A Literature Review on China's Pro-poor Tourism from the Perspective of Government, Enterprise and the Poor

摘要

This research analyzes the literatures indexed in Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) related to poor alleviation in China pro-poor tourism from 1986 to 2016. Firstly, research shows pro-poor tourism in China can be classified into three stages since 1986 till now as budding stage(1986s-1996s), development stage(1997s-2006s) and active stage(2007s-2016s) according to the number of publications. Secondly, this research points out the conclusion and key views of PPT-related research from the perspective of government, social enterprise and the local poor according to above three stages. Lastly, potential research hotpot in future pro-poor tourism is proposed based on shortage of current related research.