Abstract:

As an important means of measuring tourism development and evaluating the impact of tourism economy, tourism statistics play a significant role for supporting the decision-making of the government and tourism enterprises. For a long time, the accuracy of domestic tourism statistics has been questioned by academics and professionals. Current solutions towards resolving the accuracy problem mainly focus on the improvements of contents, methods and systems of tourism statistics; an in-depth reconsideration of fundamental concepts of tourism statistics is still lacking. This article tries to locate the root of the problems in the current statistical data by scrutinizing the concept of one of the fundamental statistical indicator, namely the domestic tourists. The tourism statistics in the real world would be benefit after the concept was clarified through introducing spatial scale perspective.

Key words: tourism development, tourism statistics, spatial scale perspective

摘要：

旅游统计作为测度旅游发展、评估旅游经济影响的重要手段,能够为政府与旅游企业的决策提供依据。目前,国内旅游统计数据的准确性受到学界、业界人士的质疑。现有讨论多从调查内容、制度与方法角度提出旅游统计改革方向,鲜见对旅游统计中基本概念的深入探讨。本文试图通过对“国内旅游人数”这一基本统计指标的概念辨析,找出现今统计数据存在问题的根源,并引入尺度观将此概念明晰化,以期为实际的旅游统计工作提供参考。

关键词: 旅游发展, 旅游统计, 尺度观