This book provides critical in-depth reviews on key themes and issues in tourism research in China. These themes include: Chinese scholars’ epistemological views of tourism, rural tourism development, community participation in tourism, tourist market and behaviour, tourist attraction management and tour guiding and interpretation in China. While Chinese scholars are often able to access key research in both English and Chinese, the majority of researchers from outside China without knowledge of the Chinese language are unable to read original research from China. This book seeks to redress this knowledge imbalance and bring key Chinese tourism research to the international tourism academic community. This book will be a valuable reference for tourism researchers, postgraduate students and industry professionals.

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The book offers timely references for the international tourism community to better appreciate current tourism studies in China. In addition, the book provides ample cases and examples that will be useful teaching materials. In sum, this book makes a great contribution to international tourism academia and should be collected by libraries inside and outside China as well as those who are interested in China tourism development.