224 Chapter 8: National Myth and Tourism Marketing in Postcolonial Chinese Destinations 224 Introduction 225 Nation and tourism 225 Nation and nationalism 228 Nation and tourism 230 Representation and imagination 238 Difference and uniqueness 238 Uniqueness before the handover 239 Myth-making of uniqueness: handover until now 243 Defining uniqueness through others 244 Power and politics 245 Hegemony 246 Categorisation 248 Dependency 249 Absence 253 Beyond “non-China” and “in-between” 253 Tourism and nationmaking 255 Cultural selection and boundary-making 257 Tourism marketing and everyday nationalism 261 Conclusion PART FIVE: CONCLUSION 264 264 Chapter 9: Conclusion 265 Introduction 265 Meeting the research objectives To understand the representations of national myths through cultural heritages 266 in the promoting of Hong Kong and Macau To explore how the uniqueness of people and place in postcolonial Chinese 267 destinations have been constructed since the handovers To explore the way in which power is reflecting in the production, maintenance and privileging of myths, which construct Hong Kong’s and Macau’s cultural heritage 269 To understand how myths used in tourism promotion influence the myth-making processes 270 Contribution to knowledge 270 Theoretical contributions 273 Methodological contributions 274 Philosophical contributions 275 Practical contribution-implication to Hong Kong, Macau and China 276 Limitations 277 Suggestions for future research 278 The reflexive note: the research and I 281 Concluding remarks 282 REFERENCES 300 APPENDICES 300 Appendix 1: Summary of the analysed secondary data 303 Appendix 2: Introduction letter from the principle supervisor 304
Chapter 8: National Myth and Tourism Marketing in Postcolonial Chinese Destinations Introduction Nation and tourism Nation and nationalism Nation and tourism Representation and imagination Difference and uniqueness Uniqueness before the handover Myth-making of uniqueness: handover until now Defining uniqueness through others Power and politics Hegemony Categorisation Dependency Absence Beyond “non-China” and “in-between” Tourism and nationmaking Cultural selection and boundary-making Tourism marketing and everyday nationalism Conclusion PART FIVE: CONCLUSION Chapter 9: Conclusion Introduction Meeting the research objectives To understand the representations of national myths through cultural heritages in the promoting of Hong Kong and Macau To explore how the uniqueness of people and place in postcolonial Chinese destinations have been constructed since the handovers To explore the way in which power is reflecting in the production, maintenance and privileging of myths, which construct Hong Kong’s and Macau’s cultural heritage To understand how myths used in tourism promotion influence the myth-making processes Contribution to knowledge Theoretical contributions Methodological contributions Philosophical contributions Practical contribution-implication to Hong Kong, Macau and China Limitations Suggestions for future research The reflexive note: the research and I Concluding remarks REFERENCES APPENDICES Appendix 1: Summary of the analysed secondary data Appendix 2: Introduction letter from the principle supervisor 224 224 225 225 228 230 238 238 239 243 244 245 246 248 249 253 253 255 257 261 264 264 265 265 266 267 269 270 270 273 274 275 276 277 278 281 282 300 300 303 304
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