Abstract

MIN, Kang; ECHARRI CHAVEZ, Maité  and  KORSTANJE, Maximiliano. Turism in Pingan Yuanjiacun: opinions of residents and tourists. Universidad y Sociedad [online]. 2024, vol.16, n.1, pp. 218-224.  Epub Feb 28, 2024. ISSN 2218-3620.

Sustainable development of tourism and its contribution to the 2030 Agenda need transcend the economic effects of the activity, it cannot be limited to the income growth to show positive impacts leading to the satisfaction of residents as well as of visitors and getting an environmental balance that positions the destination as a reference in the segments of demand. The current model of development for Pingan Yuanjiacun village, under the title “Hehuang Impression: Conceptual Planning of the Project” reproduces a paradigm that has been successful in other Chinese rural contexts, even in Pingan itself; nevertheless, it is not exempt from critic observations, considering that it evidences the weaknesses of a touristic management and practice that may have created several benefits, but have also distorted the landscape as well as the very same traditional cultures they claim to be saving which leaves a lot to be desired about the touristic innovation. Amid the constructive process, the fact that rural areas are a regional complex integrated by natural ecology, social and economic culture as well as residential groups with varied social norms that have been established throughout years, even centuries have been forgotten. They need be appropriately understood with the intention of respect and saving “Pingan culture”. The present research aims at presenting the opinions of visitors and residents of Pingan Yuanjiacun Village that allow to evaluate the satisfaction levels with the model of touristic development implemented.

Keywords : Tourism; Satisfaction; Residents; Visitors.