Representing the landscape of Yushan National Park

Title: Representing the landscape of Yushan National Park
Creator: Lai, Po-Hsin; Hsu, Yi-Chung; Nepal, Sanjay K.
Relation: Annals of Tourism Research Vol. 43, p. 37-57
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2013.03.004
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2013
Description: Our study examined the representations of Yushan National Park from the perspectives of two tourism stakeholders, including an indigenous local community and the national park service. Social representations theory was applied to explore competing claims for a legitimate version of the park by each group. Additionally, the concept of territoriality was adopted to examine territorial expressions associated with the park and places therein. Sixteen community and twelve park service informants were recruited using purposive and snowball sampling. Both groups were found to converge in certain representations they ascribed to Yushan. More frequently, they were discordant in what consisted of its ideal image. Territorial strategies were employed by some informants to defend their ideal representation. Implications for collaborative partnerships are discussed.
Subject: tourism partnerships; social representations; territoriality; national parks; indigenous communities
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1295419
Identifier: uon:19019
Identifier: ISSN:0160-7383
Language: eng
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