Conducting Heritage Tourism-Led Urban Renewal in Chinese Historical and Cultural Urban Spaces: A Case Study of Datong

Heritage tourism-led urban renewal and regeneration has recently become a critical way of creating a city brand, designing tourism destinations, and attracting property developers and investors to cities. However, current practice points to a lack of proper understanding and consideration in preserv...

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Published inLand (Basel) Vol. 11; no. 12; p. 2122
Main Authors Lei, Hao, Zhou, Youmei
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.12.2022
Subjects
Analysis
Ancient cities
Authenticity
Brand identity
Case studies
Cities
Construction
Cultural heritage
Cultural resources
Culture
evaluation criteria
heritage tourism-led urban regeneration
historic urban landscape
History
intangible cultural heritage
landscape identity
Planning
Protection and preservation
R&D
Regulation
Research & development
Tourism
Travel industry
Urban areas
Urban environments
Urban regeneration
Urban renewal
Values
United Kingdom
China
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Summary:Heritage tourism-led urban renewal and regeneration has recently become a critical way of creating a city brand, designing tourism destinations, and attracting property developers and investors to cities. However, current practice points to a lack of proper understanding and consideration in preserving and interpreting elements of authentic identity in the Chinese historic urban landscape. In this study, we used the ancient city of Datong, China, under urban regeneration as a case study to explore how urban history and cultural resources are manifested in preserving and reconstructing historic urban landscapes. The methods included in-depth interviews with multiple stakeholders and groups, integrated with the analysis of planning documents and field observations. By categorising and evaluating the research data, we developed a new conceptual framework with applicable measures, contributing to heritage-tourism urban regeneration and shaping place identity in both theoretical and practical aspects. The conceptual framework and its corresponding concepts and measures developed from this research could provide guidelines for academics and practitioners to explore more potential aspects and concepts that focus on the research and development of Chinese cities with historic urban landscapes.
ISSN:2073-445X
2073-445X
DOI:10.3390/land11122122