TOURISM SCIENCE ›› 2023, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (3): 50-70.

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A Research on the Evolution Characteristics and Mechanism of Elites in Ethnic Tourism Communities from the Perspective of Power “Attribute-structure”

LI Yajuan1,2, LUO Wenting2, OUYANG Chenxing2, LI Ping1,3,*   

  1. 1. Wuhan Branch of China Tourism Academy, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China;
    2. College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China;
    3. HNU-ASU Joint International Tourism College, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
  • Received:2022-05-05 Revised:2023-05-01 Online:2023-06-30 Published:2023-07-11

Abstract: Community elites are the actual participants in the development of ethnic tourism that directly determine the direction and effect of community governance and tourism development.Taking Huanggang Village in Qiandongnan Prefecture,Guizhou Province as an example,this study constructed an analysis framework of ethnic community elites based on power “attribute-structure”,explored the individual and group evolution characteristics of community elites and summarized the evolution mechanism.The findings show that:(1) the characteristics of community elite show on obvious economic capital marketization,knowledge capital applicability,cultural capital socialization,political capital concentration,social capital benefit;(2) the power function of political elite and economic elite expands,the function of knowledge elite transforms,the traditional elite declines and its function shrinks,and the elite group presents the characteristics of clan-based agglomeration;(3) the power relationship structure of community elites is close and the interaction frequency increases,the network centrality status of political elites is prominent,and the elite group acts as the intermediary more and more frequently and plays an increasingly rich role;(4) the reform of economy and society,large-scale development of tourism market,specific social relations and national tradition,and the characteristics of power capital promote the evolution of elite power attribute and power structure in ethnic tourism communities.

Key words: ethnic tourism, community elites, power attribute, power structure, evolution, Huanggang Village

CLC Number: 

  • F592.7

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