published_or_final_version / Geography / Master / Master of Arts in China Development Studies

published_or_final_version / Geography / Master / Master of Arts in China Development Studies

Kung Kong-yung. / Summary in Chinese. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong. / Bibliography: leaves 161-162.

Tang, Ho Man. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 177-181). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Abstract --- p.i / 論文摘要 --- p.iv / Acknowledgement --- p.vi / Table of Contents --- p.vii / Chapter Chapter One: --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter Chapter Two: --- Literature Review and Methodologies --- p.13 / Chapter Chapter Three: --- The Accumulation of Landmarks --- p.29 / Chapter Chapter Four: --- Multiple Narratives for Tourism Promotion --- p.50 / Chapter Chapter Five: --- Multiple Layers of Touristic Landmarks --- p.78 / Chapter Chapter Six: --- Empty Space and Multiple Functions of Landmarks --- p.99 / Chapter Chapter Seven: --- Structuring Consumption at the Harbour City --- p.115 / Chapter Chapter Eight: --- Star Ferry and A Symphony of Lights --- p.142 / Chapter Chapter Nine: --- Discussion and Conclusion --- p.158 / Bibliography --- p.177

In 1996, it was announced that the suspension services of organizing the Mass in St. Joseph’s Chapel on the island of Yim Tin Tsai Sai Kung by affiliated Parish. This was a catalyst to gather the villagers and the stakeholders to plan the blueprint of development of their frozen home village and the island. In 2005, the St. Joseph’s Chapel was received the Award of Merit of “Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation” by the United Nations of Education and Science to praise it the effort of architectural conservation and attributed to the villagers and stakeholders. It is also kept the most prominent landmark on the island as well as one for the Hong Kong Catholic missionary. This year, five years after the Chapel being awarded, the island is evolved from a relict to a “being defreeze” landscape. It is result from the effort of developing and packaging the island as a tourism destination which is composited themed with “Religious”, “Culture” and “Ecology”. In the cases as above, it is told that religious deeds can be created the religious tourism with its historic values to the area to worldwide. / published_or_final_version / Conservation / Master / Master of Science in Conservation

The development of cultural heritage tourism has become a world-wide issue recent years. There is increasing pressure between cultural heritage conservation and tourism industry growth, however, the sustainable integration of cultural heritage and tourism can results in positive and synergistic effect on the whole system. Thus the research on sustainable development of cultural heritage tourism is increasing significant in a global scale. China is the typical country that facing the dilemma of pursuing tourism industry growth and cultural heritage protection, an integrated framework that can guide the cultural heritage tourism towards sustainability is necessary and urgent at present. Lijiang Old Town in Lijiang and China’s Lane in Chengdu are used as comparative case study. Aspects related to sustainable cultural heritage tourism development are examined and evaluated according to the conceptual framework, including heritage conservation performance such as resource integrity, cultural authenticity, publicity and education; tourism industry performance such as economic growth, marketing and branding strategies, tourist satisfaction; mechanism performance such as policy support, stakeholder cooperation, assessment and monitoring mechanism, etc. It is found out that China’s Lane has a better performance than Lijiang Old Town due to its government-guide development mode and right segregation system. While it is also found that the cultural authenticity is decreasing both in Lijiang Old Town and China’s Lane largely due to the displacement of indigenous population and the disruption of local community network. It is concluded that the role of government should shift from dominance to guidance, right segregation management mode should be promoted and effective and comprehensive assessment and monitoring mechanism should be established regarding the development of cultural heritage tourism in China. Moreover, cultural authenticity and local community network as the core of cultural heritage conservation should be highly valued by various sectors in the society, since they are the basic and essence to ensure long-term development of cultural heritage tourism towards sustainability. / published_or_final_version / Urban Planning and Design / Master / Master of Science in Urban Planning

published_or_final_version / abstract / toc / China Area Studies / Master / Master of Arts

published_or_final_version / Urban Planning / Master / Master of Science in Urban Planning

published_or_final_version / Business Administration / Master / Master of Business Administration

Kar-yiu Wong. / Title also in Chinese. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong. / Bibliography: leaves 244-248.