试论旅游犯罪的概念、特征和类型

旅游犯罪可从社会学角度进行定义,它是指发生在旅游领域中,侵犯旅游者、旅游地居民、旅游服务机构的正当利益或者破坏旅游环境、旅游设施和旅游资源,妨碍旅游业发展的危害行为的总和。旅游犯罪具有主体的广泛性、客体的同一性、时空的集中性和影响的严重性等特征。旅游犯罪是个集合的概念,可以从旅游犯罪的主体、客体、对象、环节、动机、方式、手段的角度对其进行分类。探讨旅游犯罪的概念、特征以及类型为研究旅游犯罪相关问题提供理论基石。

On the Concept, Character and Classification of Tourist Crime

Tourist crime refers to all the activities which affect the development of tourism,including the invasion of the rights of tourists,residents in the tourist destinations and tourist service agencies,and the destruction of the tourist environment.Tourist crime has the following features： the universality of the subjects,the identity of the objects,the concentration of time and space,and the seriousness of the effects.As a collective concept,tourist crime can be classified according to different criteria,such as the criminal subjects,the objects,the targets,the steps in committing crime,the motivation,the method and the means.A study of the concept,character and classification of tourist crime serves as the fundamental step for other tourist studies.