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Charting recreation and tourism geography in Taiwan: a review of the literature 1946–2016

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Pages 1900-1913 | Received 27 Dec 2018, Accepted 18 Oct 2019, Published online: 04 Nov 2019
 

ABSTRACT

Since the inception of a Kuomintang-led governance in 1949, recreation and tourism geography in Taiwan has evolved to meet the conditions of the times. Its development represents a unique case periphery to the core Anglo-American international discipline and therefore it is worthwhile investigating how geography studies can adapt to unique circumstances through the application of a number of theoretical paradigms. To illustrate the case of Taiwan’s recreation and tourism geography development, 318 articles were found in the Chinese Geographical Society’s (2008), Centennial Table of Contents/Index of Chinese Geographical Writings (Mainland, 1911–1949; Taiwan, 1949 to present). These articles have been categorized by date of publication, distinguished by five historical periods ranging from 1946 to 2016. They have also been identified by geography studies paradigms, including regional studies, positivism and spatial science, behavioural; humanistic, radical, cultural turn, and applied geography. This review of recreation and tourism geography literature in Taiwan takes an interpretive approach to exploring how its research reflects active responses to unique local social-political and economic challenges of the times. It also illustrates how geographers may, at times, counter dominant development policies and it also demonstrates how the discipline can be highly localized and subject to academic agendas.

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

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Funding

This work was supported by the Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies: [grant number NRF-2016S1A3A2925146]; Ministry of Education of the Republic of Korea and the National Research Foundation of Korea: [grant number NRF-2016S1A3A2925146].

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