国际商务贸易是国际商贸旅游的核心助推器，广州在明确建设国际商贸中心城市的基础上提出“世界城市”的目标，使得广州旅游业的发展进入新的历史阶段——国际商贸旅游中心。本研究在总结改革开放以来广州国际商贸旅游的发展历史和现状基础上，从中心性的概念和体系出发，将广州与北京、上海进行对比分析，论述与世界城市纽约的差距。结果表明，广州目前是华南地区的国际商贸旅游中心城市，要发展成为国际商贸旅游世界城市，需要以“世界城市”为终极目标，加强国际商贸旅游服务，缩小与北京、上海的差距，商旅文结合发展。
International business and trade is the key assistor of international commercial tourism. Guangzhou's target of "global city" based on the construction of international trade centre will lead the tourist industry in Guangzhou into a new stage-to construct the international commercial tourism centre. The study summarizes the history and current situation of international commercial tourism in Guangzhou by comparison with Beijing and Shanghai, discusses the disparity of Guangzhou and New York, and concludes that Guangzhou is the trade and tourism centre of South China at present. It further suggests that Guangzhou shall target at "global city", upgrade international commercial tourism service, reduce disparity with Beijing and Shanghai, and combine the development of tourism with trade and culture in order to build up a cultural centre with global fame.
