The Development of China's Tourism Research: An Introspection
Since the country's reform and opening-up,China's tourism discipline research has made excellent progress,including the results,direction,team and subject status within academia.However,it is urgent to rethink and further explore this emerging academic study and discipline construction.In the next stage of development,several issues need to be reconsidered,such as: 1) how to evaluate the present state of tourism research in China; 2) how to analyze the current problems in these endeavors; 3) how to understand the gap that still exists between the tourism discipline and other disciplines; and 4) how to promote the further development of China's tourism discipline. Firstly,this paper objectively analyzes three broad stages in the development of China's tourism discipline research: 1) the start-up phase; 2) the gradual formation of tourism as a research field; 3) the subsequent expansion of and reflection on this area of research. Secondly,there is a careful analysis of several ongoing challenges in the research,for example,the essence of research object,the concept system,the research paradigm,the principal contradiction,influencing factors and research level.Lastly,toward the end of the paper,the prospects for future tourism discipline research are put forward. Concurrently,the tourism industry is responding to new factors and trends.Therefore,it is clear that research in the field of tourism must also face new opportunities and challenges.It is high time for those who study in the field to adopt a long-term,scientific research practice.In the meantime,we must immediately engage in a rational discussion of exactly how the field should be constructed.Deficiencies in the academic research should be overcome with time.Of special importance is the development of local emphases in the discipline's research.In particular,the construction of this discipline's research paradigm is sure to become the core issue for tourism academic research in the future.
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