there are varied ways of defining tourism. some people regard it as a pollution-free industry; others think of it an invisible school, both are based on an accepted fact that tourism cannot only produce profits bearing no pollution along with, but help broaden knowledge and fortify healthy. aside from the above there exists awidespread theory, claiming that whatever is of the ability to increase in capital belongs to productive industry. in this sense, tourism should hold a position in the scope and ought to be treated as such.
it is true that there is some sense in the theory, yet another equally or even more important aspect should be granted more publicity to. tourism, in terms of its objective purposes, has a social function which contributes to human communication. coming from vadous social backgrounds, having motives and goals of every kind, tourists get together, draw close and exchange ideas of their own, from which a fresh state of mind will be created. so what kind of production is it? to the question we should have good reason to give a proper answer: it is a spirit production, a reproduction of relations of production. and the more frequently such exchanges are made, the more good they will do to promoting social and economic development of the mutual. if it is the case that making money through tourism means a dent we have made, so it foretells a fortune to provide cultural service along with tourism. therefore, to keep close eyes on the latter involves changing our minds first, that is, tourism is by no means a pure economic concept, but takes plenty of ideological activities as its content.