Volume: 13  Number: 6  Page: 617–635

Environmental Management, Environmental Image and the Competitive Tourist Attraction

Wei Hu and Geoffrey Wall Department of Geography, University of Waterloo, Canada

Studies of competitiveness have been most often conducted at the destination rather than the attraction level. However, a destination is an aggregation of tourist attractions plus supporting infrastructure and services, and many attractions are small-scale destinations in themselves, providing visitors with multiple opportunities. This paper, by examining the environmental strategies adopted in the development process of Nanshan Cultural Tourism Zone, the most visited attraction in Hainan, China, shows that the image, and hence the competitiveness of tourist attractions can be enhanced through sound environmental management practices.

Keywords: attractions, China, competitiveness, environmental management

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