What is the significance of developing rural tourism?

In recent years, rural tourism in various parts of China has developed actively, with various forms and distinctive features, which has effectively promoted the construction of new socialist countryside. At present, the development of rural tourism has four important meanings:

1, the development of rural tourism is an important task to implement the strategic decision of the party and the state. The Fifth Plenary Session of the 16th CPC Central Committee pointed out that building a new socialist countryside is an important historical task in China's modernization process, which is related to the overall situation of building a well-off society in an all-round way, building a harmonious socialist society and socialist modernization. Tourism is a new industry, with strong correlation and obvious stimulating domestic demand. It is an inevitable requirement for the tourism industry to actively implement the major work arrangements of the party and the state to fully rely on and make use of the "three rural" resources to develop rural tourism.

2. Developing rural tourism is an active practice to participate in the construction of new socialist countryside. Rural tourism makes the vast number of farmers transfer to non-agricultural fields and accelerates the pace of farmers getting rid of poverty and becoming rich; Tourism has become a new growth point of rural economy, increasing added value for traditional agriculture and further developing rural productivity; Rural tourism has promoted the construction of modern agricultural economic system, accelerated the development of science and technology agriculture, sightseeing agriculture and ecological agriculture, and optimized and adjusted the rural industrial structure; Rural tourism has accelerated the construction of rural infrastructure, significantly improved rural environmental sanitation and village appearance, and significantly improved farmers' ideological civilization.

3. Developing rural tourism is an important way to take the city with the countryside. At present, China has generally entered the development stage of promoting agriculture through industry and bringing rural areas through cities. The development of rural tourism meets the needs of upgrading residents' consumption structure, realizes the effective combination of "big agriculture" and "big tourism", accelerates the integration of urban and rural economy and the common development of the three industries, not only expands the consumption of urban residents in rural areas, but also accelerates the flow of urban information, capital and technology to rural areas.

Developing rural tourism is the main force to promote tourism to become an important industry of national economy. The reality and potential consumption demand of rural tourism are very strong, which not only conforms to the consumption psychology of urban residents returning to nature, but also helps to broaden farmers' horizons and enhance tourism strength, making it the largest tourism market in China. Rural areas are rich in tourism resources, and the development of rural tourism has greatly enriched the supply system of tourism and will become the main support of China's tourism industry.