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Study On The Evolution Of Changes In The Livelihoods Of Ethnic Communities Of Tourism

Posted on:2021-02-21Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:X Y ZhangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2439330629988685Subject:Tourism Management
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There's a growing cult of driving economy growth by promoting tourism under the background of the rapid development of tourism.However,the government's support for the poverty alleviation policy in tourism has also made the tourism industry in ethnic areas to promote the local economic growth.The development of tourism has affected the local economy and society,thus the local livelihood situation has also changed.In fact,in the process of livelihood changes,the complex interest conflicts brought about by the development of ethnic tourism attract the attention of the government and academia.Since the concept of sustainable livelihoods has been proposed internationally,scholars at home and abroad have launched a large number of studies on tourism impact from the perspective of sustainable livelihoods,and internationally,it is generally believed that tourism development research under the dimension of sustainable livelihoods is a key to poverty reduction,which has great practical significance.Based on this,this paper uses sustainable livelihoods as the research framework,and determines the core of the research is "the livelihood changes of ethnic communities under the influence of tourism",in order to discuss and analyze the livelihood changes in the domestic tourism development environment by referring to domestic scholars how sustainable livelihoods exist in the livelihood changes of ethnic communities,and how community residents perceive the livelihood results under the influence of tourism.The article takes Labrang Town,Xiahe County,Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture as an example,collects and organizes relevant data,and conducts field investigations many times in case sites,and obtains valuable first-hand data.Based on research methods such as surveys,by constructing a community-based sustainable livelihood analysis and evaluation index system that suits the case,it analyzes the specific livelihood changes of ethnic communities under the influence of tourism from multiple indicator levels,and analyzes the perception of community livelihood results under tourism influence which leads to the following conclusionThe main changes in the livelihood changes of ethnic communities are as follows:1.In terms of livelihood strategies,ethnic communities have shifted from primary industries such as planting and animal husbandry to tourism,with agriculture andanimal husbandry as the supplement.2.Ethnic tourism and poverty alleviation policies have a strong role in promoting community livelihood changes.3.The livelihood changes of ethnic communities are not instantaneous,but have gone through different stages of tourism development.During the process of tourism development,the way of livelihood of ethnic communities has also changed.This process has experienced many important time periods.4.From a personal level,community residents have developed new livelihood strategies under the influence of tourism.5.In terms of livelihood capital,tourism affects all aspects of the livelihood capital of ethnic communities.6."Tourism-type" livelihood strategies emerge with the development of tourism.When residents adopt "tourism-type" livelihood strategies,their livelihood changes are more prominent.On the basis of the above research,the paper analyzes the community residents' perception of the livelihood results,the conclusion is as follows:1.The residents' overall sustainable livelihood results showed a positive attitude.2.Residents have the most positive attitudes towards the two indicators of livelihood outcomes such as increased income and improved welfare.3.The difference in the notification of the livelihood results by the residents in terms of gender is small,and the residents with different educational backgrounds,ages and incomes have a big difference in the perception of the livelihood results.In order to improve the sustainability of community livelihoods and promote the coordinated development of communities and tourism,the article finally puts forward relevant suggestions from the government and community levels.
Keywords/Search Tags:tourism impact, sustainable livelihoods, Labrang Township, livelihood changes, livelihood outcomes
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