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Introduction of Tai O
Tai O (Chinese: 大澳) is a fishing village, located on the southwest of Lantau Island in Hong Kong. Tai O is also known as the "Venice of Hong Kong", which is a hot tourist spot for both foreign and local people. Although, the fishing industry is declining, Tai O still remains its unique feature and culture of a fishing village such as Stilt-houses, traditional customs and celebration of special festivals. And the existing natural landscape and ecology, that facilitates the tourism development. Due to the tourism development, it generates impacts in terms of economy, socio-culture and environment. This article is to analyse the impacts from tourism industry and the sustainable tourism development
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Concerning the intangible culture heritage, which is very interested to tourists such as Tanka Wedding Ceremony, (source from Yahoo HK)
Hoi Chung Tour, Dragon Boat Competition. In fact, outflow of the young generation from the village, this culture practice is assumed to decline, but due to the effect of tourism which raise the interest of a large number of visitors and the promotion by the HK government such as the Tourism Board, these are preserved as selling points to tourists.
Tourism also helps conserve tangible cultural heritage. Stilts house which is unique feature of Tai O, the government is planning to build a Re-built Stilted House Experience Center serving as a heritage museum for visitor to appreciate and enjoy, and the government is planning to construct the Salt Pan Demonstration Area to educate visitor about the traditional salt industry which is one type of cultural heritage in Tai O. All existing village settlements, historical buildings and cultural heritage sites would be retained including the ancient seawall built to protect the previous salt pans and villages may be restored and accommodated with a pedestrian link. Rural temples and old community buildings would be recommended to be restored and upgraded, such as upgrading of temple garden in front of Yeung Hau Temple and Kwan Tai Temple (Appendix1). Heritage trails are recommended to link the cultural heritage sites in the
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Qingdao is a beautiful and fascinating city,it surrounded on three sides by mountains and the sea, beautiful scenery and pleasant weather,as well as special history, which has made it become a famous tourist resort of China in the early 20th Century. The urban scenery of blue sea and clear sky of Qingdao has not only the multi-style architecture of the European style of the old city, but also the former residence of the celebrities who enrich the modern history and culture. Modernlization holiday conditions make Qingdao become the most beautiful seaside scenic spot in china and famous holiday, leisure, sightseeing, business and Exhibition destination both at home and abroad.So,it is less doubt Qingdao is a tourist’s best choice to spend a fun holiday.
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Men are in charge of the transportation, and operate the boats that take the guest to and from Taquile. Women on the other hand, sell the textiles, and stay at home while cooking and take care of the tourist (pg. 13.). The income from tourism is helping Taquileans improve their quality of life, health, and become more literate in Spanish. Tourism has caused women, who before were submissive to their husbands, to play a more important role in public life. When tourism boomed in Taquile after being praised in a popular travel guide, Taquileans came up with multiple ways to handle the sudden barrage of tourist. Tourism quickly grew from around one thousand visitors monthly to reaching forty thousand in one year. The Taquileans came up with multiple group, and communal enterprises to serve the new tourist visiting the island as well as to sell them their textiles. They built a store that is run by the community to sell handcrafts, a lodging system for people to stay overnight in the homes of the local Taquileans, a museum showcasing the work done by the Taquileans, and created an association of boat owners that is in charge of transporting the tourist onto Taquile. The Taquileans also created a festival to perform a show for tourist, while also showing their traditional dances as well as textiles (pg.
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