基于地缘因素,根据国际旅游组织提供的权威资料,以中国为中心参照物,将中国与日本、韩国等18个邻国作为一个统一的旅游大市场,定量对比分析了19个国家国际旅游发展的基本特征。基于国家战略利益思考,揭示了中国在发展入境旅游方面所面临的机遇和挑战:中国入境旅游人数在19国中位居第一,年均所在国旅游花费在19国中位居第二,出境旅游人数位居第三,三者在总体上随时间均呈现出递增趋势,中国在各国中增长幅度最大;每平方公里国土面积上中国年均入境旅游人数、年均入境旅游花费远低于日本、韩国与泰国;中国入境旅游花费占GDP份额在各国中位居第八,总体上呈现出递减趋势;中国出境旅游人数位居第三,在他国旅游花费位居第二。进而指出日本、韩国、泰国已成为中国发展与开拓亚太(东盟、澜沧江－湄公河次区域)入境旅游市场所面临的三大主要竞争对手。最后,还探讨性地提出了当前以"惠邻"、"睦邻"、"安邻"为核心的我国参与周边区域国际旅游合作的国家战略选择模式,认为我国应将发展国际旅游作为与周边国家(区域)合作的重要桥梁与优先纽带,从国家战略利益的高度予以积极重视。

Along with the continuous development of international social and economic situation, tourism has become an important industry or pillar industry of many countries in the world. Based on terra edge factor and the authoritative data provided by the world tourism organization, the paper systematically contrasts and analyzes the basic characteristics of international tourism development in the 18 countries, including China,Japan,Burma,Thailand,Laos,Cambodia,Vietnam,India,Pakistan,Nepal,Bhutan,Bangladesh,Mongolia,Russia,Kazakstan,Kyrgyz,Uzbekistan,Tajikistan and Korea. The paper profoundly disclosures the opportunity and challenge of China in developing international tourism, and definitely indicates that Japan as well as Korea and Thailand have become the two chief competitors of China in developing and exploiting international tourism market. Finally, the paper tries to advance the national stratagem choosing mode that China participates in the international tourism cooperation with circumjacent districts taking benefiting neighbours,good neighbourly relations,secure neighbours as cores, and considers that our country should take developing international tourism as an important bridge and preferential ligament in the cooperation with circumjacent countries, and give positive recognition in the height of national interests.