Table of Contents

Introduction – Tourism places in Asia

Alan A. Lew

1. A multi-stakeholder examination of destination image: Nanluoguxiang heritage street, Beijing, China

Ming Ming Su, Geoffrey Wall and Zhong Ma

2. The evolving urban fabric and contour of old mountain streets in Taiwan

Naai-Jung Shih and Chen-Yang Lin

3. Creative destruction: the commodification of industrial heritage in Nanfeng Kiln District, China

Xueke (Stephanie) Yang, HongGang Xu and Geoffrey Wall

4. Tourist motivations in relation to a battlefield: a case study of Kinmen

Chien-Min Chen and Tsung-Hsien Tsai

5. The metaphor of sadness: Hakka’s Bean Jelly as culture and consumption through tourism

Lijuan Yang, Bin Lai and Honggen Xiao

6. From central place to central flow theory: an exploration of urban catering

Feifei Xu, Feng Zhen, Xiao Qin, Xia Wang and Fang Wang

7. Tourism and hospitality research on Iran: current state and perspectives

Siamak Seyfi, C. Michael Hall and Salar Kuhzady

8. Sport tourism and peace: crossing the contested wall

Alon Gelbman

About the Author

Alan A. Lew is Professor Emeritus of Geography and Planning at Northern Arizona University. He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of Tourism Geographies (Routledge/Taylor & Francis), and has primarily researched and written about tourism development and landscapes of East and Southeast Asia.