An Elementary Study of Tourism Industrial Status in Regional Development and a Few Points on Industrial Policy

Unlike other industries,the scope of tourism industry is hard to define because its product depends heavily on and has strong relations with a lot of social factors.However,such feature was overquoted and often misinterpreted,thus leading to a simplified understanding of tourism industrial status.This essay analyzes the characteristics of tourism industry,its status in industrial structure,and the proper industrial policy it requires.It clarifies decisive factors in its status judgement,and the impact of industrial policy on Chinese tourism development.The article further discusses how to build up a regularly competing and orderly\|segmented market system in tourism under the guidance of proper industrial policy.