The Functional Characteristics of Tourist Resources

Abstract

First, tourist resources have been interpreted as the resources to use for tourism. Existence of touristically-tinctured resources will undoubtedly be considered a fundamental factor in the development of the resources. Therefore, stipulating the factor to organize tourism, the resources deserve recognition for high value in tourism, in making the organic character of the resources adaptable to the social environment. Secondly, this paper has shown the classification of tourist resources under a basic notion of a system figured by deviding the resources into natural and cultural ones. Considering the degree of tourists’ expectations to the resources as the mental process, I have placed the four respects: Perception; Novelty; Fusion; and Instinct, in the main theme of its process. Lastly, deliberating upon both the functions of the resources and the communities, I have examined the social bearings of the resources referring to the economic meaning, involving business efficiency, cultural development in life, etc.