What does this research mean for the field?

The creation and sustainable development of rural tourism landscapes are driven by a closed-loop operational mechanism involving both human and non-human actors, where non-human elements play a significant agentic role throughout the landscape's evolution. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.CHALLENGES_CONSENSUS.

What question did this study set out to answer?

To investigate how actor-networks drive the dynamic evolution of rural tourism landscapes through translation mechanisms and examine the role of non-human agency across developmental stages.

September 5, 2026LandOpen Access

A Study on the Mechanisms of Rural Tourism Landscape Creation from an Actor-Network Perspective: The Case of the Mayangxi Ecotourism Area in Fujian

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To investigate how actor-networks drive the dynamic evolution of rural tourism landscapes through translation mechanisms and examine the role of non-human agency across developmental stages.
Conducted a qualitative case study of the Mayangxi Ecotourism Area in Fujian, China.
Applied actor-network theory using in-depth interviews, participant observation, and grounded theory methodology.
Identified three successive developmental stages—landscape construction, landscape integration, and landscape optimization—governed by translation mechanisms between human and non-human actors.
Demonstrated that non-human elements exert active agency throughout landscape evolution.
Characterized a closed-loop operational framework consisting of base activation, network construction, network iteration, and sustainable operation.

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Case study uncovers translation mechanisms and non-human agency driving rural tourism landscape evolution, highlighting pathways to prevent homogenization.

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Tao et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9bd49d6b95aff0620ec76e https://doi.org/10.3390/land15091642

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Case study uncovers translation mechanisms and non-human agency driving rural tourism landscape evolution, highlighting pathways to prevent homogenization.

A Study on the Mechanisms of Rural Tourism Landscape Creation from an Actor-Network Perspective: The Case of the Mayangxi Ecotourism Area in Fujian

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A Study on the Mechanisms of Rural Tourism Landscape Creation from an Actor-Network Perspective: The Case of the Mayangxi Ecotourism Area in Fujian

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