Hello,IamFanRong.IamfromChina.Thisismyfamily’stravelplan.WearegoingintotravelaroundChinaduringthesummerholidays.WearegoingtostayinChinafortwoweeks.Inthefirstweek,WearegoingtovisitChengdu,Beijing,YunnanandSanya.IknowtheEmeiMountainandDujiangWeirareinChengdu.
Itisveryspectacularandbeautiful.Thesecondweek,wearegoingtoShanghai,Qingdao,KunmingandJiangsu.IknowthestoneforestisinKunming.Ihearitisverybeautiful.Thisisaexcitingtravel!
Therearevariedwaysofdefiningtourism.Somepeopleregarditasapollution-freeindustry;othersthinkofitaninvisibleschool,Botharebasedonanacceptedfactthattourismcannotonlyproduceprofitsbearingnopollutionalongwith,buthelpbroadenknowledgeandfortifyhealthy.Asidefromtheabovethereexistsawidespreadtheory,claimingthatwhateverisoftheabilitytoincreaseincapitalbelongstoproductiveindustry.Inthissense,tourismshouldholdapositioninthescopeandoughttobetreatedassuch.
Itistruethatthereissomesenseinthetheory,yetanotherequallyorevenmoreimportantaspectshouldbegrantedmorepublicityto.Tourism,intermsofitsobjectivepurposes,hasasocialfunctionwhichcontributestohumanmunication.Comingfromvadoussocialbackgrounds,havingmotivesandgoalsofeverykind,touristsgettogether,drawcloseandexchangeideasoftheirown,fromwhichafreshstateofmindwillbecreated.Sowhatkindofproductionisit?Tothequestionweshouldhavegoodreasontogiveaproperanswer:itisaspiritproduction,areproductionofrelationsofproduction.Andthemorefrequentlysuchexchangesaremade,themoregoodtheywilldotopromotingsocialandeconomicdevelopmentofthemutual.Ifitisthecasethatmakingmoneythroughtourismmeansadentwehavemade,soitforetellsafortunetoprovideculturalservicealongwithtourism.Therefore,tokeepcloseeyesonthelatterinvolveschangingourmindsfirst,thatis,tourismisbyno
meansapureeconomicconcept,buttakesplentyofideologicalactivitiesasitscontent.
Tosumup,unlikeothereconomicforms,theprofitsfromtourismeconomycannotbemeasuredpletelybymeansofhowmuchoutputvalue,profit,andforeignexchangeitwillproduce.Inadditiontothereputationofpollution-freeindustry,itssocialandfar-reachingprofitshouldbeprobedmoredeeply.Assuchtheexistingscenicspotsoughttobekeptingoodmaintenance,andsomenewonesexploited.Moreover,constructingfirst-classsoftandhardsurroundingsisdesiredtoattracttourists,theforeignandthedomestic.
I'mtravelingtoAmericaandwouldliketogoonsometours.
Towhichcitieswillyoubetraveling?
NewYorkCityandPhiladelphia.
Great!MayIsuggesttheStatueofLibertytourinNYCandtheLibertyBelltourinPhiladelphia?
Thatsoundsgood.Thankyou.Pleasebookthosetoursforme.
OK,noproblem.AndforwhichdatesshouldIbookthem?
PleasebooktheStatueofLibertytourfornextThursdayandtheLibertyBelltourfornextSunday.
Surething.Iwilldothatrightnow.