西南石油大学学报(社会科学版) ›› 2017, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (1): 94-102.DOI: 10.11885/j.issn.1674-5094.2016.09.17.01

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A Review of Researches on TCM Tourism in China

Jiang Taiqin1, Jiang Tailing2   

  1. 1. School of Economies and Management, Baoshan University, Baoshan Yunnan, 678000, China;
    2. Institute of Tropical and Subtropical Cash Crops, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Baoshan Yunnan, 678000, China
  • Received:2016-09-17 Online:2017-01-01 Published:2017-01-01

Abstract: In recent years,with the rapid development of tourism and improvement of people's living standard,TCM tourism, a new tourism product,has prospered and researches to it are also deepening. Aiming to achieve a comprehensive understanding of the research results and developments in TCM tourism, we analyze the theory on TCM tourism, tourism development and resource evaluation, and tourism market and industrial development and so on, and make relevant recommendations for the development of TCM tourism in China. We find out that the main problems in TCM tourism include weak theory foundation, inadequate research method, lower research level. In order to further promote the development of TCM tourism research, the industry needs to learn from foreign experiences, to strengthen the construction of basic theoretical system, and to enhance multi-disciplinary research; further researches on tourist experience and regional cooperation and on TCM tourism's function in poverty alleviation are also needed.

Key words: traditional Chinese medicine, tourism product, tourism industry, tourist experience, pro-poor tourism

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