Abstract:

Folk tourism has broad prospect.Folk-tour resources are characterized by their world-wide,regional,collective,enlightening and isolative features.The basic principles for exploiting folktour resource are: 1) have a good grasp of the policy toward nationalities,and protect their benefits properly;2) bring the distinctive folk features into full play,protect local social-cultural environment,and refrain from blind imitation and slipshod work.3) differentiate what is primary from what is secondary,and give priority to the development of major items.4) combine the superiority of local folk resources with that of natural landscapes to increase atttraction for tourists.

Key words: Folk-tour resources, Essential features, The principle of exploitation