eprintid: 10157534
rev_number: 10
eprint_status: archive
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datestamp: 2022-10-17 14:44:32
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type: article
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sword_depositor: 699
creators_name: Chen, Peipei
creators_name: Zhang, Min
creators_name: Wang, Ying
title: Beyond displacement: the co-existence of newcomers and local residents in the process of rural tourism gentrification in China
ispublished: pub
divisions: C04
divisions: F39
divisions: B04
divisions: UCL
keywords: Rural tourism gentrification, displacement, host-guest relationship, local residents, newcomers, China
note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
abstract: The arrival of an increasing number of newcomers to rural areas has contributed to rural tourism gentrification, the sustainable development of which requires the co-existence of gentrifiers and local residents. While current research in gentrification and tourism studies highlights one-way power relations–highlighting the privileged position of either newcomers or local residents, few scholars have explored the more complex power relations between them. To address that gap, this study explores how Rural Tourism Makers (RTMs), a group of middle-class urbanites who lead the process of rural tourism gentrification in China, negotiate to co-exist with local residents. Through participant observation and in-depth interviews, the study captures a holistic picture of the relationships between RTMs and local residents in the Chinese context, which goes beyond direct displacement. Although RTMs have brought indirect displacement to local residents, local people have not become victims of rural tourism gentrification. Instead, they benefit from rural tourism development opportunities. Meanwhile, RTMs have compromised to adapt to the Renqing society in rural China, in which local residents are supported by a strong social network. The findings demonstrate new forms of indirect displacement and respond to the specifics of rural places in tourism gentrification studies in rural China.
date: 2024
date_type: published
publisher: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
official_url: https://doi.org/10.1080/09669582.2022.2112201
oa_status: green
full_text_type: other
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 1973531
doi: 10.1080/09669582.2022.2112201
lyricists_name: Wang, Ying
lyricists_id: YWAAX53
actors_name: Stacey, Thomas
actors_id: TSSTA20
actors_role: owner
funding_acknowledgements: 201606190236 [China Scholarship Council]; [Research Mobility Programme from Worldwide Universities Network]; [Dudley Stamp Memorial Award from the Royal Geographical Society]
full_text_status: public
publication: Journal of Sustainable Tourism
volume: 32
number: 1
pagerange: 8-26
pages: 19
citation:        Chen, Peipei;    Zhang, Min;    Wang, Ying;      (2024)    Beyond displacement: the co-existence of newcomers and local residents in the process of rural tourism gentrification in China.                   Journal of Sustainable Tourism , 32  (1)   pp. 8-26.    10.1080/09669582.2022.2112201 <https://doi.org/10.1080/09669582.2022.2112201>.       Green open access   
 
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