What are the characteristics of tourism activities?

First, the social attribute of tourism?

1. Tourism subject is social, and tourism is a social communication activity.

2. Sociality of tourist objects.

3. Social development and progress urge people to change their tourism concepts.

Second, the cultural attributes of tourism

1, tourists depend on a certain social and cultural background.

2. Tourism resources are the embodiment of a certain social and cultural environment.

3. Tourism facilities and management services are self-expression forms of certain social and cultural environment.

Extended data

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.

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.