The discourse of power -- Deng Xiaoping and tourism development in China

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1、ARTICLEINPRESSTourismManagement27(2006)803–814www.elsevier.com/locate/tourmanThediscourseofpower:DengXiaopingandtourismdevelopmentinChinaHonggenXiaoDepartmentofRecreationandLeisureStudies,UniversityofWaterloo,200UniversityAvenueWest,Waterloo,Ont.,CanadaN2L3G1Received15

2、December2004;accepted11May2005AbstractThisarticlediscussesChina’stourismdevelopmentandpolicythroughadiscourseanalysisofDengXiaoping’stalksontourism.Fivetranscribedandofficiallypublishedtextsweredecodedtoidentifysententialanddiscoursetopicswhichwerethensemanticallycategor

3、izedintosixinterrelatedtopicdimensions:(1)conservationandenvironmentalprotection,(2)education/training/humanresources,(3)infrastructureandtourismfacilities,(4)management/operation/entrepreneurship,(5)marketingandpromotion,and(6)policy/planning/administration.Thesedimens

4、ionsjointlysupportedacentraltheme—tourismaseconomicdevelopment,whichwasrecurringthroughoutthediscourse.Acontextualizationofthecentralthemeandtopicaldimensionsalsorevealedthattourismwasaddressedasasignifier(orshowcase)ofreformandopenpoliciesthatwereinitiatedinChinafromthe

5、late1970s.Whilereadersarecautionedaboutthelimitationsassociatedwithaninsider’sinterpretation,thisanalysisoffersaperspectiveontourismdevelopmentandpolicyinadevelopingand/orsocialistcountry.r2005ElsevierLtd.Allrightsreserved.Keywords:Tourismdevelopment;Tourismpolicy;Disco

6、urseanalysis;DengXiaoping;China1.Introductionmakingyearof1978incontemporaryChina’shistory,whentheCommunistPartyofChina(CPC)heldtheTravelandtourismhasbecomeastrategicindustryinThirdPlenarySessionofits11thCongress.AttheChina’sdevelopmenttowardasocialistmarketecono-congres

7、s,astrategicdecisionwasmadetoshiftemphasismy.However,duringthefirstthreedecadesafterthefrompoliticalstrugglestoeconomicreconstruction.InestablishmentofthePeople’sRepublicin1949,traveladdition,thecountrydeclareditwouldopenitsdoortoandtourismwereconsideredaformofpoliticala

8、ctivitytheoutsideworld.Thesearecommonlyreferredtoasinsofarastourism-relatedserviceswereprovidedfor‘‘gaigekaifa