Definition of tourism resources

Definition of tourism resources:

Tourism resources are the prerequisite for the development of tourism and the foundation of tourism. Tourism resources mainly include natural scenery tourism resources and cultural landscape tourism resources. Natural scenic tourism resources include mountains, canyons, forests, volcanoes, rivers, lakes, beaches, hot springs, wild animals and plants, climate, etc., which can be summarized into four categories: geomorphology, hydrology, climate, and biology.

Humanistic landscape tourism resources include historical and cultural monuments, ancient buildings, ethnic customs, new achievements in modern construction, food, shopping, culture and art, sports and entertainment, etc., which can be summarized as humanistic scenery, cultural traditions, folk customs, Four major categories of sports and entertainment. Tourism resources are the most basic factor causing tourism activities. Without regional differentiation of landscapes, it would be impossible to attract tourists with different needs.

Conceptual analysis of tourism:

The core of tourism resource theory is attraction. The form of existence includes both tangible material resources, such as mountains and rivers, and intangible non-material resources, such as myths and legends. Most of them are a combination of tangible material resources and intangible non-material resources. For example, the story of the Great Wall and Meng Jiangnu crying at the Great Wall, the Forbidden City and the past dynasties, the story of Mount Tai and the enthronement of emperors, the Leifeng Pagoda in Hangzhou and the story of Xu Xian and the White Snake, etc.

Tourism resources are not static, they are a concept of development. It shows that something was not used as a tourism resource at the beginning of its existence, but as tourists' needs changed, it became an attractive tourism resource. The attractiveness of tourism resources has a group tendency or orientation of attraction. For example, for urban people, rural pastoral scenery and for rural people, urban high-rise buildings are attractive tourism resources.

Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Travel Resources