This book provides critical in-depth reviews on key themes and issues in tourism research in China. These themes include: Chinese scholars' epistemological views of tourism, rural tourism development, community participation in tourism, tourist market and behaviour, tourist attraction management and tour guiding and interpretation in China.

Songshan (Sam) Huang is Associate Professor at the University of South Australia, Australia. He has been working in the field for over ten years and his research specialties are tourist behaviour, destination marketing, tour guiding and China tourism and hospitality.

Ganghua Chen is Associate Professor at Sun Yat-sen University, China. He has worked in the field of tourism studies for over six years and his main research interests are tourist behaviour, resort governance and tourism policy in China.