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Exploring the influence mechanism of tourism-related livelihood strategies on sustainable livelihoods from a common prosperity perspective, China

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: This study examined whether and how tourism-related livelihood strategies impact rural households’ livelihood sustainability in a common prosperity perspective, especially for low-income households. Both empirical model and in-depth interviews were involved. The empirical analysis results show that two types of tourism-related livelihood strategies, i.e., tourism-led and semi-tourism strategies significantly improve the sustainability of households’ livelihood. Furthermore, tourism-led households are predominantly driven by economic rationality, obtaining high income from tourism to enhance livelihood; while semi-tourism households are predominantly driven by social rationality, taking tourism as one of options to broaden livelihood pathways to stabilize livelihood. For low-income households, the impact of semi-tourism livelihood strategy is more significant for livelihood sustainability than tourism-led strategy, either by quantitative or qualitative analysis. Besides, targeted policy assistance related to tourism exert a significantly positive impact on this group. The findings enrich the theoretical significance of the SLF framework and provide practical evidence for paying attention to low-income households in tourism development of rural China.

Source: Discover Sustainability

DOI: 10.1007/s43621-025-01996-y

Authors: Peiying Dang, Jie Li

Institutions: Shangluo University, Xi'an Jiaotong University

Language: English

Topic: Community-based Tourism Development and Sustainability

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: No poverty, Decent work and economic growth, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,390