What is the specific concept of coastal tourism?

1. Coastal tourism refers to the tourism activities carried out by tourists for the purpose of enjoying coastal tourism resources.

2. Coastal tourism resources refer to things and factors that are attractive to tourists in coastal areas, can stimulate tourists' travel motives, have certain tourism functions and tourism development and utilization values, and can produce economic, social and environmental benefits, and are the basis for developing coastal tourism.

3. Coastal tourism abroad has a long history. According to historical records, the earliest bathing beaches in the world appeared in Scarborough and Brighton, England in 1730. After World War II, while developing traditional coastal tourism, coastal holiday tourism has gradually become the main form of coastal tourism, such as Mallorca in Spain, Cancun in Hawaii, Phuket in Mexico and Phuket in Thailand, all of which are world-famous coastal holiday resorts.