农业文化遗产的保护和管理对遗产地经济发展具有不可忽视的作用,但农业文化遗产认定后对遗产地的经济影响还未得到较为准确的刻画.文章以广东潮安凤凰单丛茶文化系统为例,以潮安区和饶平县为研究区,从总量变化、产业发展的角度比较了遗产地潮安区和对照地区饶平县在2010-2019年的经济增长情况,并采用中断时间序列(ITS)定量分析了遗产认定前后两地区的产业发展和经济总量增长的差异及其显著性.结果表明:1)广东潮安凤凰单丛茶文化系统被认定为中国重要农业文化遗产后,遗产地潮安区的旅游业迅速发展,旅游收入显著增加,茶产业规模逐渐扩大,促进了当地的经济增长;2)农业文化遗产的认定有效带动了遗产地旅游资源开发,增强了单丛茶的品牌优势,推动了遗产地的茶旅融合,使地方得到了良好的政策支持,进而促进了遗产地的经济增长.
Agricultural Heritage Systems(AHS)have high economic value.In addition,their protection and management focus on the dynamic conservation and sustainable development of heritage sites,which play an important role in the economic development of such sites and have attracted the attention of many scholars.However,the economic effects of AHS recognition on heritage sites have not been well described in previous research.Therefore,taking the Phoenix Oolong tea culture system in Chao'an,Guangdong Province,as an example and selecting Chao'an District and Raoping County as research areas,this study attempts to explore the contribution of AHS identification to the economic growth of heritage sites.First,it collected economic data on the heritage site(Chao'an District)and control area(Raoping County)from 2010 to 2019.From the perspective of total volume change and industrial development,this study compared the difference in economic growth between heritage sites and control areas after China's Nationally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems(China-NIAHS)were recognized.Subsequently,using interrupted time series analysis,this study quantitatively analyzed the significance of the changing trend of economic growth and industrial development difference between the two areas after this recognition.Based on these results,combined with a field investigation,this study discusses the specific path of AHS identification that affects heritage sites'economic growth.The results show that after the identification of the Phoenix Oolong tea agricultural system in Guangdong Province,the tourism and tea industry in Chao'an District developed rapidly,and tourism income increased significantly,which is conducive to local economic growth.Specifically,after the identification of the Phoenix Oolong tea culture system in Chao'an,Guangdong Province,the economic aggregates of Chao'an District increased.Among them,tea area,production,output value,number of tea cooperatives,and enterprises in Chao'an District all increased,and the tourism income and number of tourists received increased yearly.However,compared to Raoping County,the growth in tourism income in Chao'an District was the most significant.This study also found that heritage recognition inhibited the growth of tea cooperatives in the Chao'an District.Further analysis shows that the recognition of China-NIAHS effectively promotes the resource exploitation of heritage tourism,enhances the brand advantage of Phoenix Oolong tea,facilitates the development of the tourism and tea industries in Chao'an District,and integrates tea tourism in the heritage site,thus promoting the site's economic growth.At the same time,these economic achievements were also made possible by sound policy support.Therefore,the governments of heritage areas should attach importance to the role of agricultural heritage in regional development and give full play to the economic driving role of AHS.In conclusion,this study enriches relevant studies on AHS to a certain extent and provides empirical research ideas for the economic growth analysis of AHS as well as effective paths for its economic development.