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

于2022财政年度，本人继续研究亚洲受欢迎的活态遗产地的“创造性破坏”及旅游发展，并专注于总结本人对2019冠状病毒病疫情爆发前丽江古城个案研究的研究。2022年6月，我在阿姆斯特丹大学出版社第十二届亚洲学者国际会议（ICAS 12）在线同行评审期刊上发表了一篇题为《活遗产地的遗产商品化：中国丽江古城的“创造性破坏”案例》的文章，第101页。104-113.在疫情期间，我从当地的线人那里收集了有关丽江现状的信息，然而，近年来我无法前往丽江进行计划中的实地考察。尽管如此，2023年2月，我终于可以在越南最受欢迎的活遗产地进行计划中的实地考察，主要集中在会安的老城区。我在会安呆了两周，了解城镇旅游和遗产保护的现状。我发现，会安的老城区已经在“创造性破坏”的过程中。我已经意识到，老城区的管理是由目前的过度旅游在城镇发生的挑战，并作为解决方案之一，以减少过度旅游有规划进一步的旅游活动在缓冲区的发展-周围的工艺和生态农场村庄。在我的实地考察期间，在会安，我拍摄了老城区的不同景点和旅游活动，目的是制作一部关于会安2023年情况的短片。

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.