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The Discussion About The Development And Influence Of The Tourism Of Modern China

Posted on:2003-01-13Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:L WenFull Text:PDF
GTID:2156360092460091Subject:Special History
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Under the western powers' hard ships and fierce cannons, modern China was compelled to open the country door that dosed tightly, and give up the policy of separating the nation against the world. The Chinese that had secluded from the world for a long period faced right off astonishingly a kind of civilization than that of their own advanced and powerful one. In the collision of the two civilizations have produced a group of Chinese people who opened the eyes to see the world. Most of them could know clearheadedly that the world was changing and China must also change. They carefully thought the reasons why the western countries were so prosperous, whereas China was so poor and weak. They treated the experience and the achievements of western countries with open mind and broad bosom, what's more, they recognized that it was necessary to learn from the western countries. This kind of open consciousness made a part of them walk out of the country door to travel foreign countries. So travel and tourism in this ancient country had entered a new developing stage. People began to produce great enthusiasm and solicitude for this kind of social phenomenon of "travel". But Chinese tradition of separating the nation against the world was so powerful, and the social economy form of semi-feudal and semi-colony made the development of modern Chinese travel very difficult.Now, the research that the accomplishment of modern travel economy is very abundant, but is not seen for the research of Chinese travel history, while the research concerned with modern Chinese travel development is also seldom seen. This paper will make a preliminary discuss on Chinese modern travel, to get more thorough research for this program in this field.This paper analyzes the reasons the emergence and the development of modern Chinese travel from five aspects, including: signing the unequal treaties, the development of modern traffic, modern studying abroad movement, the modernization of the city and the culture, as well as the change of people's ideology.And it makes clear the characteristics in different social environments. This paper also discusses Chinese modern travel's influence upon the construction of Chinese modern society and travel landscape, the development of the scenic areas as well as modern travel research in order to offer experience and reference for the development of modern Chinese travel cause, and this is also the purpose and the meaning of this paper.
Keywords/Search Tags:modern travel, modernization, the entrance of western culture
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