When hosts meet guests: Local residents' identity construction amidst rural tourism gentrification

IF 10.4 1区管理学 Q1 HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM

Annals of Tourism Research Pub Date : 2025-03-25 DOI:10.1016/j.annals.2025.103951

Xiaolong Ma, Yiyuan Zhao, Weifeng Su

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Abstract

Amidst rural tourism gentrification, local residents' identity construction offers a window into how rapid local development transforms inter-subject power relations. Guided by embeddedness theory, a longitudinal case study in Ankang Village, China with 78 interviews and observations was conducted to explore the dynamics and mechanism of local residents' identity construction as hosts. Findings reveal that as tourism grows, local residents adopt interactive strategies of withdrawal, negotiation, and advocacy, constructing three identities: “nominal hosts”, “dubious hosts”, and “true hosts”. The reshuffling of identities results from the internal mechanism of “power disparity-interest consistency-identity subjectivity”. Successful demonstration by gentrifiers and equitable sharing of benefits would help the local community maintain its core status in dialogue with external entities, thereby achieving sustainable community-based tourism.

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当主人遇到客人：乡村旅游城市化中当地居民的身份建构

在乡村旅游士绅化的背景下，当地居民的身份建构为我们提供了一扇窗口，让我们看到当地的快速发展如何改变了主体间的权力关系。本研究以嵌入性理论为指导，以安康村为研究对象，通过78次访谈和观察，探讨了当地居民作为东道主的身份建构的动态和机制。研究发现，随着旅游业的发展，当地居民采取了退出、协商和倡导的互动策略，构建了“名义主人”、“可疑主人”和“真正主人”三种身份认同。身份的重新洗牌是“权力悬殊-利益一致-身份主体性”内在机制的结果。士绅化者的成功示范和利益的公平分享将有助于当地社区在与外部实体的对话中保持其核心地位，从而实现可持续的社区旅游。

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来源期刊

Annals of Tourism Research Multiple-

CiteScore

19.10

自引率

9.10%

发文量

135

审稿时长

42 days

期刊介绍： The Annals of Tourism Research is a scholarly journal that focuses on academic perspectives related to tourism. The journal defines tourism as a global economic activity that involves travel behavior, management and marketing activities of service industries catering to consumer demand, the effects of tourism on communities, and policy and governance at local, national, and international levels. While the journal aims to strike a balance between theory and application, its primary focus is on developing theoretical constructs that bridge the gap between business and the social and behavioral sciences. The disciplinary areas covered in the journal include, but are not limited to, service industries management, marketing science, consumer marketing, decision-making and behavior, business ethics, economics and forecasting, environment, geography and development, education and knowledge development, political science and administration, consumer-focused psychology, and anthropology and sociology.