Teaching Objective: 1.Understanding the emergence and development of tourism activities,and awareness of the stage division.main characteristics and maior events of tourism development history: 2.Understanding the tourism system model and its main elements: 3.an appreciation of the features of tourism destination,the main elements of tourism destination,and an awareness of the tourism area life-cycle. 4.Understanding the environmental,social and cultural impacts of tourism on the destination,and grasp the economic impact of tourism on the destination: 5.Awareness of the main components of tourism and basic knowledge of different industries: 6.Understanding the main factors that affect tourism demand and the main content of tourism marketing. 四、教学内容及要求 第一章旅游精要(Chapter 1 Tourism Essentials) (一)目的与要求(Purpose and requirements） 1.使学生了解旅游的历史背景： 2.理解旅游系统的本质： 3.理解旅游学中有争议的术语： 4.掌握从供需两个方面对旅游的定义： 5.了解旅游研究和旅游实践中的重要问题。 The chapter is designed to provide you with: O an awareness of the historical background to tourism: an understanding of the nature of the tourism system. an awareness of the issues associated with the academic and practical study of tourism an appreciation of vexed terminology associated with tourism;and a knowledge of basic supply-side and demand-side definitions oftourism (二)教学内容(Content of courses) l,主要内容(Main topics of the course) 本章着重讲解旅游发展的历史及旅游学中重要的术语、定义和概念，并提供一 个旅游学学习框架。 In this chapter,we focus on the concepts,history,terminology and definitions that underpin tourism.Welso provide a framework for the study oftourism to guide you through this book. 2.基本概念和知识点(Basic concepts and knowledge points)2 Teaching Objective: 1．Understanding the emergence and development of tourism activities, and awareness of the stage division, main characteristics and major events of tourism development history; 2．Understanding the tourism system model and its main elements; 3．an appreciation of the features of tourism destination, the main elements of tourism destination, and an awareness of the tourism area life-cycle. 4．Understanding the environmental, social and cultural impacts of tourism on the destination, and grasp the economic impact of tourism on the destination; 5．Awareness of the main components of tourism and basic knowledge of different industries; 6．Understanding the main factors that affect tourism demand and the main content of tourism marketing. 四、教学内容及要求 第一章 旅游精要（Chapter 1 Tourism Essentials） （一）目的与要求（Purpose and requirements） 1．使学生了解旅游的历史背景； 2．理解旅游系统的本质； 3. 理解旅游学中有争议的术语； 4. 掌握从供需两个方面对旅游的定义； 5．了解旅游研究和旅游实践中的重要问题。 The chapter is designed to provide you with: ● an awareness of the historical background to tourism; ● an understanding of the nature of the tourism system; ● an awareness of the issues associated with the academic and practical study of tourism; ● an appreciation of vexed terminology associated with tourism; and ● a knowledge of basic supply-side and demand-side definitions of tourism. （二）教学内容（Content of courses） 1．主要内容（Main topics of the course） 本章着重讲解旅游发展的历史及旅游学中重要的术语、定义和概念，并提供一 个旅游学学习框架。 In this chapter, we focus on the concepts, history, terminology and definitions that underpin tourism. We also provide a framework for the study of tourism to guide you through this book. 2．基本概念和知识点（Basic concepts and knowledge points）