Tourism as maritime statecraft
Hainan’s policy entrepreneurship in the South China Sea
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 19485244 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Yan Huang (0000-0003-3591-7532, South China Normal University), Yungang Liu (0000-0002-0362-7429, South China Normal University, autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 2026 |
| Páginas | 1-18 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2026-06-05 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | No |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Territory Politics Governance (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 2162-2671 • E-ISSN: 2162-268X |
| Editorial | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/21622671.2026.2672442 |
| OpenAlex | W7163634945 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Referencias citadas | 30 |
This article examines how China’s South China Sea (SCS) tourism was formed, enacted and recalibrated over time. Drawing on multi-decade data, we show that SCS tourism was more than a top-down territorialisation strategy but also a socio-economic enterprise, reflecting both Beijing’s evolving foreign-policy calculations and the uneven weight of bureaucratic concerns and local lobbying. The Hainan government acted as a policy entrepreneur in advancing Paracel tourism and pursued a tourism hedging strategy. This research contributes to tourism geopolitics studies by bringing a multi-scalar, processual perspective and to SCS studies by offering a domestic political explanation of China’s maritime statecraft
China · Ecotourism · Entrepreneurship · Public policy · Tourism · Tourist industry · Coastal and Marine Management · Cruise Tourism Development and Management · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs
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| Velocidad de citación | historical |
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| Altamente citado | No |