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202210.0406.v2
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Tang, M., & Xu, H. (2023). Culture Integration and Rural Tourism Development: A Scoping Literature Review. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202210.0406.v2
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Tang, M. and Hongzhang Xu. 2023 "Culture Integration and Rural Tourism Development: A Scoping Literature Review" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202210.0406.v2
Abstract
Rural tourism plays an increasing role in maintaining sustainable rural development. In-11 tegrating culture into rural tourism is multifaceted. Local communities have often been regarded as 12 homogeneous, and different voices within them are selectively presented or re-interpreted by pow-13 ers. A better understanding of how and why cultures are integrated into rural tourism is urgently 14 needed. This paper aims to investigate (1) the aims and motives of tourism managers to integrate 15 cultural concepts into rural tourism; (2) who has participated in the cultural integration process; and 16 (3) how cultures have been integrated into rural tourism. Based on a scoping literature review, we 17 found that cultures could add more attractions, such as historical heritage, artwork, cultural land-18 scape, customs, food, and language, to the natural landscape and bring more tourists to rural areas. 19 However, integrating cultures into rural tourism is not always successful. Conflicts of interest 20 among different stakeholders are also often found. Some of the worst cases of cultural integration 21 have even destroyed the original natural landscape and local cultures. While cultural integration is 22 complicated, injustice and perverse effects do not have to be a consequence of integrating cultures 23 into rural tourism. Multi-way communication among tourism providers, managers, and consumers 24 can mitigate disruptive outcomes and unlock positive social outcomes.
Social Sciences, Tourism, Leisure, Sport and Hospitality
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This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Commenter: Hongzhang Xu
Commenter's Conflict of Interests: Author