What is the significance of developing farm eco-tourism in China?

(1) is conducive to increasing farmers' income and improving their living standards. The Third Plenary Session of the Seventeenth Central Committee proposed that "the per capita net income of farmers will double that of 2008" in 2020. It is estimated that the per capita net income of rural areas will be around 4,500 yuan in 2008, and it will reach 1 10,000 yuan by 2020, which is a grand goal. In order to achieve this goal, in addition to "strengthening rural system construction" and "actively developing rural public utilities", "actively developing modern agriculture" has become the main way of rural development. "Modern agriculture" is not only the change of agricultural production mode, but also the change of rural lifestyle and agricultural production concept. Farmhouse eco-tourism is a tourism activity that makes full use of rural resources. The resources it relies on are mainly the natural landscape, pastoral scenery and agricultural resources in the vast rural areas, and the owners and creators of these resources are farmers. Farmers can turn ordinary means of subsistence and means of production into operational assets, which has the characteristics of less investment, less risk, low threshold and flexible management. As the trinity of owner, operator and laborer, farmers combine labor with land and capital, operate independently and create wealth, which directly benefits from the development of farmhouse eco-tourism, avoiding the problem of returning to poverty or benefiting unevenly because of occupying land and resources in the development of traditional tourism. For example, Mingyong Village under Meili Snow Mountain in Yunnan is a poor and remote mountain village. After the development of Meili Snow Mountain Scenic Area, villagers are attracted to participate in the scenic service, and tourists are only transported by packhorses. The average annual income of households reached 6.5438+0.5 million yuan, with the highest exceeding 40,000 yuan, which not only lifted them out of poverty, but also initially embarked on the road of getting rich. In Hongsha Village, a suburb of Chengdu, farmers started farm eco-tourism with a per capita income of 5,040 yuan.

(2) It is conducive to solving the employment of some rural surplus labor. At the Central Rural Work Conference in early 2003, Premier Wen Jiabao pointed out: To solve the "three rural issues", firstly, we should increase investment in agriculture and rural areas; Secondly, we should promote the reform of rural taxes and fees; Third, accelerate the transfer of rural surplus labor. The transfer of rural surplus labor force is a major strategic issue in China's economic and social development, which not only relates to the development of rural economy and even the overall macro-economy, but also directly affects the long-term stability of the whole society. At present, although there are 6,543.8+billion rural laborers leaving the agricultural field in China, there are still about 200 million surplus laborers, and more than 6 million will be added every year. These surplus laborers generally have low academic qualifications, lack of skills and weak employment competitiveness. Excessive rural surplus labor force restricts the development of rural economy in China.

Developing farmhouse eco-tourism can provide a large number of employment opportunities and ease the pressure of rural employment. Tourism is a labor-intensive industry with low employment threshold and large quantity, which is less affected by economic recession and has strong industrial driving function. There are 24 directly related industries and 24 indirectly related industries 124, which can absorb more labor employment. According to the statistics of the World Tourism Organization, every additional job in tourism can create 6-8 jobs for the society, and the multiplier effect is great. Farmers' eco-tourism needs a large number of relevant employees to eat, live, travel and buy, which increases farmers' employment opportunities and makes the surplus agricultural labor force transfer on the spot. Compared with urbanization transfer, this transfer can also solve the problems of left-behind elderly people, left-behind children, abandoned farmland and agricultural marginalization in rural areas. In fact, the comprehensive driving effect of farmhouse ecotourism on rural society is far greater than its direct economic benefits.

(3) It is beneficial to adjust the rural industrial structure. From the perspective of the whole social and economic development, farmhouse ecotourism not only greatly promoted the development of commerce and catering services in the tertiary industry, but also promoted the development of the primary and secondary industries, thus promoting the adjustment and optimization of the industrial structure in the whole region and the development of local communities.

China's rural areas are dominated by planting, with a small proportion of the tertiary industry and low agricultural economic benefits. The rise of the farm eco-tourism market has bridged the transition from the primary industry to the tertiary industry, promoted the development of planting, animal husbandry, aquatic products, vegetables and flowers, increased the added value of products, and realized the mutual extension of industrial chains among agriculture, aquaculture, agricultural product processing industry and tourism. For example, Tuanjie Township, Xishan District, Kunming City, taking advantage of its proximity to the urban area of Kunming and good ecological environment, vigorously develops "farmhouse" farmhouse eco-tourism. It not only promoted the circulation and sales of agricultural and sideline products such as grain, eggs, fruits and vegetables in the township, but also cultivated a number of "green farming" professional households, increased the introduction and popularization of new varieties and modern planting techniques such as oil sunflower, corn, fruits and vegetables, promoted the development and processing of bagged wild vegetables series of tourism commodities, developed a number of pickles, fruits and bacon processing plants, and promoted the agricultural industrial structure to a high-yield, high-quality and efficient direction.

(4) It is conducive to accelerating the process of "urban-rural integration". In 2020, we will achieve the goal of "improving the rural economic system and basically establishing an institutional mechanism for urban-rural economic and social integration". For a long time, China has implemented a dual socio-economic structure of urban-rural division. "Divide and rule" between urban and rural areas, emphasizing cities over rural areas, and the gap between urban and rural areas continues to widen, which has become a prominent contradiction in social and economic development. Developing farmhouse eco-tourism is conducive to accelerating the process of urban-rural integration and narrowing the gap between urban and rural areas. First of all, the development of farmhouse ecotourism can improve the speed of wealth transfer between urban and rural areas. The tourists of farmhouse eco-tourism are mainly urban population. Statistics show that urban tourists spend an average of about 766 yuan each time. At half the cost, receiving 1 0,000 tourists will bring 380,000 yuan, which will greatly accelerate the transfer of urban wealth to rural areas. Secondly, developing rural eco-tourism can further accelerate the pace of rural infrastructure construction. The focus of new rural construction will subjectively promote the infrastructure construction of rural government, which in itself lays the foundation for farmhouse eco-tourism, while the accessibility of tourism objectively requires the continuous improvement of rural infrastructure, and tourism income will in turn promote infrastructure construction; Thirdly, the development of farmhouse eco-tourism can promote the docking of urban and rural spiritual civilization. The dual socio-economic structure will inevitably form a dual cultural structure between urban and rural areas. Through the development of farmhouse eco-tourism, it will promote the coordination and unity of urban and rural residents' cultures and be conducive to the construction of social spiritual civilization.

(5) It is conducive to creating a good rural living environment. The development of farmhouse eco-tourism puts forward higher requirements for rural infrastructure and service facilities, which objectively promotes the construction of rural human settlements and beautifies the environment. In addition, the development of tourism has also promoted the return and inheritance of rural traditional folk culture. The development of rural tourism has strengthened soil and water conservation and environmental management, promoted the all-round development of agricultural and sideline industries, processing industries and service industries, and played a very unique role in protecting, developing, utilizing and inheriting national history and culture. For example, Huangxing Town, Changsha County, Hunan Province has increased the supporting construction of tourism infrastructure and built a 20-square-kilometer Huangxing landscape garden new city, which has effectively changed the rural landscape.