作为中国旅游的重要客源,日本对华旅游同时也是日本进行对外交流,充分发挥友好外交作用的重要手段,更是中国确定日本旅游客源市场,明确中国旅游发展方向的主要方式。中青年文化交流作为中日友好往来的基础,能够为未来中日友好交流局面的打开奠定坚实基础,促进中日关系的进一步协调。旅游作为中日青年文化交流的媒介,更为中日青年的友好交往提供必要方式。本文从当前形势下中日青年文化交流的现状出发,在明确以旅游为主要方式对中日青年文化交流的价值,并确定中日青年文化交流为主要目的的旅游方式。 As an important source of tourism in China, Japan’s tourism to China is also an important means of Japan’s foreign exchange and giving full play to its friendly diplomacy. It is also a major way for China to determine Japan’s tourist market and clarify the direction of China’s tourism development. As the basis for the friendly exchanges between China and Japan, young and middle-aged cultural exchanges can lay a solid foundation for the future opening of the friendly exchange between China and Japan and promote further coordination of the Sino-Japanese relations. As a medium of Sino-Japanese youth cultural exchange, tourism provides the necessary means for the friendly exchanges between the Chinese and Japanese youths. Based on the current situation of Sino-Japanese youth cultural exchange under the current situation, this paper clarifies the value of tourism as the main way of cultural exchange between China and Japan, and identifies the Sino-Japanese youth cultural exchange as the main purpose of tourism.