Research on the Resilience Evaluation and Enhancement Mechanism of Sustainable Development in Cultural Tourism under Environmental Regulatory Pressure

Authors

  • Qiming Wang

    School of Fine Arts, Anshan Normal University, Anshan 114000, China

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30564/jees.v8i6.13243
Received: 26 February 2026 | Revised: 21 April 2026 | Accepted: 24 April 2026 | Published Online: 9 June 2026

Abstract

The pressure from environmental regulations is emerging as an effective and constant factor that is developing the sustainable development of cultural tourism destinations. The review is a synthesis of studies on the process of resilience evaluation and improvement of cultural tourism systems that are increasingly subject to governance by the environment of very high standards. The article combines separate literatures on tourism sustainability, environmental regulation, and adaptive governance based on the resilience theory and coupled socio-ecological-economic systems perspective to explain how regulatory pressure influences resilience processes. The review indicates that regulation has dual and context-specific effects, including compliance costs, capacity constraints, and uncertainty in operations, which can undermine short-term absorptive capacity. Credible and well-coordinated regulatory regimes can boost green innovation, resource-use efficiency, product upgrading, and institutional learning, and enhance adaptive and transformative resilience. Methodologically, the current resilience measurements are dependent on composite indicator systems in terms of the environmental, economic, social, cultural, and institutional facets, but they are constrained by the lack of dynamism in measurements, the lack of uniformity in the selection of indicators, and a deficit of multi-scale interactions. The mechanism-oriented evidence focuses on four interacting channels: constraint, incentive, structural adjustment, and governance mediation channels, in which the regulation determines destination pathways. The review also reveals intervention strategies for resilience enhancement that focus on policy alignment, technology-driven visitor and environmental management, low-impact cultural experiences, industrial diversification, inclusive community involvement, and adaptive and data-driven governance. Dynamic assessment schemes, causal findings, and distribution-sensitive studies should be developed in the future to enable sustainable transformation under the influence of a regulation.

Keywords:

Cultural Tourism; Environmental Regulation; Resilience Evaluation; Sustainable Development; Adaptive Governance

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