本文研究了历史时期佛教旅游发展以及佛教寺院作为旅游吸引物功能转换过程。研究认为佛教旅游作为人类历史上重要的旅游活动形式之一,在不同发展时期,佛教旅游活动表现为不同的形式与内涵。佛教寺院在满足日常宗教活动同时,也采取“顺俗”措施,其作为佛教旅游核心旅游吸引物的各项功能也在不断完善。历史时期佛教旅游发展对现代宗教旅游开发有着重要启示:本质上现代佛教旅游是古代佛教旅游发展和延续;适应现代旅游业发展需求是佛教发展所必须面对的问题;调整佛教寺院旅游功能是促进佛教旅游健康发展的重要现实途径。
Buddhism tourism is an important tourism ways that have been developed for about two thousand years. But as a religious problem, the Buddhism tourism is paid more attention by the public. On the one hands, more and more religious spots are exploited and become an hotspot of tourism; on the other hands, for the special reasons, the tourism in religious spot are warmly debated. Therefore, it will play an important role from the angle of history and development for the Buddhism development. It shows that the Buddhism tourism have the different forms and contents In different historic periods. At the be~nning of the Buddhism tourism, the mainly activity are cultivate oneself according to a Buddhism doctrine and walking around the tree. Then at the stage of Buddhism expand are the preaching and translating the sutra into Chinese. At the fastigium of Buddhism development, the tourism activity show that the studying and worship the mountain, as an the core tourism attraction in the Buddhism tourism. The development of Buddhism tourism and the function transition of the temple have a very important effects on the modem Buddhism tourism: 1) Modem Buddhism still continues and develops the ancient ones essentially, and the Buddhism temple and Buddhism culture are the main tourism attraction for the Buddhism tourism; 2) How to adapt to the development of modem tourism is an important problem that the Buddhism must be faced; 3) To strengthen the tourism function of Buddhism temple is an important way to develop Buddhism tourismo.