Local state corporatism is a development strategy generated in a specific social environment. It aims to study the relationship between government and enterprises in local economic development and social structure evolution. Taking the ancient town of Fenghuang as an example, this paper analyzes the process of the operation, development, and management of destination tourism in ancient towns based on the theory of local state corporatism. Evidence has shown that the operation of local state corporatism in the development of tourist destinations involves three stakeholders: authority, capital, and society. These stakeholders participate in the tourism development of ancient towns with their respective roles and behavioral characteristics and, in so doing, present a game relationship of diversified interests. The authority force conspires with the capital force to promote the development of local tourism, but social forces have also played a role in influencing the formation mechanism and development direction of local state corporatism. However, this type of operating logic can cause defects in the model itself, which can easily lead to certain social consequences. Thus, the government must exert its powerful administrative force to intervene in and overcome these potential problems.

This article quantitatively analyzes the literature of social memory in tourist destinations from 1998 to 2019, with the help of the keyword co-emerging network and Ucinet. The results show that: (1) the common focus of research on social memory in domestic and foreign tourist destinations is collective memory, heritage tourism, rural tourism and the issue of the development of local culture.(2)There are differences in the dimensions and research methods of social memory classification in domestic and foreign tourist destinations.(3)In China, small-scale areas such as historical and cultural heritage sites and revolutionary memorial sites are used as research areas, while foreign countries mainly study large-scale areas such as national social memory.(4)The theme of research on social memory in tourist destinations is increasingly integrated. The research perspective is becoming more micro, modular and hierarchical. Through the analysis of the different stages of the hot spots of social memory research in domestic and foreign tourist destinations, this research is expected to provide a reference for further in-depth study of social memory in tourist destinations.

In recent years, slow tourism has attracted the attention of scholars at home and abroad, but there are few empirical analyses of cases from the “tourism and modernity” perspective. Using the interview data of interviewees and potential tourists who have visited the Old Town of Lijiang, qualitative research methods were applied to the high-frequency word extraction and rooted theory coding analysis of the interviews to explore the two dimensions of slow tourism—environment and slow travel experience—in the Old Town of Lijiang. At the same time, the development of the Old Town of Lijiang as a slow tourist destination is primarily due to the interaction between the natural environment and the local life, which is the basis of local slow tourism. Tourism stakeholders have also created the symbols of “slowness.” The meaning is in line with the needs of contemporary tourists and promotes the development of slow tourism in the Old Town of Lijiang.