Cedric Zhe Wang
Research
Sustainable Tourism
Tourism is geographical because its dimensions include: human-environment interactions and landscape; conservation and management of places and environments; environmental perceptions and sense of place; and spatial behaviour and human mobility (Williams and Lew, 2014).
Tourism planning aims to ensure that opportunities are available for tourists to gain enjoyable and satisfying experiences and at the same time provide a means for improving the way of life for residents and destination areas (Matthieson and Wall, 1982, p. 186).
My Interests:
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Sustainable tourism
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Tourism planning and strategies
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Sustainable livelihood
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Rural tourism
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Ecotourism and protected area tourism
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Sustainable destination competitiveness
My major interests in tourism studies centre on building theories on sustainable tourism, and renovating planning and management approaches following sustainable principles.
The Sustainable Livelihood Approach has been recently proposed as an alternative framework for understanding sustainable tourism in rural areas from a people-centred perspective. My PhD study aimed to define the concept of "tourism livelihoods", further studies will focus on further developing the concept, and unveiling the influences of the pandemic on sustainable livelihoods.
My interests in ecotourism originate in understanding sustainable tourism in protected areas, including nature reserves and national parks. Under the conceptual umbrella of ecotourism, environmental management, community-based tourism, and effective leisure and recreational management is to be better understood, especially in the pandemic and post-pandemic era.
On a regional scale, my recent study aims to combine sustainable tourism and destination competitiveness into a concept of "sustainable destination competitiveness". This endeavour will take the Greater Bay Area as an area of focus.