What is "red tourism"?

"Red tourism" refers to traveling to places like the Red Army revolutionary base areas.

Red tourism is mainly a theme tourism activity that organizes and receives tourists to remember, study and visit, based on the memorial sites and landmark buildings formed by the great achievements led by the China Communist Party during the revolutionary war, and with the revolutionary history, revolutionary deeds and revolutionary spirit as its connotation.

As a kind of cultural tourism with special educational significance, the popularity of red tourism in China has been rising in recent years, and it has gradually become one of the popular tourism themes. As a rich spiritual and cultural resource, red culture needs rich material carriers to realize its educational significance and leading position. Developing red tourism is an important way for red culture to realize its educational significance and consolidate its dominant position.

Extended data:

China's vigorously promoted socialist cultural construction has laid a strong cultural foundation for the development of red tourism and provided a broad market and stage. Throughout the development of red tourism in China, it can be roughly divided into the following four stages:

1, original site sightseeing mode

That is, relying on the history and culture of revolutionary sites and rich revolutionary sites, it will be built into a tourist destination mainly for sightseeing. It is common in cultural relics or red cultural sites with high historical value and unsuitable for over-exploitation. Take 5A scenic spot, the former site of Zunyi Conference, as a typical representative.

2. Red-green combination mode

Integrate the spirit of red culture into the eco-tourism product system, realize "building a stage with red and singing with green", and increase the attraction of red tourism. It is more common in areas with good natural resources and superior ecological environment. Take Jinggangshan tourist scenic spot as a typical representative.

3. The combination of red and ancient.

Under the background of promoting tourism through culture, we should fully explore the local folk culture and national culture related to red scenic spots. Take Ruijin Red Scenic Area as a typical representative.

4. Comprehensive development model

Based on the organic combination of red sightseeing and participation experience, the model of comprehensive development of multi-format products. With the theme of red culture, combined with natural resources and folk cultural resources, supporting the development of cultural experience, ecological leisure and other experience projects, increase the attraction of scenic spots and the length of tourists' stay. Take Zhao Jin Red Tourist Town as a typical example.

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