Semi-Acquaintance Society in Rural Community-Based Tourism: Case Study of Moon Village, China

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dc.citation.issue6
dc.citation.volume15
dc.contributor.authorLi T
dc.contributor.authorWu B
dc.contributor.authorGuo L
dc.contributor.authorShi H
dc.contributor.authorChen NC
dc.contributor.authorHall CM
dc.date.accessioned2025-08-20T20:25:10Z
dc.date.available2025-08-20T20:25:10Z
dc.date.issued2023-03-11
dc.description.abstractTourism development provides a unique context for studying guanxi in acquaintance society in rural areas in China. Taking the case of Moon village from the perspective of guanxi, this study conducted a qualitative study to analyze the structural characteristics of the semi-acquaintance society in the tourism context. A buffer guanxi circle develops when strangers immerse themselves into an acquaintance-based society through social interaction, where affection and reasoning define the boundary, guanxi and the interests on which the social consensus is based, as well as the elite and collective actions vitalizing the community. These findings on how the semi-acquaintance society contributes to guanxi imply a co-governance structure for informal relations in governance in community-based rural tourism.
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dc.edition.editionMarch-2 2023
dc.identifier.citationLi T, Wu B, Guo L, Shi H, Chen NC, Hall CM. (2023). Semi-Acquaintance Society in Rural Community-Based Tourism: Case Study of Moon Village, China. Sustainability Switzerland. 15. 6.
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/su15065000
dc.identifier.eissn2071-1050
dc.identifier.elements-typejournal-article
dc.identifier.number5000
dc.identifier.urihttps://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/73395
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherMDPI (Basel, Switzerland)
dc.publisher.urihttp://mdpi.com/2071-1050/15/6/5000
dc.relation.isPartOfSustainability Switzerland
dc.rights(c) The author/sen
dc.rights.licenseCC BYen
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectsemi-acquaintance society
dc.subjectcommunity-based rural tourism
dc.subjectguanxi
dc.subjectcommunity governance
dc.subjectMoon village
dc.titleSemi-Acquaintance Society in Rural Community-Based Tourism: Case Study of Moon Village, China
dc.typeJournal article
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