What is the definition of domestic tourists by the National Bureau of Statistics of China?

Tourists, literally, are tourists, that is, people engaged in tourism activities. Write "tourists" in English. It means that a person travels out of curiosity. However, when counting the number of tourists, there is a huge question: who are the tourists? Who is not a tourist? For example, if a person leaves his place of residence for sightseeing in a different place and stays for more than 24 hours, this situation is regarded as a tourist, which seems beyond reproach; But another person left his unit or home, stayed in the city or countryside where he lived for a few hours, and returned to his place of residence that evening. Does this situation count as a tourist? According to our opinion, he is a tourist, but he is not recognized when the number of tourists is counted internationally. Therefore, how to distinguish between tourists and non-tourists has a standard problem.

In order to facilitate statistics and research, the Committee of Experts Statistics of the League of Nations defined "foreign tourists" in 1937 as "people who have left their country of residence to visit another country for more than 24 hours". According to this standard definition, so-called businessmen, government officials and athletes are also foreign tourists. Because before that, some people (such as Guinier) thought that a person "went to another country from his usual place and stayed there for a short time, whether he (she) went for entertainment or not, whether he (she) spent money there or not, he (she) was a foreign tourist". Because of this definition, it avoids explaining the purpose of tourism and does not explain the meaning of "short time". In addition, passengers who go abroad to work, settle down, study, settle in border areas or temporarily transit without stopping are also abandoned, even if the time exceeds 24 hours, they are not included in the tourist statistics.

1963 The United Nations Conference on Tourism and Travel held in Rome put forward the definition of "tourist": "The purpose of sightseeing in a country where you have not settled down is not to make money, and such people are tourists." Tourists who rent graves can be subdivided into "tourists" and "short-distance tourists".

Tourists: temporary tourists who stay in a country for at least 24 hours for entertainment, health care, study, religious belief or sports, in other words, to kill their leisure time, management, attending meetings or visiting relatives.

"Short-distance tourists": people who stay in a country for no more than 24 hours, including sea travelers.

The provisions of the United Nations have gained international recognition. Countries basically use this standard to count the number of foreign tourists or other tourists. However, there are many inconsistencies in the implementation. For example, the Bureau of Labor Statistics counts people who leave the state for a night to travel and vacation, but does not include people who are on business trips and meetings. Spain received 40 million foreign tourists in 1978, 90% of them came from European countries, and many of them came back and forth on the same day, which also counts.

1967, the United Nations Statistical Commission slightly revised the provisions of 1963, and classified tourists who did not stay overnight in a country as "short-distance tourists" or "day tourists". 1968 the international union of official tourism organizations adopted the provisions of the United nations 1963 and adopted such opinions; Tourists are divided into "tourists" and "short-distance tourists". Tourists stay at least one night in the visiting country, and short-distance tourists do not stay.

Although the above regulations on tourists have been adjusted many times, many international scholars still hold different views. For example, H. Robinson of Britain put forward some amendments to the definition of "tourist" in his book Tourism Geography. He believes: "tourists should refer to people who travel from one place to another. Many or even most tourists travel to a destination and stay there for a while."

From 65438 to 0979, the National Bureau of Statistics of China made the following provisions for international tourists and non-tourists:

Foreigners, overseas Chinese and compatriots from Hong Kong and Macao who come to visit relatives, friends, rest, study or engage in trade, commerce, sports, religious activities and attend meetings in China are all tourists. As for the members of delegations at or above the ministerial level who are invited to visit China, personnel of foreign embassies in China, experts, journalists, overseas students, overseas Chinese who have returned to China to settle down, and overseas Chinese who have gone abroad, they are not tourists.

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