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A Research On Science Of Tourism Health

Posted on:2006-02-06Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:L ZhengFull Text:PDF
GTID:2166360152995249Subject:Human Geography
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The tourism industry has gotten great development since 1940s, and nowadays it has been the most influential social-economic affairs in the world. With the influence of modern "physical-psychological-social" health-viewpoint, the health function of tourism acquires extensive concern, healthy travel comes into style, so modern tourism has already entered the ages of "wealth and health" . At the same time, there are two characteristics in the development of science: one hand the science advances towards the macroscopic realm and synthesis; on the other hand, the science pierces into the microcosmic field and specialization. Thus, there often appears brink-subject and cross-discipline. Therefore, to set up the Science of Tourism Health is the need of modern tourism and regional tourism sustainable development; it is also the inevitable trend of the development in modern science.The article, basing on the particularity of tourism and integrating with some relative knowledge of health, environment and management, etc, definitely puts forward the conception of tourism health, tourism health risk, tourism health resources, and tourism health management. Moreover, it also builds up the elementary system of the Science of Tourism Health. The author thinks that core of this discipline is the relationship between tourism and health. The research focuses on the occurrence pattern, the spatio-temporal rules and the precautionary measures of tourism health and its risks. As same as Tourism Psychology and Tourism Economics, the Science of Tourism Health is a newly rising cross-discipline. Some questions such as the influence of tourism on health, tourism health risks,the exploitation of tourism health resources, the economics analysis on tourism health, and the management on tourism health are the main things that this discipline studies. The environmental hygiene theories, travel requirement structure theories, tourism sustainable development theories are the basic theories of the research. There are special principles and methods using in the research.Obviously, the environment, which is neat, comfortable, relaxed, safe and healthy, is the foundation and premise of the tourism industry to exist and develop. It also greatly contributes to the economic social benefits of tourism industry. The Science of Tourism Health can help to create satisfying tour environment. The purpose of the research is to reveal the occurrence mechanism, the spatio-temporal rules and the precautionary measures of tourism health and its risks. It can aware the public of the knowledge about tourism health, help people to set up the right viewpoints on tourism health and the sustainable development; It also encourages people exploit and make good use of the tourism health resources, economically distribute tourism health' s guarantee force.All in all, the research not only has important meanings to develop the science of travel medicine, tourism, health et al. But also has actually worth on giving people useful suggestions about safely travel, promoting tourism sustainable development and realizing the strategy of all the people' health exercise.
Keywords/Search Tags:tourism health, Science of Tourism Health, basic theory, the content of the discipline, the elementary system of the discipline
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