Where does the word tourism come from?

The word tourism first appeared in our country in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. During the Warring States Period, the word "tour" or "you" appeared. In "Zhuangzi", the word "you" appeared hundreds of times. Times or more.

The word "tourism" has been around since ancient times. The earlier document in which the word tourism appears can be traced back to "Sad Journey" written by Shen Yue (441-513) in the Southern Dynasties (Song, Qi and Liang Dynasties), which contains the poem "tourism charms the spring, and spring charms tourists". Someone has made such statistics, that is, in the "Complete Poems of the Tang Dynasty" which contains more than 50,000 poems, there are only 6 poems with the theme of tourism. They are "Travel" by Jia Dao, "Travel Panyu Presentation" by Li Qunyu "Liang Gong", Li Changfu's "Travel Hurts Spring", Gao Shi's "Dongping Tourism Presents Twenty-Four Rhymes to Prefect Xue", Wang Jian's "Early Winter Tourism", Liu Cang's "Spring Tourism"; and the word tourism is in "Tourism in Dongping" It appears 22 times in all the poems of "Complete Poems of the Tang Dynasty", such as "I have been traveling since I was young, and I am quite familiar with the customs of the times" (Bai Juyi's "Two Poems of Suiyi"), etc. (4). I will not list them one by one here. However, apart from these poems (sentences), one undeniable fact is that the word "tourism" has not been found in ancient Chinese classic dictionaries so far (5).

The sequel to "Cymology" published by the Commercial Press in 1931 explained the word "tourism" as: "Today it generally refers to going out as a guest." The first draft was completed in 1959 and printed in 1960. "Modern Chinese Dictionary" (trial version) explains "tourism" as "travel and sightseeing", and it is treated as a compound word here. It was not until the State Council held the "First Tourism Work Conference" in November 1964 that the word "tourism" gradually became popular in society. The "Modern Chinese Dictionary" published by the Commercial Press in 1979 (compiled by the Dictionary Editorial Office of the Institute of Linguistics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences) continued to use the previous definition of "tourism", that is, "travel and sightseeing". This is a general explanation of tourism, and its meaning is relatively broad. As for the word "travel", it appeared earlier. It means traveling together or traveling far away as a guest. The historical data include "Book of Rites·Zeng Ziwen": "Three years of mourning practice, no group, no travel." In addition, , Liu Xiang of the Western Han Dynasty, "Shuoyuan·Bianwu": "Qilin...does not live in groups or travel." If interpreted according to "Cihai" published by Shanghai Dictionary Publishing House in 1979, it refers to one of the means of sports, It is also a good activity content for cultural breaks. In our country, traditional tourism focuses on "touring", which can also be found in our country's classical literature. For example, "Shangshu Dayu Mo" says: "Wandering in Yiyi." "The Book of Songs·Guofeng·Quanshui" says: "Going on a journey with words to write (relieve) my worries." According to the explanation of "Shuowen Jiezi", traveling It means "flow of flags", and also means "floating on water", both of which refer to a certain sublime state of being at ease, contented, and integrated with the environment and heaven and earth. You also refer to play and games, creating an extraordinary state of life. It should be said that traditional travel does not require hiking. Traveling both far and near is travel, and does not necessarily rely entirely on "touring" (4,6-10). Such tourism exists in traditional agricultural societies, where the changing seasons themselves regulate labor and leisure. Spring growth, summer growth, autumn harvest and winter storage are repeated in cycles. When people are in the local nature, they can personally feel the power of natural cycles, the changes of the four seasons and the value of their own existence. In the real world, rural nature and local residents have formed a fitting relationship. In addition to providing a normal livelihood for local residents, it also comes with a product that can be called small livelihood. That is to say, there are not many economic considerations, but the color of play or recreation is very important (11).

Origin of tourism

Tourism is travel and sightseeing activities. Also called travel. It is a complex social phenomenon. Tourism involves various social fields such as politics, economy, culture, history, geography, and law. Travel is also a recreational activity. The World Tourism Organization defines a visitor as someone traveling at least 55 miles away from home.

It is an activity in which people leave their permanent place of residence and go to another place for sightseeing activities, and the stay time exceeds 24 hours and does not exceed one year.

my country’s tourism industry started in the early 1980s. From its inception to the opening of the China Tourism Year in 1997, it has gone through more than ten years of development