The Origin and Development of Friendship Tourism

Tour comes from the Latin word "tornare" and the Greek word "tornos", which means "lathe or circle; Motion around a central point or axis. " This meaning has evolved into "order" in modern English. Suffix-—ism is defined as "an action or process; And specific behaviors or character—istics ",while the suffix-ist means" people engaged in specific activities ". The root tour is connected with the suffixes —ism and —ist, which refer to the movement in a circular trajectory, so tourism refers to a reciprocating trip, that is, the activity of returning to the starting point after leaving; The person who completes this trip is also called a Tourist. "Tourism" is easy to understand in meaning. "Travel" is a process of traveling and going out, that is, traveling 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, they are tourism. Therefore, travel focuses on travel, which not only has the meaning of "travel", but also has the meaning of sightseeing and entertainment.

the essence of making friends is the expansion of interpersonal communication. In ancient times, due to the limitation of science and technology, people had great limitations in making friends. The breadth of making friends was limited to the distance within one month, and the form of making friends was limited to face-to-face communication. However, in ancient times, the budding of friendship tourism also appeared, such as Confucius' remark that "nothing is worse than oneself". In modern times, with the improvement of science and technology, especially after the scientific and technological revolution, people make friends, both in form and depth. People make friends not only in reality, but also through high-tech products such as videos, mobile phones and the Internet. In the 199s, making friends travel was popular in France, mainly through traveling to make more friends. This should be a major change in the form of making friends, the first real combination of making friends and traveling. This form was then popular in Britain, the United States, Germany, Japan and other countries.

in the 21st century, people's work pressure is increasing, especially young people working in big cities. Under various pressures, people's communication time and space are greatly reduced, and the probability of meeting friends of the opposite sex is greatly reduced. Under such a background, there has been a single dating tour. In China, its typical representative is Beipiao Travel Network. Making friends and traveling are further integrated, and there are more specific details. The emergence of single dating tourism is the inevitable result of social development and people's satisfaction of their material and spiritual missions, which represents a new form of social tourism and dating.