旅游的定义与中国古代旅游的起源

The definition of tourism and the origin of ancient tourism in China

依据古代神话传说，可以推测在遥远的远古时代，人类就已开始了最早的旅游活动。所以中国古代文字中很早就出现了“观光”“旅游”等词汇，而且，其涵义与１９９１年世界旅游组织对旅游概念的重新界定基本符合。到商代与西周，舟船、车辆、道路、旅馆、饮食等旅游与旅行所需要的条件都已较为完备。因此，当时人们的旅游和旅行活动已相当频繁。旅行者的足迹远达现在的甘肃、内蒙和新疆。

According to ancient Chinese mythology,primitive people had already begun their earlist tourism activities.Terms like “Sightseeing” and “tour” appeared very early in ancient Chinese characters.Moreover,the connotation of these words are generally in accordance with the definition of the word “tour” given by the international tourism organization in 1991.Early in the Shan and Zhou Dynasties,essential tourism facilities,such as transportation and accommodation,were rather completed in China,Therefore,people then traveled very frequently for various purposes.Some of them had been to so far away places as today's Gansu,XinJiang and inner Mongolia.They had also widely traveled by sea.They started the first chapter in Chinese Tourism history.