(A) to meet human needs
In modern society, the pace of work is fast and the intensity is high, so people need to travel in their leisure time, which achieves the purpose of recuperation, making up for consumption and restoring physical and mental strength. This demand is mainly aimed at tourists who participate in social work. We can boil it down to "meeting the compensatory consumption demand of human beings". Moreover, people often accumulate cultural knowledge and improve their scientific level through various forms of study and training. Tourism activities have opened up a vast world for people to get comprehensive and comprehensive development in their leisure time. This shows that tourism activities can also "meet people's development needs". Third, most people travel to enrich their cultural life and exercise. That is, "meet the needs of human entertainment, exercise and so on."
(2) promoting economic development
1. Develop imported tourism-it can increase foreign exchange income.
According to statistics, from 1950 to 2000, international tourism revenue soared from 2 1 100 million dollars to more than 400 billion dollars. This shows that international tourism has caused the redistribution of national income in the world, thus greatly increasing the national income of tourist receiving countries.
2. Domestic tourism-withdrawing funds to stabilize the market.
During the "May Day" in 2000, domestic tourists spent more than 2 billion yuan per day, and domestic tourism income reached 654.38+08 billion yuan. At present, the per capita tourism consumption in China is about 142.65 yuan.
3. Expand employment
Tourism is basically a labor-intensive service industry, which needs a lot of labor, and all of them have the characteristics of less capital demand, greater labor demand, less technical restrictions and short training period. Therefore, developing tourism is a major way to solve social employment.
4. Promote the development of the national economy
Now the tourism industry has developed vigorously. Tourism is a comprehensive industry, which can not only promote the development of the tertiary industry such as hotels, restaurants, transportation, construction, commodity trade and finance, but also promote the industrial sectors such as agricultural and sideline products processing industry, building materials and transportation machinery, as well as the development of tourism education for training various managers for tourism.
(3) expand exchanges
Tourism can enhance people's understanding and expand communication. Tourism is a messenger of peace and a bridge of friendship, which can play a unique role in obeying and serving the overall situation of national politics, culture and diplomacy. Tourism is a channel for people-to-people friendly exchanges and friendship, and also an effective way to carry out people-to-people diplomacy. With the rapid development of China citizens' overseas tourism market, becoming the destination of China citizens' overseas tourism is an important content of high-level talks between many countries in the world and China.
Tourism is an indispensable part of people's lifestyle in modern society, and it is the product of the development and progress of human society. It is bound to enrich new contents with the development of economy and society. In the process of its development, it also affects the development of social economy and the changes of people's lifestyles and habits.
Supplement:
Classification of tourism resources
1. According to the basic reason and attribute:
Natural tourism resources: mainly based on natural geographical elements, with sightseeing, rest, entertainment, sports and other attractions. These elements are either single or single combination, or some elements are mainly supplemented by other elements, forming tourism resources.
Geomorphological landscape categories-mountain scenery, karst landscape, aeolian landform, seashore beach, special geological phenomena and landform types, etc.
Waterscape-rivers, lakes, waterfalls, springs, streams, glaciers, coastal areas, etc.
Biological landscape-forest, grassland, rare tree species, exotic flowers and plants, rare birds and animals.
Climate and astronomical landscape-climate and special astronomical landscape suitable for summer vacation and cold treatment, such as Taishan sunrise, Lushan waterfall, Huangshan sea of clouds, Emei Buddha light, mirage in the desert, polar aurora and so on.
Humanistic tourism resources: refers to the material entities created by ancient and modern humans that can attract people to carry out tourism activities, or myths and legends, anecdotes of celebrities, etc.
Historical relics-historical sites, architectural sites, grottoes, stone carvings, etc.
National culture and its carrier-mainly including special folk customs, customs, festivals, national arts and crafts that are visible, tangible and participatory.
Religious cultural resources: mainly include two types. One is the visiting religious architectural art, such as altars, temples, temples, large statues with personality and gods, and the decorations, sculptures, murals, couplets and inscriptions given to them; The other is the places for religious activities created by these religious buildings and art itself. For example, clergy of various religions preach the Dharma, and a large number of modern tourists go to religious temples and Taoist temples to pray for God and worship Buddha.
Urban and rural characteristics: historical and cultural cities with visual images, unique modern urban scenery, fresh and simple rural scenery, ancient villages and towns, etc.
Modern man-made facilities: large-scale engineering and cultural facilities with characteristics, scale and some special significance and influence.
Influential international sports and cultural activities:
Catering and shopping: including all kinds of distinctive local delicacies, famous products, characteristic markets and famous shops.
2. According to the content of tourism activities.
Sightseeing and appreciation type: focusing on beautiful natural scenery, famous ancient buildings, sites and gardens, modern urban landscapes, landscapes and pastoral areas, and religious temples for praying for blessings.
Knowledge: focusing on cultural relics, natural history exhibitions, science and technology, natural wonders, exquisite literary works, etc.
Experience-oriented: paying attention to folk customs, social fashion, festivals, flavor diets, religious ceremonies, etc.
Recreation and entertainment: mainly for cultural and sports activities, vacation and recuperation, rehabilitation and health care, artificial paradise, etc.
3. Take the nature of tourism activities as the classification standard.
Ornamental tourism resources, sports tourism resources, leisure tourism resources, leisure tourism resources and special tourism resources.
4, other different classification standards
According to the traditional view of tourism resources, China's tourism resources include natural landscape resources, human landscape resources, folk customs resources, traditional food resources, cultural resources and handicrafts resources, as well as urban and rural scenery resources.
According to the view of modern tourism industry resources, China's tourism resources include tourism resources, holiday tourism resources, eco-tourism resources, skiing, mountaineering, adventure, hunting and other special tourism resources, as well as food, study, medical care and other special tourism resources.
Wei Xiangdong Edition is divided into three categories according to the basic attributes of tourism resources: natural tourism resources, humanistic tourism resources and social tourism resources.
◎ According to the quality and grade of tourism resources.
65438-0999 The State Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision issued the national standard "Classification and Evaluation of Quality Grades of Tourist Areas (Sites)". According to the level of tourism resources, tourism traffic, sightseeing, tourism safety, health, communication, tourism shopping, comprehensive management, the number of tourists received each year, tourism resources and environmental protection, China tourism division is divided into four levels.
First-class tourist area: the tourist resources are of outstanding grade, and their historical, scientific or artistic values are of great significance in the world, or their resources are precious, rare and peculiar, which is a unique or rare landscape in China. It receives more than 500,000 tourists every year.
Second-class tourist area: the tourist resources have outstanding taste, and their historical value, scientific value or artistic value are representative in China, or their resources are precious, rare and peculiar, which is a unique or rare landscape in China. It receives more than 300,000 tourists every year.
Third-class tourist area: The tourist resources are outstanding in taste, and their historical value, scientific value or artistic value are representative in the administrative area at the same level, or their resources are precious, rare and peculiar, which is a unique or rare landscape in China. It receives more than 654.38+million tourists every year.
Four-level tourist area: the tourist resources are of outstanding grade, and their historical value, scientific value or artistic value are of great significance in this area, or their resources are precious, rare and peculiar, which is a unique or rare landscape in this area. It receives more than 30,000 tourists every year.