In addition, this book systematically investigates the innovation ecosystem for the highquality development of marine cultural tourism, as well as the multi-channel construction, improvement, and implementation safeguards involving deep multi-dimensional integration, support for building a strong nation, and collaborative innovation. These efforts aim to stimulate supply-side reform vitality and new driving forces in the marine cultural tourism industry. Extending the analysis from the Yangtze River Delta to the whole of China, the book comprehensively explores innovative pathways and optimization strategies for the high-quality development of the marine cultural tourism industry, achieving sustainable development of the marine cultural tourism economy, and providing valuable theoretical support and decision-making references for management practices and innovative applications in the marine cultural tourism sector.

This book is the preliminary result of several years of sustained research and careful writing by the author. In the course of preparing the final manuscript, Xu Yang, a master’s student at the School of Economics and Management of Shanghai Maritime University, provided valuable assistance in the drafting of part of chapter 3 and 4, wrote 50,000 words; Zhang Qian, also a master’s student at the same school, contributed substantially to the translation and correction of the book.