The Structural System,the Evolutionary Law and the Discourse-based Generation Mechanism of the Policies of Integrating Culture and Tourism:An Empirical Analysis of Policy Texts from 1993 to 2024 Based on a Grounded Theory Approach
The institutional reform and the improvement of the system and mechanism for integrating culture and tourism have drawn at-tention from the academic community to the policies of the integration of culture and tourism.This study focuses on 143 policies on the integration of culture and tourism issued by the central government from 1993 to 2024 as its data resources,and analyzed the implica-tions of the quantity and subjects of these policies.Drawing on the intermittent equilibrium theory,this paper delves into the historical evolution and the internal law of these policies on the integration of culture and tourism.Through the help of the grounded theory,it constructs the fundamental elements of the policy formulation for the integration of culture and tourism as well as the discourse-based generation mechanism.It has the following conclusions:The subjects of the policies of the integration of culture and tourism show the features of pluralism and complexity,leading to a growing synergistic effect among different departments.Throughout the evolutionary process,significant changes have occurred in terms of policy concepts and processes as well as value orientations,ultimately giving rise to the emergence of the concept of the integration of culture and tourism.The policymaking process has experienced a shift from a prob-lem-oriented management concept to a governance concept of multi-coordination.Policy tools are continuously incorporating the sup-ply-based type,the environment-based type,the demand-based type and others.The institutional structure,the governance con-text,policy tools,integrated systems and discursive expression can systematically present the core elements of making the policies of the integration of culture and tourism.
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