Study On The Educational Functions Of Red Tourism In China

With the sustainable and rapid development of China's tourism industry, red tourism integrating patriotism education with tourism industry, the novel form of tour product has become the hottest and most shining one in realm of current tourism. Since old times, tour has been achieving the function of nurturing person's sentiment and expanding one's horizons. And red tourism is based on the red tourism resources, which are exploited to be vivid and telling textbooks for conducting patriotism educating, revolutionary teaching and ideological and political instructing. Therefore, to reform and innovate the educational method, the ways on how to dig out the in-depth of "red", exert the multi-function of red tourism; and integrate the red tourism with education has set a stage for this thesis. In this paper, the author concentrates on exploring the issue of educational functions of red tourism in the deeper lever by the logical order of problem-raising, problem-exploring and problem-solving.In the light of the theoretical foundation of social study, like paragon education, ethical empathy and sustainable development, this thesis attempts to expand the conception of red tourism, propose its educational functions in the terms of ideological and political education, cultural education and environmental education. Meanwhile, the necessity and feasibility of exerting the educational functions of red tourism is also analyzed. Furthermore, prominent problems existing in current red tourism is dealt and the way to fulfill its educational function is figured out as follows: to create the sound macro-environment, with regarded to the related departments of red tourism, they are expected to well cooperate mutually, for tour agents, they are supposed to reinforce the management and the consciousness of service, and as a tourist, you are advised to travel with all your heart.Finally, the author hopes this thesis could serve as a trigger of strengthening the multiple educational functions of red tourism, guiding the practice of tourism, especially, the red tourism and boosting the advancement and improvement of theory of tour as a subject.