As for tourism，people have formed some basic conceptual cognition based on common sense. They realize that though tourists travel for different purposes，they have something in common. That is，tourists travel to a place away from home but will finally return；they spend money and most importantly，a whole period of free time which is different from working hours. Due to these apparent characteristics，tourists’ behaviour and its meanings are possible to be greatly different from those in daily environment. It is this possibility that gives us the impetus to make further research on tourist experience.

In order to found a solid logical framework for our exploration，the first question we are confronted with is to tell the differences between tourist phenomena and daily life phenomena. This will help reveal the features of tourism，thus make it possible to disclose the laws underlying tourism and tourist experience.