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Invite professionals, urgent, what is tourism geography?

Tourism geography is a discipline that studies the relationship between human travel and the geographical environment, also known as entertainment geography. The Department of Tourism Geography refers to sightseeing and tourism, while Entertainment Geography includes entertainment and is tourism geography in a broad sense. Both are branches of human geography. Tourism geography is not only closely related to many branches of geography, but also interpenetrates with sociology, folklore, archaeology, history, architecture, gardening, and economics, so it is also a marginal subject.

Tourism subjects (tourists), tourism objects (scenic spots and entertainment activities, etc.) and tourism means or tourism media (tourism promotion, organization, transportation and reception facilities). The main contents studied in tourism geography include: the origin of tourism and its geographical background, the geographical distribution and movement patterns of tourists, the classification, evaluation, protection and development and utilization demonstration of tourism resources, the layout and construction planning of tourist areas (spots), Tourism zoning and tourism route design, the impact of tourism development on the formation of regional economic complexes, etc.