Intangible culture heritages are the precious wealth of human civilization and important resources of tourism industry. This concept is in contrast to the tangible cultural heritage.As to intangible culture heritage, we encourage its use under the protection and promote its protection by its use. Many good mutual mechanisms of protection and tourism development for intangible culture heritage have been formed in many countries around the world. Intangible culture heritage boasts high value in tourism image, aesthetic, art, experience and has a deep potential in the aspect of molding and strengthening tourism image, lengthening tourism industry chain, promoting tourism entertainment and shopping. In order to make the preservation of intangible culture heritages and tourism development complementary, we should explore and use such resources on a scientific basis.This thesis made a review of the studies on intangible culture heritage in recent years in China firstly, and then on the basis of analyzing the characteristics and content of the concept, explained the tourism value of intangible cultural heritage, factors affecting the development of the intangible cultural heritage and tourism development framework, and the principle and mode of tourism development. The urgent problems in theoretical study and practical issues of intangible heritage in future were put forward lastly. |