Abstract
Architecture has been regarded as one of basic prerequisites for urban tourism. Urban ancient architecture has all been attracted resources since the early times of tourism and performs important roles within the urban tourism system. However, not all the ancient relics have high tourism value, so it is necessary to make a scientific evaluation for urban ancient architecture from the perspective of tourism. This paper defined the concept of tourism value at first, and then constructed a tourism value evaluation system for urban ancient architecture from the perspective of tourism resources, finally took Chengdu, which is one of biggest cities in Western China, as a case study to evaluate the argument. This research shows that the tourism value evaluation index system of ancient architectures includes architectural noumenon value, tourism development value, historical value, artistic value, scientific value, cultural value, use value, emotional value and environmental value as well as the protection of the status quo, development conditions and 29-factor indexes. The historical background and the aesthetic value of the architecture are two main reasons for attracting tourists, and the research result shows that the consistent evaluation index system is scientific and feasible.
Highlights
There is a close relationship between city and tourism, because cities are the largest sources of tourists and the most significant tourist destinations (Edwards et al, 2008; Karski, 1990)
This paper defined the concept of tourism value at first, and constructed a tourism value evaluation system for urban ancient architecture from the perspective of tourism resources, took Chengdu, which is one of biggest cities in Western China, as a case study to evaluate the argument
This research shows that the tourism value evaluation index system of ancient architectures includes architectural noumenon value, tourism development value, historical value, artistic value, scientific value, cultural value, use value, emotional value and environmental value as well as the protection of the status quo, development conditions and 29-factor indexes
Summary
There is a close relationship between city and tourism, because cities are the largest sources of tourists and the most significant tourist destinations (Edwards et al, 2008; Karski, 1990). The main reason for tourists visiting a city lies in the sightseeing, cultural exchanges, sports events, religious ceremonies, entertainment, shopping, personal errands, visiting relatives or friends, exhibitions, business meetings, conferences, etc. The historic buildings and cultural facilities, and commercial and administrative facilities as well as convenient catering, transport and accommodation facilities are concentrated in these areas (Kurek, 2011), and the above distribution of the facilities reflects the main tourism service functions of the city. Tourists and various facilities that meet their needs define a series of different types of cities that may exist in specific urban areas, such as “shopping cities” and “historic cities” (Burtenshaw et al, 1991). Because of the variety of tourism supply, it is necessary to identify a wide range of various tourism motivation for travel in urban areas, from business tourism to cultural tourism, from leisure tourism to sports tourism, from shopping tourism to visiting relatives and friends, to various combinations between these forms of tourism, which makes the variety and complexity of urban tourism
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