Abstract This study describes the multi-dimensional cultural impacts of tourism development in Zhuhai. In terms of material, behavioural and spiritual cultural changes, the results reveal the factors and causes of… Click to show full abstract
Abstract This study describes the multi-dimensional cultural impacts of tourism development in Zhuhai. In terms of material, behavioural and spiritual cultural changes, the results reveal the factors and causes of local cultural vicissitudes through a survey of local residents and interviews with stakeholders from the government, practitioners and the locals. Based on Pierre Bourdieu's cultural vicissitudes theory, the study proposes a conceptual framework in order to explain the relationship between political power, tourism development, foreign cultural break-in and local cultural changes. The framework was modified based on the empirical results in Zhuhai. A number of recommendations for cultural preservation and tourism development are provided in response to the observed roles, power and resource allocation among social groups.
               
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