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Definition of tourist area

A tourist area is a tourism regional unit that embodies the unity of social economy, culture, history and natural environment. It generally contains many tourist spots, connected by tourist routes. The role of the construction of tourist areas on the development of tourism is: ① It is conducive to the comprehensive utilization of tourism resources and enables tourism to develop in depth and breadth. To build a tourist area well, we must combine the characteristics of tourism resources and provide supporting tourism service facilities, so that the tourist area not only has the characteristics of the region, but also can carry out tourism activities at multiple levels and in multiple ways. For example, with supporting facilities such as services and transportation, activities such as summer vacation, recuperation, and scientific inspections can be carried out in mountainous areas, and tourism projects such as skiing and hunting can be carried out in winter, which will help solve the seasonal unevenness of the tourism industry and maximize the Make reasonable use of tourism resources to the maximum extent; ② It is conducive to expanding the source of tourists and increasing national income. Usually, the number of tourists is directly proportional to tourism income. From the perspective of long-term interests, in order to keep tourists coming, the construction of tourist areas must be done well; ③ long-term planning that is conducive to the tourism industry and coordinate with various departments in the region . The boundaries of tourist areas are generally consistent with administrative areas. The development of regional tourism cannot be separated from the cooperation of agriculture, commerce, post and telecommunications, environmental protection, construction, service and other departments. Therefore, when constructing a tourist area, its direction, nature and scale must be fully demonstrated.