Characteristics of tourism

1. tourism comprehensiveness: this feature is determined by the consumption characteristics of tourists. Although the consumption process of tourists is only a fragment of their life, this fragment contains almost all the contents of life. In order to meet the needs of tourists for food, shelter, transportation, travel, shopping and entertainment, there are many different types of enterprises to provide services for them, which inevitably involves many industries and departments in the national economy. Only when these departments work together can we meet all the needs of tourists.

2. Dependence of tourism: It is unrealistic to vigorously develop tourism in areas with extremely poor tourism resources. Depending on the development of national economy, the level of economic development of source countries determines the number, consumption level and consumption frequency of tourists; The economic development level of the host country determines the comprehensive reception capacity of the tourism industry and affects the service quality to some extent. Relying on the cooperation and coordinated development of related industries and departments, any industry in its industrial chain is out of touch, which will lead to the difficulty of normal operation of tourism business activities.

3. Driving force of tourism: tourism itself is an industrial cluster, and the development of international and domestic tourism will inevitably lead to the common development of many related industries. According to the data of the World Tourism Organization, for every direct income of the tourism sector 1 yuan, the income of related industries can increase 4.3 yuan; For every 1 direct employee in the tourism sector, the society can increase five employment opportunities. It can be seen that the driving force of tourism is not only manifested in the industrial linkage, but also in the employment linkage. As a comprehensive service industry, tourism has stronger employment absorption capacity than other industries.

4. Sensitivity of tourism: Tourism is a very sensitive industry, and changes in various social factors will have an impact on tourism and respond quickly. For example, changes in the international situation and political situation have a direct impact on tourism, and natural disasters will also have a huge impact on tourism.

5. The foreign nature of tourism: No matter which country, the tourism industry must not violate its foreign policy when developing inbound and outbound tourism business. As far as China's situation is concerned, the development of inbound and outbound tourism business not only needs to abide by the country's foreign policy, but also needs to implement and embody the country's overseas Chinese affairs policy and United front policy, and needs to cooperate with the reform and opening up work to publicize the relevant principles and policies and the great achievements of China's socialist construction. In this sense, tourism is also a political industry.