What role does tourism play in improving regional economic level and narrowing regional differences?

Tourism is a new industry, a comprehensive and multifunctional industry, with a strong development momentum. The fundamental reason why tourism has developed so rapidly in the world is that it has become one of the important driving forces to promote the development of the world economy, and its comprehensive energy far exceeds that of other important single industrial sectors and has become an important pillar of the tertiary industry. Tourism plays an important role in regional economic development, social and cultural construction and environment. Tourism is a social activity involving economy, social culture and environment, which determines that the development of tourism will inevitably bring economic, social culture and environmental impacts to tourist destinations. First, the economic function of tourism in this region. The development of tourism will bring considerable economic benefits, but while producing "tourism products" to meet the needs of tourists, tourism enterprises also need the input of materials and services outside the tourism department. For the regional economy, its economic benefits are mainly as follows: 1. Increase foreign exchange income. As far as receiving tourists from outside the region is concerned, one of its most important economic functions is to increase a region's foreign exchange income and improve the region's ability to pay, thus helping to balance the region's revenue and expenditure. 2. Promote the development of related industries in this area. On the one hand, the development of tourism depends on the support and cooperation of many economic departments or industries in the destination, and at the same time, it can also drive and promote the development of other economic departments or industries in many areas. 3. Increase the economic income of the destination, balance the regional economic development and narrow the regional differences. Domestic tourism consumption does not directly increase the country's total wealth, but forms a flow and redistribution between related regions, which plays a role in regulating regional purchasing power. The consumption of overseas tourists in China constitutes an "injection" of foreign countries into China's economy and increases China's foreign exchange income. 4. Increase employment opportunities in the region. Developing tourism is one of the important ways to increase employment opportunities in the region. Therefore, when evaluating the economic function of tourism, increasing employment opportunities is a problem that cannot be ignored. Tourism is a labor-intensive industry, so the development of tourism can directly or indirectly increase local jobs. According to international experience, tourism can accommodate 250 people per million yuan of fixed assets, while most capital-intensive industries can only accommodate 90 people per million yuan of fixed assets; In this sense, China's tourism industry will play an important role in absorbing the unemployed. Increase local government tax revenue. Whether developing inbound tourism or domestic tourism, it can increase national tax revenue. Taxation is the source of assets provided by the state. Without sufficient tax revenue, it is difficult for the country to effectively provide national defense and public safety products. Therefore, the importance of this role of tourism is obvious. In view of the important role of tourism in the overall national economy and regional economy, it is necessary to develop regional tourism and further explore the relationship between tourism and regional economy. Second, the relationship between tourism development and regional economic development 1. The industrial correlation and industrial ripple effect of tourism are the interrelation and influence between industries. Any kind of industrial activity will inevitably affect the production activities of other industries through the ripple effect of inter-industry interconnection, and will be affected by the production activities of other industries. The promotion of an industry to the development of other related industries is called industrial correlation or industrial spillover effect. It is generally believed that the industrial correlation and industrial ripple effect of tourism are relatively strong. In other words, the development of tourism can drive the development of related industries, thus stimulating the development of regional economy. On the one hand, the development of tourism must be based on certain material production, so the development of tourism will inevitably lead to the development of related material production departments; On the other hand, as a comprehensive industry with relatively independent national (regional) economy, tourism products include tourism resources, tourism facilities and other equipment, tourism services, tourism route design and schedule arrangement. Its development needs the cooperation of six elements: food, housing, transportation, travel, shopping and entertainment, so tourism can directly or indirectly promote transportation, commercial services, construction, posts and telecommunications, finance and foreign trade. Therefore, the scientific and rational development of regional tourism resources, the creation of distinctive tourism products and the development of catering, entertainment and other related industries with local characteristics to meet the needs of the public can make tourism play its industrial relevance and industrial spillover effect, thus promoting the healthy development of regional economy. 