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Enterprises, Localities, People, and Policy in the South China Sea Tourism as a Territorial Strategy in the South China Sea

Enterprises, Localities, People, and Policy in the South China Sea : Tourism as a Territorial... [Tourism is affecting spatial, social, political, and economic order across the South China Sea, reconfiguring leisure spaces and economies, popular political discourse, and geopolitical imaginaries. This is in line with China’s deployment of outbound tourism to achieve political objectives in other regions. This chapter argues that China is using tourism as a key tactic in the South China Sea to assert military and administrative control as well as cultural hegemony, both for its own citizens and against rival claimants. The chapter first provides a brief political history of China’s outbound tourism policies and practices in the maritime area. This is followed by a qualitative analysis of government statements, tourism marketing materials, and tourist blog posts. It then concludes that the South China Sea destinations are represented not only as new sites for leisure but also for the training of a patriotic Chinese citizenry. The tourism activities of Vietnam and the Philippines also receive brief discussion as competing projects.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Enterprises, Localities, People, and Policy in the South China Sea Tourism as a Territorial Strategy in the South China Sea

Part of the Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific Book Series
Editors: Spangler, Jonathan; Karalekas, Dean; Lopes de Souza, Moises
Rowen, Ian
Enterprises, Localities, People, and Policy in the South China Sea — Nov 18, 2017
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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
ISBN
978-3-319-62827-1
Pages
61 –74
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-62828-8_3
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Abstract

[Tourism is affecting spatial, social, political, and economic order across the South China Sea, reconfiguring leisure spaces and economies, popular political discourse, and geopolitical imaginaries. This is in line with China’s deployment of outbound tourism to achieve political objectives in other regions. This chapter argues that China is using tourism as a key tactic in the South China Sea to assert military and administrative control as well as cultural hegemony, both for its own citizens and against rival claimants. The chapter first provides a brief political history of China’s outbound tourism policies and practices in the maritime area. This is followed by a qualitative analysis of government statements, tourism marketing materials, and tourist blog posts. It then concludes that the South China Sea destinations are represented not only as new sites for leisure but also for the training of a patriotic Chinese citizenry. The tourism activities of Vietnam and the Philippines also receive brief discussion as competing projects.]

Published: Nov 18, 2017

Keywords: Outbound Tourism; Paracel Islands; Approved Destination Status (ADS); United Front Work Department; sovereigntySovereignty

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