Tourism and Nanjing

Tourism has affected Nanjing in many ways, the main question would be, and will the influx of tourism into such a culturally and historically rich capital affect its richness?

Will it cause dilution and diminish the effects of its attractions?
The answer I would give is no, it will not.

This is because Nanjing has learned and adapted before it was affected. Now Nanjing has allowed itself to both retain its culture as well as its tourist supply.

To preserve the rich heritage of Nanjing and showcase to tourists, both locally and internationally, Nanjing has established many attractions. These attractions include the Confucius Temple, Zhongshan Botanic Garden and Jiangsu Art Gallery to name a few. All of which are memories or infrastructure remains left from previous uses of Nanjing as capital cities for dynasties and the old communist government.

Thus, instead of taking away the old to make way for the new, the old is now converted to attractions to complement the coming of this new age, to allow the preservation as well as the capitalization on the tourism trade.

Below is a list of historic sites converted to tourist attractions.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanjing#Tourism

Buildings and monuments
Ancient period

* Beiji Ge
* City Wall of Nanjing
* Chaotian Palace
* Confucius Temple (Temple of Confucius) and Qinhuai River
* Drum Tower
* Jiangnan Gongyuan
* Jiming Temple
* Jinghai Temple
* Linggu Temple
* Ming Dynasty Palace Site
* Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum and its surrounding complex
* Zhonghua Gate
* Qixia Temple
* South Tang Mausoleums
* Stone City
* The Porcelain Pagoda of Nanjing
* Yuejiang Lou
* Xu Garden
* Zhan Yuan Garden

Republic of China in mainland period

Because it was designated as the national capital, many structures were built around that time. Even today, some of them still remain which are open to tourists.

* Central Hotel (237 E. Zhongshan Road)
* Central Stadium (present day Nanjing Physical Education Institute)
* China Bank of Communications Nanjing Branch (1 E. Zhongshan Road)
* Dahua Theatre (67 S. Zhongshan Road)
* Former Central Government Building Group along N. Zhongshan Road
* Former Foreign Embassies in Gu Lou Area
* Huiwen Institute Bell Tower (196 Zhongshan Road)
* Jiangsu Art Gallery (Former National Art Gallery)
* Lizhi She (307 E. Zhongshan Road)
* Macklin Hospital (321 Zhongshan Road, present day Gu Lou Hospital)
* Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall
* Nanjing Museum Complex
* Officials Residence Cluster along Yihe Road
* Presidential Palace, Nanjing
* Purple Mountain Observatory
* St. Paul's Church (396 S. Taiping Road)
* The Complex of Former Academia Sinica (39 E. Beijing Road)
* The Complex of Former Central University
* The Complex of Former Jinling University
* Yangzi Hotel (2 Baoshan Road)
* Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum and its surrounding area

Contemporary

* Jinling Hotel On Zhongshan (19th) Avenue
* Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge
* River-crossing Victory Monument
* Nanjing Harbor on Latitude 8th Street

Parks and gardens

* Purple Mountain Scenic Area
* Zhongshan Botanical Garden

Other places of interests

* Tangshan Hot Spring
* Jiangxin Islet
* Yangshan Tomb Stone
* Yangtze River Crossing Nanjing, tallest electricity pylons built of concrete.