The meaning of tourism economics and its relationship with economy

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Tourism economics

Tourism economics *

A discipline that studies various economic relations and the law of tourism development in the process of tourism economic activities. Like agricultural economics, industrial economics, business economics and materials economics, it is an economic discipline that studies a certain sector of the national economy. Tourism economics is different from tourism hotel management, tourism marketing, travel agency management, tourism geography and other disciplines. These disciplines focus on the specific business in tourism, while tourism economics studies the whole process of tourism economic activities.

Summary of Research/KLOC-In the second half of the 9th century, European tourism activities rose and the tourism industry began to prosper. The research on how to promote the development of tourism economy is also carried out accordingly. Its research scope includes not only domestic and international tourism status, but also tourism statistics and tourism management. After World War II, tourism as a new undertaking, scholars and experts from the United States, Italy, Britain, the Federal Republic of Germany, Japan, Yugoslavia and other countries have conducted extensive research on tourism management, hotel management, tourism market, tourism psychology, tourism economics, etc., and made theoretical preparations for the establishment of tourism economics.

With the development of China's tourism industry, the research on China's tourism economy is also deepening. In the 1920s, some economists discussed the nature, characteristics and political and economic significance of tourism development. After 1949, especially since 1979, tourism has developed rapidly. Based on the reality of the development of tourism economy in China, economists expounded and demonstrated the position and role of tourism economy in the national economy, the development, utilization and protection of tourism resources in China, the management system of tourism in China, the management of tourism enterprises and the development path of tourism in China, which made beneficial contributions to the establishment and development of tourism economics in China.

Research Object and Content In China, tourism economics is based on political economy, and specializes in various economic relations and their special laws in tourism economy. The research contents mainly include: the emergence and development of tourism, its nature and characteristics; The position and function of tourism in the national economy; The relationship between tourism and other sectors of the national economy and the economic relationship between enterprises in tourism; The demand of tourists and their consumption composition, the distribution and redistribution of tourism income; The relationship between supply and demand in tourism market and tourism price policy: tourism management system; Macro-economic and micro-economic benefits of tourism; Tourism enterprise management; The development path of tourism.