Listen To The Voice From The Owners Of The Heritage

Community participation in the development of local cultural tourism resources is an important guarantee for promoting the healthy development of the tourism industry.In recent years,scholars from different disciplines have begun to focus on the issue of community participation and put forward relevant theoretical guidance,but most of these studies start from managers and decision-makers,do not deeply understand the core needs of community residents and the cultural connotation behind them,and ignore the cultural factors behind the interests of community residents.As a world-important agricultural cultural heritage,Youxi United Rice Terraces has important tourism development and cultural research value.In the context of pursuing economic benefits and economic development,the cultural heritage of the United Terraces has gradually transformed into a tourism resource for viewing,and the residents of the United Terraces have lost their autonomy and right to speak.With the intervention of foreign capital in the tourism development of cultural heritage,the development and protection of cultural heritage faces a series of contradictions and problems,the most prominent of which is that community residents have always been in a weak position.Behind the contradictions and problems is the game of interests of various stakeholders based on their own positions: there is a conflict between the desire of joint residents to obtain protection of rights and interests and the pursuit of maximizing interests by tourism enterprises;There is a contradiction between the desire of the United Residents to participate in tourism development and the government-led development.For the local people,the United Terraces are the living space where they have worked for generations,preserving their unique collective memory and local knowledge,and are their cultural symbols and spiritual homes.As the owner and maintainer of the cultural heritage of the terraces,the local people should occupy an important position in the process of heritage protection and development,listen to the voice of the heritage owners,and attach importance to community participation,which is of great positive significance to the protection and development of the cultural heritage of terraced farming.Otherwise,it will not only hinder the harmonious development of the terraced cultural tourism industry,but also have a negative impact on the sustainable development of agricultural cultural heritage.Therefore,in the process of developing local cultural tourism resources,it is necessary to correctly handle the relationship between community residents and other stakeholders,improve the voice and participation rights of community residents,and ensure that community residents receive reasonable distribution of benefits,which is the key to the sustainable development of agricultural cultural heritage.