旅游地理学——一门新兴的社会地理学科在当代,旅游活动已成为一个重要的社会经济因素。我们亲眼看到它逐步形成为新的国民经济部门,这一部门依靠一些资源的特定的结合,拥有自已的干部队伍,并与其它经济部门建立了广泛的联系,取得了可观的社会经济效益。由于旅游活动的蓬勃发展,它已成为一种全球性现象,并产生了一系列的复杂问题,这就要 Tourism Geography - A Emerging Social Geography In the contemporary era, tourism has become an important socio-economic factor. We have seen with our own eyes that it has gradually taken shape as a new national economic sector. This sector has its own ranks of cadres relying on a certain combination of resources and has established extensive contacts with other economic sectors and achieved considerable socio-economic benefits. Due to the booming tourism activity, it has become a global phenomenon and has created a series of complex issues that require