Research On Community Participation In Rural Tourism Development Of Korean Villages In Yanbian

Rural tourism has become a dazzling breakthrough point in the Rural Revitalization strategy,and how to enhance the subjectivity and initiative of the community has always been the core proposition of academic research and field practice.Community participation in the rural tourism development of Korean villages in Yanbian is a good profile to show the complexity of tourism activities,the richness of ethnic culture and the differences between regions.Therefore,combing the development process and experience of community participation in the context of Yanbian Korean rural tourism development,and exploring the improvement path suitable for local community participation,will help to correctly understand and effectively manage rural issues in China’s ethnic areas,and help to provide theoretical basis and practical guidance for realizing the co-construction,co-governance and sharing of tourism and community.At the same time,it is of great significance to promote the prosperity,stability and high-quality development of frontier ethnic areas and to forge a strong sense of community among the Chinese nation.Based on the center of rural tourism and rural communities,this paper attempts to take root in the typical Korean villages of Yanbian and narrates the origin,strategy,evolution and results of community participation in tourism development based on field investigation methods such as participatory observation,in-depth interview and structured interview,and interpretation of theories such as social exchange and stakeholder.It is found that the community participation in the study area is the process and result of external force-internal force reshaping-multiple synergies.The triple exogenous core elements of enterprises,governments and tourists constitute the external thrust for the community participation.They are attracted by the local resources,and through the distribution of knowledge,capital,institutions and power,the community is transformed into a leisure agricultural tourism village,and a new social exchange network is built,which provides the possibility for the community to participate in tourism.They are attracted by the local resources,and through the distribution of knowledge,capital,institutions and power,a new social exchange network is built,which provides the possibility for the community participation.The mobility of tourism enables the community to continuously internalize tourism development.The community presents three ways of direct participation,indirect participation and supply participation,including participation content related to rights,interests and things,and reflects the characteristics of externalization,internalization and informationization.Meanwhile,the community negotiates in multiple interactions,which promotes the adjustment of the relationship between external forces and community power,and strengthens the power of the village community.As a result,the internal driving force of community participation has been reshaped,showing three trends of external intervention,semi-spontaneous participation,and spontaneous participation.Community participation in tourism development gathers the multiple forces of rural development,and promotes the improvement of community public infrastructure and environmental sanitation at the environmental level,the diversification of industrial structure and residents’ livelihood and the multi-function of rural space at the economic level,the enhancement of grassroots governance and the formation of network governance at the governance level,and the protection and inheritance at the cultural level.Community participation in rural tourism has the inherent logic of promoting rural revitalization.More importantly,participating in tourism strengthens community identity,which in turn drives community participation in tourism.The driving factors of the Korean community’s participation in tourism go beyond mere instrumental rationality,showing the value rationality of pursuing multiple value goals,making community participation sustainable.The localized participation practice constructed by the Yanbian Korean rural community in tourism shows the coexistence of instrumental rationality and value rationality,and their action strategies adopt internalization and negotiation,which constitute the deep logic of rural change.As a cross-border ethnic group,Yanbian Koreans have formed a unique composite culture in the historical development.Its inclusiveness,inheritance,and scarcity are the cultural roots for community participation practice with unique connotations and operating laws.Obviously,this is an interpretation of Chinese national culture.However,the practice of local community participation in tourism development needs to be continuously improved.The existing restrictive factors in Yanbian area will bring new changes to the issues concerned in this paper.The future improvement path should be considered from three aspects: strengthening internal driving force,deepening external driving force and coordinating multiple combined forces.The paper emphasizes that while ensuring the input of external power,it is necessary to continuously drive the endogenous development of the countryside.Among them,the leading role of grassroots organizations is an important prerequisite and key guarantee,in order to seek a balance between external power and community power.After all,no matter how tourism develops,"people-oriented" development is the goal of developing rural tourism in ethnic areas.