城市旅游和少数民族特色街区的保留和发展

Urban Tourism and Ethnic Representation at Chinese Cities

随着越来越多的城市参与到全球化的竞争,文化特色已经成为城市在全球化城市体系中自我定位和提高竞争力的有效手段。近年来欧洲城市利用这个机会,将过去城市中不发达的、多元文化性少数民族社区打造为特色旅游和休闲街区。国内一些城市中也出现了类似的现象,自从改革开放以来,城市民族社区的数量快速增长,而且城市旅游的发展为这些社区提供了很多发展和展现文化的机会。本研究试图去探究旅游是如何影响中国城市文化的多样性,籍以抛砖引玉,引发思考。

With the globalization process, more and more cities have entered the competitive global market. Cultural diversity also has turned out to be an effective tool to position the city in the world city system. Over the past decade or so, disadvantaged, multicultural districts of cities in Europe have been selected, developed and marketed as new destinations for leisure and tourism. Similar changes have also observed in China in which cities are often dominated by Han culture. Since the opening policy, the ethnic communities increased at a very rapid time and the urban tourism further provides them opportunities for them to promote their cultures in cities. This study attempts to understand the role of tourism in shaping the presentation of cultural diversity in Chinese cities. It is expected the study will raise attentions for further researches on this area.