Fast Development of Short-distance Travel in China Under Current Holiday System and Economic Background

摘要

Under the situation of the fast development of shortdistance travel in China, the study should make clear the definition of the concept of short-distance travel and after that we should know the factors that affect people's selection of shortdistance travel. All these are the preconditions for finding measures to raise the contribution of shortdistance travel to economy. After document study and the survey of 340 effective questionnaires of the urban residents in Beijing, the study defined short-distance travel from operation level, i.e.: the tourist activities in which domestic residents travel to places more than 10km from their habitual residence and spend 6 hours～3 days. Through factor analysis of principle components factoring (PCF), we made exploratory study on the factors that affect people's selection of short-distance travel, and concluded that external environment, public service, cost restriction and induction factors are four most important factors that affect urban residents' selection of short-distance travel.