Revitalising Heritage Villages in Asia: Multi-Dimensional Approaches to Cultural Landscape Preservation—A Case Study of Qiaonan Village, China

This study examines the preservation of cultural landscapes in Asian heritage villages, using the Qiaonan Village in China as a case study. The study proposes an integrated model that combines macro-level planning, meso-level governance and micro-level community participation. Key findings show that only 32% of residents perceive the distribution of tourism benefits as fair, while a GIS analysis revealed a 28% increase in commercial land use within the heritage core between 2019 and 2022, indicating rising commercialisation pressures. The study explores the tensions between heritage conservation and tourism-driven development, with a focus on spatial integrity and local identity. It suggests that co-management and equitable benefit-sharing could strike a balance between economic growth, preservation, and community well-being. Rather than offering validated solutions, the research provides a diagnostic lens and generates hypotheses for other heritage villages. The transferability of these findings depends on local governance capacity, regulatory clarity, and the stage of tourism development, factors that will require systematic assessment in future comparative research.