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Through three decades of quick development after the reform and opening-up , China’s tourism industry has basically gone through the development and growth periods, during which the government-oriented tourism industry development mode played a positive role. With the gradual complicated external environment of the tourism industry and constant increase of problems in the internal industry due to the continuously rapid growth, China’s tourism has fallen into a contradiction of rapid growth and weak competitiveness.
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SARS, short for severe acute respiratory syndrome, is a fatal infectious disease which struck mainland China in early 2003, bringing devastating damage to the country’s tourism industry, catering industry and so on.
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Responsible tourism includes many types of travel, all of which aim to minimize tourism’s negative impacts on the environment, and maximize the positive contributions tourism can make to local communities. It is about designing tourism programs and individual trips carefully, to provide travelers with the experience they seek, while leaving a positive footprint at their destination.
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The Central Civilization Office, is an official organization responsible for the promotion of moral and ethic progress in China.
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Zhou, P. (2019). Tourism Development Modes and Development Experience with Chinese Characteristics. In: The Theory and Practice of China's Tourism Economy (1978–2017). Research Series on the Chinese Dream and China’s Development Path. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9107-2_5
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