The community empowerment evaluation index system and empirical study of coastal tourism development:a case study of Yangjiang Hailing Island in Guangdong
ZHANG Heqing1*, LIAO Bixin1, CHEN Yun2, WANG Leilei3
(1 School of Tourism, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, Guangdong, China;2 The Technology Students Affair, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510008, Guangdong, China;3 Guangzhou Panyu Polytechnic, Guangzhou 440100, Guangdong, China)
Abstract:
In the development of coastal tourism, community residents′ participation is in varying degree. Due to the different level of rights lack in economic, political, social and psychological aspects, community residents are in a inferior position.Based on the community empowerment theory, the evaluation index system of coastal tourism community empowerment were established firstly, and taking Yangjiang Hailing Island in Guangdong as an example, the present situation of the community participation as well as the tourism empowerment perception were analyzed through the in-depth investigation. The results showed that the status in quo of the community residents′ tourism empowerment in Hailing Island was between good and general, among which the political dimension was the worst. Finally, according to the community empowerment analysis model, some optimization suggestion of coastal tourism community empowerment were put forward.
KeyWords:
coastal tourism; rights plight; community participation; community empowerment; Hailing Island
