Tourism environment classification

The content of tourism environment is very extensive, which can be divided into different types according to different classification conditions, and can be divided into forest tourism environment, coastal tourism environment, rural tourism environment, urban tourism environment and so on according to the region. According to the nature, it is divided into natural tourism environment, semi-natural tourism environment and artificial tourism environment; According to space, it can be divided into tourist source environment, tourist destination environment and tourist passage environment; In order to better study the nature of the environment, we often start with the basic material components that are independent, different in nature and obey the overall evolution law, that is, they are divided into tourism natural environment and tourism social environment according to environmental factors.

Tourism natural environment: Tourism natural environment refers to the sum of various natural factors in tourist destinations and supporting places, and is a natural environment complex composed of atmosphere, water, biology, soil and rocks in tourist areas. The diverse and different natural environment is the basic environment of tourism activities, which plays a vital role in the survival and development of local tourism. The natural environment of tourism not only determines the distribution of tourist destinations, but also has an important influence on the accessibility, traffic routes and networks of tourist areas, and also plays a decisive role in the formation, characteristics and distribution of tourist objects. For example, the arid natural environment in northwest China has formed natural tourist landscapes such as desert, Gobi and Ya Dan landforms, as well as corresponding humanistic landscapes such as karez and oasis agriculture. The alpine natural environment in Qinghai-Tibet region has formed mountains, snowfields, glaciers, wet and cold vegetation and alpine animals. The natural environment in Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangdong and Fujian is characterized by hot and humid climate, mountainous areas and wide distribution of soluble limestone. The karst landscape is typical and beautiful. Under the arid and semi-arid natural environment, Inner Mongolia has formed a typical grassland and pasture scenery.

Tourism social environment: Tourism social environment refers to the sum of social material and spiritual conditions of tourist destination and relying place. The development and succession of tourism social environment is dominated and restricted by natural laws, economic laws and social laws. It is a symbol of the development of human spiritual civilization and material civilization, and it is constantly enriched and developed with the evolution of human civilization.