• Acta Geographica Sinica
  • Vol. 75, Issue 2, 410 (2020)
Lin LU1、1、*, Qingyuan ZHANG1、1, Yan XU2、2, Jianfeng HUANG1、1, and Yuchen XU3、3
Author Affiliations
  • 1Research Center for Tourism Development and Planning, School of Geography and Tourism, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241000, Anhui, China
  • 1安徽师范大学地理与旅游学院/旅游发展与规划研究中心,芜湖 241000
  • 2College of Resources and Environment, Anqing Normal University, Anqing 246133, Anhui, China
  • 2安庆师范大学资源环境学院,安庆 246133
  • 3School of Tourism Management, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
  • 3中山大学旅游学院,广州 510275
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    DOI: 10.11821/dlxb202002014 Cite this Article
    Lin LU, Qingyuan ZHANG, Yan XU, Jianfeng HUANG, Yuchen XU. Rescaling of tourism destination under the glocalization perspective: A case study of Wuzhen, Zhejiang province[J]. Acta Geographica Sinica, 2020, 75(2): 410 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    The relationship of power, capital and space is an important issue of the Marxist geography. In recent years, tourism destinations have been gradually connected to the globalization process through abundant spatial practices, providing vivid cases for the research in this field. Taking Wuzhen as a study case, this paper has put forward an analytical framework by putting together David Harvey's circuits of capital theory and Neil Smith's rescaling theory based on the literature review, which regards rescaling as a complex process formed by power and capital acting on a multi-scale space. Using the qualitative research method, this paper analyzes the rescaling of Wuzhen during its transformation from "pre-tourism stage" to "tourism stage" and finally to "post-tourism stage". The results of this study show that the rescaling of Wuzhen is a microscopic mapping of social and economic changes since China's reform and opening-up. The rescaling of Wuzhen is the result of a two-way comprehensive action of "top-down" and "bottom-up" at different scale levels, such as global, national, regional and local levels, and it has dual attributes as method and result under the interaction of power, capital and space. The logic of interaction between power, capital and space is the core mechanism of the rescaling of Wuzhen. The spatial practice of Wuzhen expands the research scope of power, capital and space relevance at a micro level. As a space unit between urban and rural areas, the glocalization space practice of Wuzhen has come out of a "compatible binary relation" realistic path, which is a reference to the improvement of the current imbalance of urban and rural development in China.
    Lin LU, Qingyuan ZHANG, Yan XU, Jianfeng HUANG, Yuchen XU. Rescaling of tourism destination under the glocalization perspective: A case study of Wuzhen, Zhejiang province[J]. Acta Geographica Sinica, 2020, 75(2): 410
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