| Since international tourism has played a more and more important role in China's economic growth, the development of international tourism, especially inward tourism, is a significant part of the national economic growth. However, the fact is that by now those research that studies international tourism in China far lagged behind the remarkable development of China's tourism, especially how to construct a foundationally theoretical basis for our research work, so that make our research outcome endowed with more practical values. This paper attempts to probe into this issue.In general, this paper includes three parts. The first part mainly study on: first, a general introduction of international services trade and international tourism services trade; second, the current situation of China's tourism services trade and the impact of entry into WTO on China's inward tourism; last, the role of international tourism in China's economic growth. Then, the second part mainly analyzes: first, how to choose a development pattern which is fit for China's tourism industry. Second, apply the classic international trade theory, which essentially refer to comparative advantage theory, to this analysis, and point out the importance of comparative advantage to tourism development. Thirdly, analyze the problems and limitations when we do so, then suggest that the development of China's tourism development should be based on new-trade theories and competitive advantage theory. Last, introduce Porter's Diamond Model of national competitiveness. Based on the theoretical analysis in the second part, the last part focuses on how to apply foundational theory to promote and guide the development of China's tourism industry. In this paper we emphasize that by using competitive advantage theory, China can strengthen itstourism industry's competitiveness through both market demand and supply improvement. Finally, the paper provides some suggestions for those policymakers. |
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