Using historic data,this study investigated the casual relationship between tour expenditure of Chinese citizens and the economic growth of China in the period starting from the implementation of open policy in 1978 to the year 2006.

Some non-harmonious problems were produced in Chinese travel consumption,which shows the destroyed travel resources and environment,and also shows the dissimilation of human behavior and mind,then results worsen entironment of travel destinations and depressed tourists experiences.

The paper re defines it after comparing and analyzing some definitions of travel consumption.

Ecological footprint of tourism consumption—A case study of Beijing foreign tourist arrivals;

A Study on the Tourism Consumption Culture of Shanghai Citizens ;

Using economic development level as interpretive variable, this paper respectively sets up the model of domestic tourism consumption, the model of international tourism consumption, and the model of total tourism consumption.

Through the analysis of basic data got from the survey of tourist consumers in Changsha city,and the multiple investigations of the consumption place,group,capacity,level,construction and desire in main tourist areas in Hunan province,the author concludes six main modes about areas of the tourist consumption: Tourist hot area,Secondary tourist hot area,To be.

Tourism is to be the new industry of the economic development in 21th century,thus,the thesis analyzes the developing trend of the tourist consumption from the economic prospect and deals with the factors influencing the increase of tourist consumption to prove the necessity of tourism being the national key industry.

However,China s citizens are somewhat blind to tourist consumption.