From 'creative destruction' to 'creative development' in the popular living heritage sites in Asia

在2022财年，我继续研究亚洲受欢迎的活遗产的“创造性破坏”和旅游开发，重点总结了我在新冠肺炎“S”事件之前对丽江古城的案例研究。2022年6月，我在第十二届国际亚洲学者大会(ICAS 12)在线同行评议期刊(ICAS 12)上发表了一篇题为《活的遗产地中的遗产商品化：中国丽江古城的创造性破坏》的文章，第1卷，阿姆斯特丹大学出版社，第104-113页。疫情期间，我从当地线人那里收集了丽江现状的信息，但近年来无法前往丽江进行计划中的实地考察。然而，2023年2月，我终于可以在越南最受欢迎的活着的遗产地进行计划中的实地考察，主要集中在海安古城。我在海安呆了两周，了解了丽江城镇旅游和遗产保护的现状。我发现会安的老城区已经在进行创造性的破坏了。我已经意识到，古城的管理受到当前城镇过度旅游的挑战，作为减少过度旅游的解决方案之一，正在规划在缓冲区-周围的手工艺品和生态农场村庄-进一步发展旅游活动。在我在惠安的实地考察期间，我拍摄了不同的古城遗址和旅游活动，目的是制作一部关于2023年惠安情况的短片。

In FY2022 I have continued my research on the 'creative destruction' and tourism development of the popular living heritage sites in Asia, by focusing on summarizing my research on Lijiang's Old Town case study prior to Covid-19's pandemic events. In June 2022 I have published an article titled "Heritage Commoditization in the Living Heritage Sites: A Case of 'Creative Destruction' in Lijiang’s Old Town in China" in the online peer-reviewed journal of The Twelfth International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS 12), Vol 1, Amsterdam University Press, pp. 104-113. During the pandemic I have collected information on Lijiang's current situation from local informants, however, could not visit Lijiang in the recent years for the planned fieldwork.Nevertheless, in February 2023 I could finally conduct planned fieldwork in Vietnam's most popular living heritage sites, with main focus on Hoi An's Old Town.I have spent two weeks in Hoi An, learning about current situation of the towns tourism and heritage preservation. I found that Hoi An's Old Town is already in the process of 'creative destruction'. I have realized that the management of the Old Town is challenged by the current over-tourism occurring in the town and as one of the solutions to reduce over-tourism there is planning further tourism activities development in the buffer areas - surrounding craft and eco-farm villages.During my fieldwork in Hoi An, I have filmed different sites and tourism activities of the Old Town with a purpose to create a short film on Hoi An's situation in 2023.