Diagnosis of the Livelihood Sustainability and Its Obstacle Factors for Poverty-Alleviation-Relocation Residents in Tourism Communities: Data from China

Yaping Liu, Zhe Huang (), Jin Chen and Linlin Nie
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Yaping Liu: Department of Tourism Management, Business School, Guangxi University, No. 100 Daxue Rd., Nanning 530004, China
Zhe Huang: Economics School, Guangxi University, No. 100 Daxue Rd., Nanning 530004, China
Jin Chen: Department of Tourism Management, Business School, Guangxi University, No. 100 Daxue Rd., Nanning 530004, China
Linlin Nie: School of Hotel and Tourism Management, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 17 Science Museum Road 818, TST East, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR 100872, China

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 7, 1-27

Abstract: Many poverty−alleviation−relocation projects in China resort to tourism to sustain immigrants’ livelihood in new communities. However, how tourism contributes to poverty elimination and maintaining gains is yet to be discovered. Based on the sustainable livelihood concept, this study constructs a three-dimensional index system to evaluate livelihood sustainability and identify potential factors in three relocated tourism communities. Results show that most resettled residents have median-level livelihood sustainability. Livelihood capital, strategies, and environment contribute to livelihood sustainability in decreasing order. Regarding livelihood modes, tourism−led livelihood takes the first position in terms of supporting livelihood sustainability, followed by outside−work−led, local−work−led, and government subsidy−led livelihoods. Regarding obstacle factors, annual household income, number of household workers, and education levels are shared by relocated households across different livelihood modes. Aside from policy suggestions on survey sites, this study provides a holistic framework and enlightens the generalizable paradigm to the analysis of sustained livelihood via tourism development in relocated communities.

Keywords: tourism communities; relocated communities; poverty alleviation; livelihood sustainability; obstacle factors diagnosis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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