Interpretation of tourism terms

Tourism is an industry that provides tourists with sightseeing services based on tourism resources and facilities. Also known as smokeless industry and invisible trade. In a narrow sense, tourism in China mainly refers to travel agencies, hotels, travel companies and tourism enterprises that specialize in selling tourism commodities. Tourism in a broad sense includes all walks of life related to tourism, in addition to departments specializing in tourism business. As a new and advanced form of social consumption, tourism often organically combines material life consumption with cultural life consumption. Economist: Mainly pay attention to the contribution of tourism to the national economy and the development of destination economy, and pay attention to monetary factors such as supply and demand, foreign exchange income, balance of payments and employment; Sociologists and cultural anthropologists: mainly study the tourism behavior of individuals and groups, but pay more attention to the customs, traditional culture and lifestyle of both guests and hosts; Geographer: Pay attention to the spatial factors of tourism, and study the direction and location of tourism, the scope of development, the use of land and the changes in the physical environment.