A research on development of agritourism in China-a case study of Beijing  

作　　者：GUO Huan-cheng, WANG Yun-cai (Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS, Beijing 100101, China) 

出　　处：《Journal of Geographical Sciences》2000年第4期82-88,共7页地理学报（英文版）

摘　　要：Agritourism is a new kind of industry which combined agriculture with tourism and started from the 1970s with the development of agricultural economy and meeting the demand of touring consumption. It is an important way to exploit natural resources sufficiently, change the simplistic structure and promote the high efficient agriculture. It provides a new space for people to enjoy themselves and appreciate rural scenery. In light of its function, it can be classified into sightseeing, dietetics, shopping, recreation, leisure, health and vocationing. At present, most agritourism is concentrated at the suburbs of big cities, comparative developed regions along the seashore, scenic spots nationalities inhabited areas and regions of special agriculture. Beijing is a metropolis where tourism is comparatively well developed with advantageous conditions. Agricultural landscape is the theoretical base of agritourism. So it is important to construct agricultural landscape and artificial landscape is the premise to develop agritourism.Agritourism is a new kind of industry which combined agriculture with tourism and started from the 1970s with the development of agricultural economy and meeting the demand of touring consumption. It is an important way to exploit natural resources sufficiently, change the simplistic structure and promote the high efficient agriculture. It provides a new space for people to enjoy themselves and appreciate rural scenery. In light of its function, it can be classified into sightseeing, dietetics, shopping, recreation, leisure, health and vocationing. At present, most agritourism is concentrated at the suburbs of big cities, comparative developed regions along the seashore, scenic spots nationalities inhabited areas and regions of special agriculture. Beijing is a metropolis where tourism is comparatively well developed with advantageous conditions. Agricultural landscape is the theoretical base of agritourism. So it is important to construct agricultural landscape and artificial landscape is the premise to develop agritourism.

关 键 词：AGRITOURISM agritourism types agricultural landscape distribution principle 

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