Abstract
As an important part of regional synthesis, the local landscape is a crucial source of attractiveness for tourist destinations, in which soundscapes play a notable and special role. Many studies have investigated changes in the economic, cultural, and environmental aspects of tourist destinations under development, while little attention has been paid to how soundscapes change after tourism development. To this end, we chose the Lugu Lake Scenic Spot as a study area and explored the characteristics of soundscape changes by conducting a survey of residents in six villages at different stages of tourism development. The following conclusions were drawn: (1) Geophony did not obviously change under the influence of tourism. Biophony increasingly lost its influence, while anthrophony increased significantly, causing wide concern among residents. (2) The phenomenon of soundscape commercialization could be attributed to the impact of tourism maturation. Further, the representation of folk songs has undergone a great change. (3) In terms of spatial patterns, residents whose villages were in different states of tourism development had significantly different perceptions of soundscape transition. For example, the one village not undergoing tourism development was in its original soundscape phase. In the other villages, which were in the consolidation stage or the involvement stage, the sound environment had changed significantly, entering a tourism soundscape phase once there were tourism elements involved. Finally, we propose suggestions for enhancing the conservation of local soundscapes, with a focus on both building the tourism industry and enhancing the sustainable development of tourist destinations.
Highlights
Mike Crang once said, “The landscape is a piece of palimpsest that is constantly being scrapped and rewritten” [1]
The Lugu Lake Scenic Area was selected as a study area
This study demonstrates the changes and characteristics of the area’s soundscape under the influence of tourism from the perspective of residents, and the following conclusions were obtained: (1) Since the development of tourism, the components of the soundscape in the Lugu Lake Scenic Area have changed significantly
Summary
Mike Crang once said, “The landscape is a piece of palimpsest that is constantly being scrapped and rewritten” [1]. Places and individuals’ surroundings are described as multi-sensory, consisting of visual impressions, and by relevant sounds, smells, tastes, and touch [4,5,6] Against this background, the soundscape is an inseparable part of the landscape, and a crucial support in improving tourists’ travel satisfaction and cultivating residents’ local identity [7,8]. A soundscape emphasizes the perception and understanding of the sound environment among individuals or in a society [11]. It is the result of overlapping sounds that are produced by abiotic or biotic agents, first perceived and successively interpreted by organisms: this means that a cognitive component must be added or at least considered in the soundscape process. In this paper, soundscape is defined as “an acoustic environment, and a cultural domain as perceived or experienced by a person or people” [12]
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