The driving role of tourism

Tourism has strong comprehensiveness, high correlation and outstanding pulling effect. Tourism consumption not only directly promotes traditional industries such as civil aviation, railways, highways, commerce and accommodation, but also plays an important role in promoting emerging and modern service industries such as international finance, warehousing and logistics, information consultation, cultural creativity, film and television entertainment, exhibitions and expositions. According to statistics, there are more than 1 10 industries and departments related to tourism, and the extension of tourism is constantly expanding. The contribution rate of tourism consumption to the accommodation industry exceeds 90%, to the civil aviation and railway passenger transport industry exceeds 80%, to the cultural and entertainment industry exceeds 50%, and to the catering industry and commodity retail industry exceeds 40%.

rural tourism

Nongke Village, Youai Town, Pixian County, Sichuan Province, 20 kilometers away from Chengdu, is the birthplace of farmhouse tourism in China and a national agricultural tourism demonstration site. In Nongke Village, citizens can eat farmhouse meals, see farm scenes, do farm work, live in farmhouses, enjoy farmhouses and buy farm goods. By the end of 2009, there were more than 40 farmhouse reception households in the village, with a daily reception volume of nearly 6.5438+0.2 million. The annual per capita income of the village is more than 24,000 yuan, and the annual per capita net income of the tourist core area is more than 43,000 yuan. Rural tourism has become a pillar industry and livelihood industry in some areas. According to the level of location, culture, ecology and economic development, various provinces in China have formed leisure agriculture modes such as farmhouse, leisure farm, leisure agricultural park and folk village. In some remote areas, the economic function of tourism has been more reflected, and tourism has made positive contributions to poverty eradication. According to statistics, at present, more than 20,000 villages (villages) in China benefit from rural tourism income. The central government has also set up a special investment fund to focus on supporting rural tourism infrastructure construction in the central and western regions. The state puts tourism in the overall national strategy and the overall layout of national economic and social development, gives more active support and coordinates the protection and development of tourism resources. The relevant person in charge of the National Tourism Administration said that it will continue to support the development of leisure agriculture and rural tourism, actively cooperate with local governments, give full play to the engine-driven role of tourism, effectively promote farmers' income and improve the rural environment.

Stimulate the retail industry

20 1 1 year, Beijing's tourism shopping income was10310.70 billion yuan, and it was 77.5 billion yuan in the third quarter of this year, accounting for 29.4% of the total tourism consumption. Cao Pengcheng, deputy director of the Beijing Tourism Commission, revealed that Beijing will continue to be built into a research and development, design, property rights trading and marketing center for tourism commodities in the whole country and even in the Asia-Pacific region, and promote the continuous improvement of Beijing's tourism consumption level. Tourism equipment manufacturing and tourism commodities have also developed rapidly. Take the China International Tourism Commodities Fair held in Yiwu as an example, which covers more than 60 commodities in five categories, such as tourism equipment, hotel supplies, outdoor leisure, luxury jewelry and tourist souvenirs. The 4th Travel Expo held this year achieved a turnover of 3.096 billion yuan, including foreign trade turnover of 65.438+0.56 billion yuan, accounting for 34.65438+0%, and foreign traders of 92.26 billion yuan.