@article{14029,
  keywords = {Cultural tourism, Intangible cultural heritage, Martial arts, Tai chi, Tourism, UNESCO},
  author = {S. Raimondo and L. Rea and W. Yong-Shun},
  title = {Taijiquan, genius loci and tourism: a participant observation about Chenjiagou},
  abstract = {This essay analyses the key concepts enunciated by the international literature on martial arts tourism – and of the even broader category of cultural tourism. It combines notes produced by a participant observation and the images produced by the first author himself. The result is the illustration of a particular case of martial arts tourism included in the decade 2009-2018 and focused on Chenjiagou (Chen village), a village in inland China (Wen county, Henan province, People s Republic of China). Here tourists – attracted by the peculiar spirit of the place, genius loci, expressed in the landscape and in the local customs and reinforced by recurring or occasional celebrations – are contributing to the local economic development and urban improvement, by creating an informal planetary-scale network through the common interest in the martial art of taijiquan.},
  volume = {17},
  number = {1},
  pages = {50-74},
  issn = {21740747 (ISSN)},
  url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85125517495&doi=10.18002%2frama.v17i1.7029&partnerID=40&md5=45e8807a41b35e5d683e8c1128e0cbe8},
  doi = {10.18002/rama.v17i1.7029},
  note = {Publisher: University of Leon},
}