Tourism Places in Asia

Alan A. Lew is Professor Emeritus of Geography and Planning at Northern Arizona University. He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of Tourism Geographies (Routledge/Taylor & Francis), and has primarily researched and written about tourism development and landscapes of East and Southeast Asia.

• Introduction – Tourism places in AsiaAlan A. Lew1. A multi-stakeholder examination of destination image: Nanluoguxiang heritage street, Beijing, ChinaMing Ming Su, Geoffrey Wall and Zhong Ma2. The evolving urban fabric and contour of old mountain streets in TaiwanNaai-Jung Shih and Chen-Yang Lin3. Creative destruction: the commodification of industrial heritage in Nanfeng Kiln District, ChinaXueke (Stephanie) Yang, HongGang Xu and Geoffrey Wall4. Tourist motivations in relation to a battlefield: a case study of KinmenChien-Min Chen and Tsung-Hsien Tsai5. The metaphor of sadness: Hakka’s Bean Jelly as culture and consumption through tourismLijuan Yang, Bin Lai and Honggen Xiao6. From central place to central flow theory: an exploration of urban cateringFeifei Xu, Feng Zhen, Xiao Qin, Xia Wang and Fang Wang7. Tourism and hospitality research on Iran: current state and perspectivesSiamak Seyfi, C. Michael Hall and Salar Kuhzady8. Sport tourism and peace: crossing the contested wallAlon Gelbman