What are the reasons for the formation of international tourism service trade barriers?

Both developed and developing countries set up barriers in different fields. A country imposes restrictions on trade in services for the following economic reasons:

1. Maintain domestic employment;

2. Protect the growth and development of domestic high-quality service industry;

3. As a means to overcome the balance of payments difficulties;

4. indirectly restrict the import of goods by setting up barriers to trade in services;

5. National security considerations and so on.

The concept of service trade barrier

Barriers to trade in services refer to the obstacles set by a country to protect the development of its own service industry and restrict the development of foreign service industry in its own country through state intervention.

That is, all policies and measures that directly or indirectly make foreign service producers or providers increase production or sales costs may be considered as trade barriers by foreign service manufacturers. Barriers to trade in services are not limited to restrictions on foreign services, but also include incentives for domestic services, which can be divided into barriers to service products, capital, personnel and foreign direct investment flows.

Of course, barriers to trade in services also include export restrictions. The purpose of service trade barriers: on the one hand, it is to protect the domestic service market, foster the domestic service industry and enhance its competitiveness; On the other hand, it aims to resist the entry of foreign service industries and weaken their competitiveness.

Refer to the above? Baidu Encyclopedia-Service Trade Barriers