Urban Panorama Tourism Planning A View From River Tour Course In Post-Three Gorges Era

Authors

  • Wei Song Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), Barcelona
  • Wei Jia Tian Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), Barcelona
  • Huan Wu Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), Barcelona

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1344/ara.v3i2.19032

Keywords:

Post-Three Gorges Era, Three Gorges Reservoir Area, Tourism Planning, Chongqing, Urban Panorama

Abstract

The upstream cities of Yangtze River have been witnessing significant transforming since the beginning of the construction of the Three Gorges hydroelectric dam project. Chongqing Port Authority had its opportunity to alternate the river tourism strategy from being the upstream terminal of the golden route into creating a particular cruise course towards perceiving the panorama of continuous elevation of mountainous city, at the same time, promoting the renovation of the urban design so as to revival the typical mountain-river vista. This paper bases on the panoramic research of Chongqing peninsula; discusses the characteristic aspects of the three-dimension sightseeing of the mountainous city on the cruise route, which widely exists in the Three Gorges region as well. And this method is different from the two dimensional approach of skyline analysis which is more suitable for the topographic area. The achieved work can offer the tourism-related sectors a sustainable assistance to deal with “tourbanism” topics in the urban regeneration process in the Three Gorges regions.

Author Biography

Huan Wu, Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), Barcelona



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Published

2017-05-11

How to Cite

Song, W., Tian, W. J., & Wu, H. (2017). Urban Panorama Tourism Planning A View From River Tour Course In Post-Three Gorges Era. Ara: Journal of Tourism Research, 3(2), 135–143. https://doi.org/10.1344/ara.v3i2.19032