Research on the Perception of Residents in Old Revolutionary Base Areas Towards the Inclusive Development of Red Tourism
The paper introduces the concept of inclusive development into the study of red tourism,taking Chengkou Town,Renhua County,Shaoguan City of Guangdong Province,a key old revolutionary base area as a case study.The Q-classification method is used to measure the subjective perception of residents in old revolutionary base area to-wards the inclusive development of red tourism,and to explore the demographic factors that affect residents'percep-tion differences.The result shows that red tourism has unique advantages in promoting inclusive development in old revolutionary base area.Red tourism is conducive to promoting the modernization of grassroots organizational man-agement and enhancing the political identity of residents in old revolutionary base area.Additionally,it can provide employment opportunities for individuals with limited education and low-skills to share the fruits of development,and has universality and shareability.However,the occupational type of residents will significantly affect their per-ception towards the economic inclusiveness of the red tourism.Understanding the roles and different demands of res-idents in the development of red tourism can help better guide residents in old revolutionary base area to participate in red tourism and promote sustainable development of red tourism.
Red tourismInclusive developmentQ-classification method