Extreme Seasons and Extreme Visitation: The Case of Changbai Mountain Biosphere Reserve

D Sun; R W (Bill) Carter

doi:10.1080/10941660902727959

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Extreme Seasons and Extreme Visitation: The Case of Changbai Mountain Biosphere Reserve

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Extreme Seasons and Extreme Visitation: The Case of Changbai Mountain Biosphere Reserve

D Sun and R W (Bill) Carter

Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research, Vol.14(1), pp.1-16

2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10941660902727959

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Changbai Mountain

biosphere reserve

tourism development

environmental protection

Changbai Mountain Biosphere Reserve in the northeast of China was established for its biodiversity and ecological significance. Local communities traditionally used the natural resources of the Reserve area through harvesting and hunting of forest products. With Reserve declaration, this subsistence use of resources was banned, and communities were greatly affected by the regulations but moved towards gaining income from tourism. During the past two decades tourist numbers during the summer months have grown from less than 30,000 per year in the 1980s to more than half a million in 2006. Local communities have benefited economically from the increased tourism activity, but its extreme seasonality has also brought community disruption. The extremes of Changbai precipitated provincial government action to alter governance arrangements with the purpose of facilitating orderly tourism development and environmental protection. This paper reports the success of this innovation and highlights the need for the new governance structure to plan for its transition from a development-driven agency towards a community-servicing and tourism management agency.

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Title: Extreme Seasons and Extreme Visitation: The Case of Changbai Mountain Biosphere Reserve
Authors: D Sun (Author) - University of Queensland
R W (Bill) Carter (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health and Education
Publication details: Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research, Vol.14(1), pp.1-16
Publisher: Routledge
Date published: 2009
DOI: 10.1080/10941660902727959
ISSN: 1094-1665
Organisation Unit: School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Law and Society; Sustainability Research Cluster
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99449724302621
Output Type: Journal article

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