关于旅游业定位、性质和作用的辨析

长期以来，旅游业在中国的经济发展中起着重要的积极推动作用，一直被定位为世界第一大产业，在性质上则是投资少、见效快、收益高的产业，也是一个强关联性的产业，其在作用上能够平衡国际收支与外汇管理。然事实上，对旅游业的这些定位、性质及作用的认识都存在着一定的误解，时至今日，其一些观点已经不合时宜，一些提法也比较模糊，因此有必要对此进行科学合理的重新认定。

Researches and Discussions on the Positioning, Characteristics and Functions of Tourism Industry

The tourist industry plays an important and positive role in the development of economy in China for a long time. It has been positioned as the largest industry in the world. In nature it is the industry of less investment, quick effect and high profit, also a strong correlation industry. It has the effect of balancing the international payments and managing the foreign exchange. But in fact, there are misunderstandings to the positioning, nature and understanding of tourist industry. At the present time, some of the ideas have be inopportune or inappropriate, some references are also quite fuzzy, so it is necessary to carry out scientific and reasonable determination.