Abstract:In the context of culture–tourism integration, fragmented cultural landscape resources and homogenized visitor experiences have posed growing challenges to heritage revitalization. This study develops a Value–Emotion–Space–Theme (VEST) framework and a three-layer translation mechanism to examine the transformation of cultural landscapes into culture– tourism scenarios. Taking the central water network area of Nanhai District, Foshan, Guangdong Province, as a case study, it integrates GIS spatial analysis, analysis of usergenerated content (UGC), and POI evaluation. The results reveal maked spatial differences among the distribution of cultural value, tourists' emotional attention, and spatial support conditions in the study area. On this basis, ten candidate experience areas are identified and classified into well-aligned areas, where cultural value, visitor sentiment, and spatial support are relatively well aligned, and misaligned areas constrained by different factors. The well-aligned areas include four core scenarios represented by Xiqiao Mountain, while the misaligned areas include three attraction-oriented scenarios such as Jiujiangxu, two potential scenarios such as Pingsha Island, and one cultivation-oriented scenario exemplified by Yanqiao–Huangji Village, facing insufficient emotional attention, weak cultural embeddedness, and limited spatial carrying capacity, respectively. Based on these findings, this paper establishes a narrative scenario system of 'one core, nine sites, and five segments' and proposes scenario construction strategies including differentiated restoration, dynamic monitoring, and host–guest co-creation.
