What are the characteristics of tourism?

Fourth, the characteristics of modern tourism.

In order to meet the needs of tourists, enterprises and business activities related to tourism activities (such as developing tourism resources, operating tourism facilities and shops, tourism organizations, receiving tourists and promoting tourism, etc. ) collectively referred to as tourism. Tourism has the following characteristics:

1. Tourism is an intangible industry, which is different from industry and agriculture in the material production sector. It belongs to the non-material production department, has the characteristics of service industry and belongs to the tertiary industry.

2. Tourism is a comprehensive service industry. Although tourism and transportation are both service industries, the problems involved are much broader than transportation. Tourism is a comprehensive service industry, and its development needs the cooperation of all industries. Its development can also promote the development of many tourism-related industries, service industries and production departments.

3. The seasonality of tourism is similar to that of agriculture. In some cases, the routes and exports of tourism are obviously seasonal. For example, chengde mountain resort, Beidaihe Waterfront and Harbin Ice Sculpture all have seasonal tourism activities. Although some sockets can be used all year round, the contents are quite different due to different seasons. For example, Harbin has a pleasant summer climate and is a summer resort. In winter, it attracts Chinese and foreign tourists with its ice and snow landscape.

4. The remoteness and preference of tourism. No matter how far away the tourist destination is from the tourist's place of residence, tourists are traveling in different places, with a certain spatial distance from their original place of residence.

There are deviations in the distribution of tourism resources, such as warm sunshine and clean beaches, which are only distributed in a few coastal areas; Historical sites are limited to a certain area.

5. Diversity of Tourism Tourism includes rest, recuperation, sightseeing, fitness, pilgrimage, shopping, investigation and exploration. Therefore, the diversity of tourists' tourism purposes makes tourism have diversity characteristics.

6. Popularization of Tourism Modern tourism is no longer an activity owned by a few powerful people, but a social activity in which the masses participate, and gradually forms their "travel habits" and "leisure habits".