Briefly describe the stages and characteristics of modern tourism development in China.

A: The stages and characteristics of modern tourism development in China:

(1) initial stage (1949— 1977)

① The symbol of the birth of tourism after the founding of the People's Republic of China: the establishment of Overseas Chinese Service Agency and China International Travel Service.

② The signs of tourism development after the founding of the People's Republic of China: the establishment of China Tourism Administration, the transfer of China tourism market and the changes in the composition of tourists.

(2) Reform and revitalization stage (1978-1989)

After the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee, through continuous reform, China's tourism industry has basically been a foreign affairs reception model for a long time, and the nature of tourism as a comprehensive economic undertaking has been affirmed, gradually forming a tourism model with strong vitality.

(3) All-round development stage (1990 till now)

First of all, choose to develop inbound tourism as the first chess game to revitalize China's tourism industry; Secondly, domestic tourism develops with the development of reform and opening up and inbound tourism; Finally, outbound tourism is associated with traditional family visits and border trade.