本文从闲暇、游憩和旅游三个概念出发,首先讨论了旅游地理学的研究对象。然后从旅游客源地、旅游通道和旅游目的地的分析提出了旅游地理学的研究核心,简析了每一项研究内容。最后结合中国旅游业发展的现状,探讨了90年代中国旅游地理研究应注意的问题。

From a geographical point of view tourism consists of three major components. They are: firstly, the tourist generating regions; secondly, the tourist destination regions; and finally, the routes travelled between these two sets of locations. Therefore, ten broad topic areas can be thought as constituting the major components of the geography of tourism. 1. the conditions and geographical background of tourist generation 2. the beha-vioural law or tourists 3. the tourist flows forecasting 3. the tourist flows forecasting 4. the transit routes 5. the evaluation of tourist resources 6. the capacity of tourist environment 7. the tourist regionalization 8. the tourist planning 9. the impact of tourism 10. the map of tourism.