马可·波罗作为西欧第一个直抵中国的商人旅行者,其口述的《马可·波罗行记》(下称《行记》)向世人揭示了奇异的东方文明之谜,推动着富有冒险精神的航海家、怀揣十字架的传教士、野心勃勃的殖民者竞相奔往东方世界,从而导致了新航路的开辟和美洲的发现,促进了世界旅游交通和地理的大发展。对东方都市景观、民俗风情的描述,大大丰富了世界旅游文化 Marco Polo, as the first merchant traveler in Western Europe who arrived in China, whose oral “Marco Polo’s” (“Acts”) revealed the wonders of exotic Eastern civilization and promoted Adventurous navigators, cross-border missionaries and ambitious colonists competed for the Eastern world, leading to the opening up of the new route and the discovery of the Americas, thus contributing to the great development of the world’s tourist traffic and geography. The description of oriental urban landscape and folk custom greatly enriched the world’s tourism culture