Industrialized Culture, the Development of Regional Symbols in Tourism Economy – Traditional “Frog Pattern” in Hainan Province

Ya Dong and Ying Guo ()
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Ya Dong: Tianjin University
Ying Guo: Tianjin University

A chapter in Proceedings of 20th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, 2013, pp 1111-1123 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Regional symbols are the simplest visualized summary of the local cultures. After the arising of the cultural industry, all regions have focused on combining regional symbols and the local cultures, which can undertake part of the economic functions. Through comparing the statistics and the demonstrating Lorenz Curve, this article will discuss the transformation of public tourism under the stimulation of cultural industry. This article will elaborate the conditions of building regional symbols based on cognitive psychology theories, and explain how public’s recognition of regional culture promote public consumption, showing public’s recognition of regional symbols equals the recognition of regional cultures. The article will discuss Hainan Li people’s “Frog Pattern”, and analyse the driving effects of regional symbols to tourism economy.

Keywords: Cultural industry; Regional symbols; Tourism economy; Transformation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-40072-8_110

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