欧洲国家社会福利旅游发展探究.pdf

A Study on Social Tourism Development in European Countries Abstract The leisure time people have in modern society has accounted for 1/3 of their daily life apart from working and studying. Go on holidays as a human right has become one of the hot topics in recent years. “Everyone has the right to travel”, this goal is raised up by the United Nations World Organization for human rights. Developed countries in Europe are the first part of the world have deep understanding of this goal and introduce the “Social Tourism”, a new form of Tourism. The biggest characteristic of Social Tourism comparing with normal tourism is to encourage low-income people participate in tourism activities and provide special services for them. Social Tourism was originally emerged from Europe. European countries have established relatively perfect Social Tourism framework after decades of development. Social Tourism as a form of tourism has not been deeply studies and widely used in China until the National Tourism Administration launched the “National leisure plan” in 2009. That was the first time the term Social tourism entered the people ’s vision and domestic scholars stated to study in this field. Social Tourism in European countries has a long history, therefore there is a lot worth to learn from them in order to develop Social Tourism in China. The origin of this study is to research on the development of Social tourism in European countries in to order to suit conditions in China. This paper firstly classifies and summarizes the research outcomes in this field from abroad and domestic perspective. Outcomes from a