外文翻译--乡村文化旅游—加拿大案例研究（节选）

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1、中文 1800 汉字， 920 单词， 5200 英文字符 出处： Macdonald R, Jolliffe L. Cultural rural tourism : Evidence from CanadaJ. Annals of Tourism Research, 2003, 30(2):307-322. 原文 Cultural rural tourism: Evidence from Canada Roberta M Introduction Rural communities and peripheral areas such as islands face the challenge

2、 of continuous economic development. Where primary traditional industries such as fishing and farming are in decline, tourism often becomes another tool to help create jobs and to raise the standards of living. These areas realize this potential through development of local resources, culture, and h

3、eritage. The integration of such alternative sources may help to sustain local economies and to encourage local development. Actually many tourists seek rural destinations which offer pleasant experiences related to the natural environment, historic heritage, and cultural patterns. It is this cultur

4、e and heritage that are often well preserved between generations in rural areas and it is in periods of economic decline that their residents seem to cling more to a distinct heritage. Culture and tourism then become resources for socioeconomic development in rural and peripheral communities. This h

5、as been observed in studying cultural tourism in many of the small islands of the North Atlantic. The rural tourism concept has many interpretations (Page and Getz, 1997 and Sharpley et al., 1997).Bramwell and Lane (1994) propose that rural tourism can include activities and interests in farms, natu

6、re, adventure, sport, health, education, arts, and heritage. In 1996, Pedford expands the concept into living history such as rural customs and folklore, local and family traditions, values, beliefs, and common heritage. Turnock (1999) further broadens the view of rural tourism to embrace all aspects of leisure appropriate in the countryside. Given these various findings, the concepts for this particular study are integrated as cultural rural tourism. This is defined as referring to a dis