HUANG Zhenfang, HUANG Rui, GE Junlian
The construction of the theoretical system of Chinese path to modernization provides academic guidelines for tourism geography research in the new era. Based on analyzing the scientific connotation of Chinese path to modernization and combining the disciplinary orientation and development trend of tourism geography,this article constructs a new framework for tourism geography research from the aspects of theory,methodology and application. It is emphasized that the disciplinary advantages and regional,comprehensive,intersectional and applied characteristics of tourism geography must be brought into play,with the theory of human-environment relationship in tourism as the core,and the comprehensive application of multidisciplinary theories and technical methods. While strengthening the research on tourism spatial analysis,destination evolution and sustainable tourism development, tourism geography research should pay attention to the innovative application of modernity theory,symbiosis theory, justice theory,theory of scenes,theory of a community of shared future for mankind and new form of human civilization,and gradually build a theoretical system of tourism geography that meets the requirements of Chinese path to modernization. As the efforts in promoting the independent knowledge innovation in tourism geography,it is proposed to strengthen the tourism geography research on "Chinese characteristics",specifically to explore in depth the scientific issues such as the characteristics of population (demand) and the law of mobility,the mechanism and path of tourism development to promote common prosperity,the deep integration and high-quality development of culture and tourism,the harmonious coexistence of human-environment relationship and sustainable development of tourism,the geographical pattern of international tourism,and the role of tourism in promoting world peace. Tourism geographers should be the pioneers and agents in the construction of Chinese path to modernization in tourism research and actively undertake the political mission of responding to national strategies,the social mission of promoting common prosperity,the cultural mission of coordinating "two types of civilization",the ecological mission of promoting the harmony of human-environment relationship,the economic mission of propelling the service industry,and the international mission of advancing peaceful development,fundamentally to better serve the Chinese path to modernization and high-quality development of tourism.