A total of 256 million domestic trips were made during the Spring Festival holiday. Can tourism promote economic development?

China News Service, February 25 According to the website of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, according to calculations by the Data Center of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, during the seven-day Spring Festival holiday, there were a total of 256 million domestic tourism trips across the country, a year-on-year increase of 15.7%. It has recovered to 75.3% of the same period before the epidemic. Domestic tourism revenue was 301.10 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 8.2%, returning to 58.6% of the same period before the epidemic. During the Spring Festival holiday, no major casualties occurred in the cultural and tourism systems, and no cluster epidemics occurred.

A country has many economic sources, such as various industries and manufacturing industries that create a lot of economic value. In the eyes of others, vigorously developing heavy industry or service industries is the most effective and best promotion of the national economy. As a result, many countries are indifferent to tourism. However, tourism may sometimes become a necessary weapon for national economic development and one of the magic weapons to improve people's living standards.

The development of tourism can promote economic development. For some countries with small areas, limited natural resources and technological development, tourism has undoubtedly become one of the alternatives to the main industry. In the Caribbean, in the Bahamas, although local geographical conditions limit the development of traditional agriculture, it provides many resources for the development of tourism. In the Bahamas' economic system, local tourism accounts for more than 50% of the country's total, and tourism is the region's largest economic pillar. It is reported that a long time ago, the development and economic benefits of local tourism occupied a very important share.

The development of tourism can increase employment opportunities. For example, tourism in Yan'an, China, has brought good economic benefits to society. In 1989, the number of individual industrial and commercial households in the city was only 1,141, with about 4,500 people. By 1994, there were 4,582 households in *** with more than 19,200 people. The number of households increased approximately four times, and the number of people increased by 4.28 times. At the same time, many enterprises engaged in tourism services, catering, transportation, photography, and arts and crafts have solved the employment problem of a large number of unemployed people and promoted production development. It can be seen that tourism can reduce the unemployment rate, thereby reducing the government's burden to help the unemployed, thereby increasing the government's investment in other fields such as public housing construction, thereby improving people's living standards.

The development of tourism is a relatively energy-saving way of economic development, which can make the economy run longer and generate greater profits. Assuming that a country vigorously develops its own heavy industry or other industries, natural resources will become less and less, and the environment may also be damaged to a certain extent. Although the economy has achieved considerable growth, the cost has been too high and the original value has been lost. Green mountains and clear waters have been replaced by mountains of gold and silver, and people's living standards have also declined with the deterioration of the environment. However, the development of tourism is different. The tourism industry pays attention to environmental protection and adheres to the concept of "lucid waters and lush mountains are valuable assets". It also attaches great importance to economic development. This is one of the best choices for a win-win situation.