Abstract：Research in China for the visiting missionaries from western countries mostly focuses on areas such as history, culture and education, religious cases and social influences, etc. There has not been any document which fully recorded this special historical phenomenon. With the rapid development of tourism, to review this historical phenomenon from the perspective of travel is significant. In this article, activities of visiting missionaries from western countries were considered as religious. Factors influencing visiting missionaries from western countries in the late Qing Dynasty were systematically analyzed by choosing the late Qing Dynasty as the time segment when ingression of visiting missionaries was massive, and by making good use of the three-component tourism system. The research results showed that there were three main factors working on activities of visiting missionaries:First is the cultural and economic factors of those countries where visiting missionaries came from; second is the political and religious policies, plus security measures in the tourist destination; and the third is transportation. All these factors played a positive role in affecting the activities of visiting missionaries from western countries.
黄金刚, 杨桂华. 影响晚清西方来华传教士宗教旅游的因素分析[J]. 人文地理, 2007, 22(5): 114-117.
HUANG Jin-gang, YANG Gui-hua. ANAlYSIS OF FACTORS INFLUENCING TOURIST ACTIVITIES OF THE VISITING MISSIONARIES FROM WESTERN COUNTRIES IN THE LATE QING DYNASTY. HUMAN GEOGRAPHY, 2007, 22(5): 114-117.
