Les pratiques touristiques des touristes Français en Chine

Abstract

With its strong alterity, China attracts French tourists'attention and has generated an important touristic flux. Our study aims at revealing their tourism in China, especially regarding the places visited by French tourists and their main touristic activities. By analyzing touristic products, interviewing professionals, as well as investigating French tourists, we have found that French tourists often visit classical highland, usually in symbolic cities in eastern China. Then, the culture discovery dominates their visits, which is closely related to the pursuit of Chinese alterity. The tourism of French tourists in China is the result of the joint intervention of Chinese government and tourism market.