Who can explain what tourism means?

Tourism is the sum total of all relationships and phenomena created by people in order to seek spiritual pleasure. Internationally recognized concept: tourism activities aimed at leisure, entertainment, visiting relatives and friends or business are collectively called tourism. "Travel" is the process of traveling and going out, that is, to travel from place A to place B in space in order to achieve a certain goal; "Tour" means going out for sightseeing, sightseeing and entertainment, that is, traveling for these purposes. Together, it is tourism. Therefore, travel focuses on travel, which has not only the meaning of "travel", but also the meaning of sightseeing and entertainment.

The definition of ancient Greece: tourism is a kind of reciprocating travel, that is, an activity that returns to the starting point after leaving; People who complete this trip are also called tourists.

1927, German Meng Gen Rhodes defined tourism. In a narrow sense, tourism is a communication in which people temporarily leave their place of residence to meet the needs of life and culture or various desires, and stay in different places as consumers of economic and cultural goods. Note: This definition emphasizes that tourism is a social interaction activity.

In 1942, Swiss scholars Hanwalker and Klapf defined tourism as the sum of phenomena and relationships caused by the travel and temporary residence of non-settlers. These people will not stay permanently because of this, and mainly do not engage in money-making activities. Be careful: this concept does not include business travel!

In 1950s, the Institute of Tourism of Vienna University of Economics in Austria defined tourism as an activity that people temporarily stay in different places in their spare time, mainly for self-cultivation. Secondly, travel for reasons of education, knowledge expansion and communication; Then participate in one kind or another of organizational activities and change related relationships and roles.

1979, when Dr. Martin Prey of General Atlantic Company gave a lecture in China, he defined tourism as a trip for pleasure and stayed in a certain country for at least 24 hours. Note: This definition emphasizes the length of stay, which is one of the statistical standards of international tourists statistics in various countries.

: 1980 Bert McIntosh and Xia Kent ge port of the University of Michigan define tourism as the sum of all phenomena and relationships generated by the interaction among tourists, tourism enterprises, the host government and residents in the host region in the process of attracting and receiving tourists and their visitors. Note: This definition emphasizes various phenomena and relationships caused by tourism, that is, the comprehensiveness of tourism.

Yu Guangyuan, an economist in China, defined tourism as a short-term special lifestyle of residents in modern society in 1985. This lifestyle is characterized by remoteness, amateurism and enjoyment.

Definition of technical statistics recommended by the World Tourism Organization and the United Nations Statistical Commission.

Tourism refers to activities that leave their usual environment for leisure, business or other purposes, go to some places and stay there for no more than one year. Tourism purposes include six categories: leisure, entertainment, vacation, visiting relatives and friends, business, professional visits, medical care, religion/worship, and others.

Tourism is inseparable from three elements: purpose, distance and time. In fact, tourists' "food, shelter, transportation, travel, shopping and entertainment" is the fundamental. If mainland tourists come to Hong Kong, they are now mostly shopping tours: from milk powder to clothing. This kind of tour requires tour guides to thoroughly analyze the shopping environment on Hong Kong Island, provide appropriate tour guide services and earn commissions for themselves. However, individual tour guides on Hong Kong Island may be greedy and take tourists to black shops or places with poor goods to get high returns. Hong Kong Island tourism must be shopping, Guilin tourism must be boating, Emei tourism must worship Buddha, Huashan tourism must climb mountains, Inner Mongolia tourism must grassland, Hainan tourism must beach, and so on.