旅游地学基本理论问题浅见——兼谈《旅游地学概论》的一点有关提法

On the Basic Theoretical Problems of Tourism Earthscience

“旅游地理学”这一概念,早在本世纪30年代已由、国外学者提出。我国对这门学科的全面研究始于70年代末期。现在,无论国内外,这门学科都处于旺盛发展阶段。 “旅游地学”一词,最早是由我国学者在1985年提出的,国外迄今尚未见到。

Tourism Earthscience,as a subject concept, was first put forward by chinese researchers.The subject is defined as the combination of Tourism Geology and Tourism Geography; Therefore the study of cultural tourist resources is also included in it.In terms of the definition,the author expresses his different idea. Tourism Earthscience,as a branch of Earthscience, which belongs to natural science,should not embrace the study of Cultural Geography. That is to say, Tourism Earthscience is only the combination of Tourism Geology and Tourism Natural Geography. From this we can know, Tourism Geograpgy and Tourism Earthscience are a pair of sister subjects, with overlapping areas and respective characteristics. Their matual relation is juxtaposition instead of subordination.