中文摘要：

本文首次讨论洲际背包客在华出入境口岸选择偏好.在对西安、阳朔两地洲际背包客进行旅游市场实地亲身调查的基础上,总结了背包客对北京、香港、上海、广州中国四大进出境口岸城市的旅游访问率;讨论了对各口岸城市的选择行为并分析了影响口岸选择的因素;在 Leiper 双目的地旅游系统地理要素模型的基础上,构建了洲际背包客旅游系统地理要素模型;提出不同旅游偏好的洲际背包客对相应类型顶尖级旅游吸引物先睹为快的倾向.

英文摘要：

This paper deals wiih the discussion of cities chosen by western backpackers entering and leaving China. Based on interviews held with backpackers in Xi＇an and Yangshuo, the visitation of Beijing, Hongkong, Shanghai and Guangzhou as ports entering and leaving China was summarized, it presented an imbalance of backpackers＇ choices and an interpretation of the imbalance. Based on Leiper＇s model of geographical elements in a tourism system with two destinations, a new model of tourism system of western backpackers traveling in China was constructed. The newly-constructed model is helpful to pinpoint the ports entering and leaving China, reveal the backpackers＇ tendency to visit top tourist attractions first.