2. The relationship between tourism and regional economic development Tourism has the characteristics of less investment, quick effect and quick foreign exchange earning, which enables some areas without industrial advantages to flourish. Tourism can drive regional related markets, increase regional employment and improve regional appearance. Petty Clark's law holds that with the development of economy, the labor force first shifts from the primary industry to the secondary industry, and when the per capita national income further increases, the labor force shifts to the tertiary industry. With the increase of per capita national income, the greater the proportion of labor force in the tertiary industry, the faster the relative proportion of labor force rises. The multi-level and difference of tourism service objects determine that the scale of regional tourism operation is relatively low, and the technical standards of operation are flexible, which makes the proportion of regional tourism increase rapidly. 3. The role of tourism in regional economic development. Tourism has promoted the development of related industries in this area. It is a comprehensive industry with high industrial relevance. Tourism is an industrial cluster integrating food, housing, transportation, shopping and entertainment. It can promote the development of regional transportation, finance, commerce, trade, insurance, hotels, restaurants, entertainment and other related industries, and attract a large number of labor employment. The conclusion of related research is that every 1 dollar of direct tourism income can drive 2.5 dollars of indirect tourism income. Each direct tourist employee can drive an average of 2.5 indirect employees. In China, according to relevant research, every dollar of tourism income can increase the gross national product by 3. 12 dollars; Every increase in tourism income of 1 USD can drive the tertiary industry to increase l0.7 yuan accordingly; For every increase in tourism foreign exchange income of 1 USD, the amount of foreign capital utilized will increase by $5.9. The diversification and multi-level of tourism demand make barren hills and desert grasslands as attractive as bustling cities, and the greater the difference, the greater the attraction, which provides a broad space for the development and utilization of resources. The development and utilization of tourism has brought economic benefits to those resources that cannot directly create value. Tourism has opened up new markets for the region. The six elements of tourism itself, such as food, shelter, transportation, travel, shopping and entertainment, have been continuously developed, providing a new market for the region. Three. The role of regional tourism economic integration in regional development With the rapid development of China's tourism industry, governments at all levels have realized that the common development of regional tourism economy is the inherent requirement of tourism development and the inevitable choice to achieve a win-win situation for all regions. 1. From the perspective of existence space, it is a tourism industry with distinctive regional characteristics that exists in an economic region. Any tourism product is a regional product, and tourism has distinctive local characteristics. Characteristic tourism products are the fundamental driving force to attract tourists in this area. On the basis of unique regional tourism resources, on the premise of realistic traffic connection conditions, and on the principle of mutual benefit and complementary advantages in scenic spots, we will provide tourism services for tourists. 2. From the way of promoting regional tourism products, the tourism industry adopts the overall promotion method. This promotion method has the characteristics of great momentum, rich content, vivid form and wide coverage. It can also organically combine regional resources, products, services, transportation and social civilization to form a strong comprehensive competitiveness. 3. Enhance the value and attractiveness of resources through tourism integration. In view of the fact that the integrity of resources is affected by administrative divisions, the value of resources is devalued. Through tourism integration and unified development across regions, the attractiveness of resources can be enhanced. Using the positive neighbor benefits of resources to enhance the single value of resources. 4. Through tourism integration, the accessibility of tourists is enhanced, the travel time ratio is reduced and the location relationship is improved. Regional tourism economic integration is an inevitable trend for modern tourism industry to establish a large-scale regional tourism image, enhance comprehensive competitiveness and realize barrier-free tourism activities. Due to China's special administrative regional system and the geographical characteristics of tourism resources, there is a geographical relationship between tourism resources and administrative regions, that is, tourism resources overlap or intersect with administrative regions. The areas on which tourism resources depend are often divided into different administrative regions by administrative divisions, and the same tourism resources are owned by two or more administrative regions. At present, the integration of regional tourism economy in China is developing vigorously. It is necessary to integrate regional tourism. From the above analysis, we can see that each region has its own advantages and disadvantages, so we should foster strengths and avoid weaknesses, and combine soft and hard. Hardware construction is the material basis of regional tourism, and software construction is the guarantee of regional tourism development. Only by combining hardware construction with software construction, organically combining local natural scenery with local social customs, history and culture, and providing high-quality services for tourists, can the development of tourism be effectively promoted.