Selling Scenery to the Bourgeoisie - An Oral History Account of Chinese Tourism

Interesting interview of 72-year-old Yang Zhiyuan, who was with CITS for his entire working life, describes with bitter humour the problems of trying to run a tourism industry through the political turmoil of the 60s and 70s.

 

1979: Huang Shan, Selling Scenery to the Bourgeoisie - An Oral History Account of Chinese Tourism, 1

Source: www.chinaheritagequarterly.org

Covering contempory Chinese archaeology, heritage and conservation issues.

http://www.chinaheritagequarterly.org/features.php?searchterm=018_1979huangshan.inc&issue=018

Out of Bounds for Foreigners Without Special Permits/ 外国人未经许可不准超越