Tourism flow characteristics

As a complex spatial dynamic flow, tourism flow has several basic characteristics, such as fluidity, flow, flow direction, temporal and spatial distribution, spatial effect and so on.

(1) liquid

Mobility is a further division of the specific content of tourism flow. Tourism flow includes tourist flow, tourism capital flow, tourism commodity flow and tourism information flow. It can be further divided according to different standards. For example, tourism flow can be further subdivided, such as tourism types and preferences, as well as tourism capital flow, tourism commodity flow and tourism information flow. Analyzing the types and composition of tourism fluid is the basis and key to analyze the tourism effect.

(2) Flow direction and flow direction

Flow and flow direction are the main indicators to measure the scale and flow direction of tourism flow. Flow is an investigation of tourism flow in terms of quantity, scale and grade. Traffic forecast is one of the prerequisites of tourism planning. People usually equate the benefits of transportation and tourism directly, forming a quantitative benefit-oriented tourism development model. However, with the in-depth development of tourism. People have clearly realized that the simple pursuit of extensional scale expansion has not adapted to the new development situation, and the development of tourism must complete the transformation from quantitative benefit to quality benefit. Grasping and forecasting the flow direction law is directly related to the number of tourists and the success or failure of tourism, the effectiveness of tourist evacuation in tourist areas, the direct economic benefits of tourism and the sustainable development of tourist areas directly or indirectly.

(3) spatio-temporal structure

Tourism flow is a kind of spatial existence, which has two basic characteristics: temporal distribution and spatial distribution. The temporal distribution characteristics of tourism flow mainly include long-term change, seasonal change and daily change during the year. The time distribution of tourism flow is one of the indicators of tourism economic operation in tourist destinations. The study on the temporal distribution characteristics of tourism flow is the basis of tourism destination planning, tourism sales and scenic spot capacity management. The relevant research results show that the differences of tourism geographical structure, especially the spatial distance distribution structure and its combination of tourists, can greatly affect the seasonal distribution characteristics of tourist destinations and the daily time variation characteristics of tourist destinations within a one-day tour range from major tourist destinations. The seasonal characteristics of tourism resources and tourism environment in tourist destinations are also the decisive factors for the annual distribution of passenger flow.

Tourism flow exists as a kind of space, and the spatial structure is not only an inherent attribute of tourism flow, but also a remarkable feature of tourism flow. Studying the spatial distribution characteristics, interactive effects and laws of tourism flows is of great theoretical significance and practical value for tourism resource development, tourism management, tourism enterprise operation, tourism product design and tourism market development. The research on the spatial distribution characteristics of tourism flow has always been an important aspect of tourism flow research at home and abroad. From qualitative analysis and statistical description to model construction and law discussion is an inevitable trend in the future.

(4) Spatial effect

Tourism flow is a kind of spatial existence (tourist group) with subjective initiative. In the process of spatial transfer, it will have a series of corresponding influences and functions on the space it experiences or involves, which is the spatial effect attribute of tourism flow. Obviously, to study the spatial effect of tourism flow, the most basic work is to analyze the spatial flow and diffusion characteristics of tourism flow (spatial infiltration or coverage). In addition, from the perspective of spatial differentiation, the main spatial types of tourism flow can be divided into regional space, landscape space, economic space, political space, cultural space, living space and settlement space. Therefore, it is the main task to analyze the specific influencing factor system and its spatial influence mode of various spatial categories experienced or involved by tourism flow.