运用哲学思辨和逻辑推理的方法,对王玉海教授在《"旅游"概念新探》文章中阐述的"旅游是人们利用闲暇时间对非惯常环境的一种体验"定义提出质疑。认为对旅游概念的定义务必抓住旅游的本质,旅游的本质是由旅游的根本目的与行为规律决定的,而体验"非惯常环境"并非旅游的根本目的与行为规律。对于旅游的定义和本质的探讨,归根结底还是应从哲学的视角和行为科学的层面去认识。从"学术性定义"层面提出"旅游是人们以消遣、审美、求知等为主要目的,利用余暇到日常生活与工作环境之外的地方的旅行、游览和逗留等各种身心自由的体验"的概念。重点论述了"异地身心自由体验"这一旅游本质内涵与立论依据。强调理解和定义旅游概念,不能脱离"异地身心自由体验"这个本质。

By applying the methods of philosophical speculation and logical reasoning,the thesis queries the concept proposed by Professor WANG Yu-hai who defines tourism as "people employ their leisure time to experience the unusual environment",and puts forward that "experience the unusual environment" is not the essence and necessary condition of tourism. The nature of tourism is determined by the basic purpose and behavior pattern of tourism,however,"to experience the unusual environment" is neither the ultimate purpose nor the essential condition of tourism. The word "joy" has remained to be the focus of debate about the definition of tourism. In view of Professor Wang's questioning of the idea of "joy" introduced by Professor Xie Yanjun,the study discriminates the aesthetic connotation of the word "joy",holds that "joy" should not be simply interpreted into "happy",but "a pleasant sensation" is much closer to the implication. There is no obvious problem and large deviation in professor Xie's definition,which has approached to the essence of traveling and covers the main contents of tourism,though there exists an expression problem and a need to further improve the depth of the theoretical definition. The discussion about the definition and essence of tourism ultimately should be dealt with from the perspective of philosophy and the angle of behavioral science. The article,from the "academic definition" level,redefines tourism as a kind of experience of the freedom of mind and body attained by people who use their spare time to travel,visit and stay in places different from their daily life and work environment with purposes of recreation,appreciation of beauty and seeking knowledge. The paper also examines the relations and differences between tourism and leisure,deems that tourism can not be simply defined as "a kind of recreational experience and activities people engaged in their spare time and in alien places".