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About the development of China’s tourism industry in the 1980s?

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In the new era of reform and opening up, the development of tourism news can be roughly divided into three stages:

The first stage is from 1978 to 1980 Year. When the tourism industry was just starting out, Deng Xiaoping made many speeches, stating that "there is much to be done in tourism, and it must be carried out with prominence and speed up", emphasizing "developing tourism and increasing national income." ②At this stage, my country's tourism industry is mainly aimed at foreign tourists and earns foreign exchange for the country. Because of this, at this stage, my country's external publicity newspapers and periodicals contain more content related to tourism reports. Publications such as "Beijing Weekly" and "China Construction" often publish articles or pictures introducing my country's scenic spots, cultural relics and other tourism resources. In April 1979, the "Tourism Newsletter" sponsored by the China Tourism Association was first published. First it was published internally, and later it was changed to "Travel News" for public distribution. This was the only national tourism professional newspaper in my country at that time. It is the predecessor of "China Travel". Since domestic tourism was still in its infancy during this period, the amount of tourism news was very small. Except for the "Travel News", national comprehensive newspapers and periodicals generally included tourism reports as part of their economic reports, which were managed by a reporter or editor. Therefore, strictly speaking, there is no independent travel news at this stage. Travel articles are classified as supplements, while hotel, transportation, and food news are classified as economic reports.

The second stage is from 1981 to 1990. The tourism industry has undergone great changes in the past ten years, and it has gradually transitioned into a comprehensive industry. Domestic tourism began to take off, and Guangdong people, who became economically wealthy first, took the lead in domestic tourism. Guangdong tourist groups frequently appear in Beijing's famous attractions such as the Forbidden City, the Great Wall, and the Summer Palace, arousing the envy of northerners. Hotels and hotels in major domestic cities are developing rapidly. The increase in tourism activities requires the news media to increase the weight of tourism reports. Readers at home and abroad hope to get tourism information from newspapers and periodicals, the construction status of tourist attractions, transportation on tourist routes, food and accommodation conditions, etc. The tourism industry also hopes that newspapers and periodicals can reflect the development of the tourism industry in a timely and accurate manner, attracting tourists at home and abroad; practitioners in the tourism industry also hope to gain experience in setting up and managing the tourism industry from newspapers and periodicals. These objective reasons promote the development of tourism news. In February 1985, "Travel News" was renamed "China Tourism News". At the same time, professional tourism newspapers and periodicals such as "Shanghai Tourism Times", "Jiangnan Tourism News", "Travel", "China Tourism", and "Scenic Spots" were launched one after another. Comprehensive newspapers and periodicals have also begun to open columns or special pages for travel reports. The overseas edition of "People's Daily", whose main task is external publicity, took the lead in opening a special tourism section in the newspaper in January 1988, and later established a tourism news department in the editorial department. On the one hand, this is certainly the need for external publicity; on the other hand, it is also a reflection of the new requirements that the development of the tourism industry has placed on the news media.