The Transformation of a Rural Village in China
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In the summer of 2014, I conducted my dissertation fieldwork in Chongdu Valley, China where rural tourism has taken the place of agriculture to become the dominant economic driver in the last fifteen years. My experience with the village indicates that tourism has played a momentous role in the transformation of the village's standard of living, local culture, indigenous knowledge, and social configuration
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