论新疆民族地方文献的开发和利用

地方民族文献是记录当地各民族政治、经济、文化、历史等重要信息的载体,开发利用新疆民族地方文献资源具有重要作用及价值意义。运用先进的数字、网络技术对其进行管理,是加强地方民族文献信息资源的数据库建设、建立新疆地方文献信息资源保障体系、系统采集地方民族文献信息资源的最佳途径。     

Local Perspectives on the Impact of Tourism on Religious Festivals in Bhutan

The Himalayan nation of Bhutan is known to embrace Gross National Happiness rather than Gross National Product as the measure of its people's well-being. Happiness, spirituality and cultural authenticity are prominent factors in Bhutan's tourism image, and these attributes are most clearly exhibited in the traditional festivals that are among the most popular attractions for many foreign tourists. This paper introduces the cultural practice of religious festivals in Bhutan and investigates how tourism may be affecting these festivals. Within this context, this paper reports on the findings of a survey of Bhutanese monks and lay people, regarding their impressions of the effects of tourists on one particular event – the Tsechu festival. With the Bhutanese government's aim to increase the number of annual tourists more than fourfold to 200,000 by 2018, this research provides a baseline study of the perceived impact of tourism on religious festivals and addresses the issue of whether such an increase in volume of tourists would pose a threat to the integrity and value of these festivals as perceived by Bhutanese people.     

地方金融稳定指数构建与区域经济增长关系--来自江苏省1999-2012年数据

伴随20世纪90年代以来金融、经济危机的频发,金融稳定及其与经济增长间关系的研究日益增多。文章通过搜集1999-2012年度数据,建立包含经济、金融、信用法律以及社会制度和政府干预等方面,涵盖银行、证券和保险业的江苏省金融稳定评估体系,用改进熵值法测量该省金融稳定值后,又借助分位数回归方法分析其与当地经济增长的关系。结果表明：江苏金融稳定程度逐年增加,其中经济因子影响达到60%、而社会制度和政府干预因子的贡献只有9%;同时发现金融稳定对经济增长有正向影响,但经济越发达,其促进作用越微弱。     

西部地区中小城市新型城镇化发展路径思考——以重庆市彭水县为例

新型城镇化是党的十八大确定的重大国家战略,是稳增长、转方式、调结构的重要途径。在城镇化建设过程中,大、中、小城市所发挥的作用是不同的。中小城镇是推进国家城镇化快速发展的基础,是拉动地区经济增长的关键所在。文章以重庆市彭水县为例,在研究彭水县新型城镇化路径的基础上,探讨西部地区中小城镇如何利用自身优势选择城镇化建设路径。     

次国家政府外交的发展及其在中国跨境区域合作中的实践

随着经济全球化的步伐不断加快,次国家政府外交理论在原有的基础上衍生出了新的内涵,在区域合作中次国家政府的作用得以凸显。在中俄地方合作实践中,次国家政府更是成为了两国间区域合作的对接主体,进一步推进了两国务实合作的进程。在中俄“长江−伏尔加河”地方合作机制中,次国家政府作为合作的主体,对于合作中存在的经济体量不对等、距离成本大、了解程度不深以及合作政策体系不健全等问题应该充分发挥主体作用,通过平台搭建、机制创新及完善基础设施等举措进一步推进两地的合作进程。     

Exploring the discrepancies in perceived destination images from residents’ and tourists’ perspectives: a revised importance–performance analysis approach

A comprehensive and balanced understanding of both local residents’ and tourists’ perceived destination image (DI) is a pivotal step for successful tourism development. Using the revised importance–performance analysis approach, this study assesses the differences between residents’ and tourists’ perceived implicit importance and performance of DI attributes in the Liyu Lake Scenic Area in Hualien, Taiwan. A mixed methods approach was adopted. First, 30 pertinent image attributes were identified by interviewing local residents and tourists. These image attributes were subsequently used in a questionnaire survey. Results indicate that residents’ and tourists’ opinions were divided on environmental issues and purposes of visit. The most significant finding is that both the residents and tourists regarded the majority of the attributes as “possible overkill,” suggesting that destination management organization should reconsider the direction for future development and try to realize the “real needs” of the residents and tourists based on their motivations.     

Historical and geographical context in festival tourism development

Festivals have increasingly become a significant tool for economic development through both tourism and the re-imaging and re-branding of cities and regions as modern cultural centers. To understand the issues and challenges of festival tourism events, it is important to know the historical and geographical context in which they occur. Conceptually, the historical context can be viewed through the degree to which an event has a vernacular indigenous origin or is newly created. The geographical context, on the other hand, reflects the degree to which a festival is defined by the place in which it occurs or is more global in its thematic orientation. A contextual framework for festival tourism that takes these two factors into account results in four types of festival events: Local Heritage Festivals, Local Contemporary Festivals, National Heritage Festivals, and Global Contemporary Festivals. These four festival types face issues related to their local identity, uniqueness, liminality, and authenticity. The contextual framework for festival tourism is applied to the current situation of rapid festival development in China, with recommendations that Chinese event managers need to focus more on historically and geographically meaningful themes developed in partnership with local populations if they want to ensure an event's long-term success.     

A different interpretation from Cornet's on tourism development in an ethnic minority village in China

There have been tensions as ethnic tourism develops in western China leading to various responses from local people, including resistance. Cornet discussed Dong villagers’ responses to tourism development in Zhaoxing using concepts such as livelihoods, resistance, agency, and ethnicity. This paper aims to reinterpret these responses and extend the scope of discussion through multiple case studies using primary data collected in our fieldwork. This study showed that the issues involving ethnic minority groups mentioned by Cornet commonly appear in Han areas and ethnicity is less significant in local responses to tourism development. In addition, we found that villagers have little voice in tourism development and their rights and interests are often ignored by local government. These findings have important implications for increasing our understanding of the issues arising from ethnic tourism.     

Critical issues of globalisation in the international hotel industry

Competition in the international hotel industry is increasingly global as hotels seek new ways to grow and customers have more alternatives to choose from. Globalisation could lead to bland hotel images where hotels are similar wherever they are located. They could lose their local uniqueness and authenticity. This paper presents strategies for international hotel companies to operate in the globalised market. The main issues of globalisation in the international hotel industry are also discussed and ways to optimise the implementation of operating strategies given.     

The Role of the Public Sector in Rural Tourism: Respondents' Views

Using a four round Delphi survey, a focus group and semi-structured interviews, this study investigates the respondent perspective of the public sector role in providing an environment conducive to the development of the rural tourism sector in Britain and South Africa. Although South African respondents generally perceived a greater need of support for the rural tourism sector than did their British counterparts, many of the problems, concerns and frustrations that emerged from the study were similar. Respondents perceived the public sector as ‘leader’, ‘strategist’, ‘mentor’, ‘co-ordinator’, ‘champion’ and ‘partner’ in their endeavour to build the rural tourism sector. Grappling with the problems of uplifting the quality, viability and communal benefit of rural tourism is seen as a futile exercise if the facilitatory platform of rational policy, planning and support conducive to the sustainability of the sector, is not in place. Above all local authorities are seen as ‘the enabler’ of successful rural tourism projects that diversify the local economy and generate employment and entrepreneurial opportunities. However, whilst there is respondent acknowledgement of the role played by the public sector, there is evidence of widespread disenchantment with the efficacy with which this role is fulfilled.