This article aims to explore an emergent sub-field in the study of tourism: the relationship between plants and tourism, which has been neglected in the literature. We discuss plants as a life form and confront the animal–plant divide, implicitly permeating tourism studies, with recent findings in biology and arguments in contemporary ontological anthropology, which seek to erase that divide and emphasize plant–animal continuity. We discuss the role of plants in the tourist experience and their place in differentially framed tourist settings, ranging from fully-natural to fully-contrived ones. We present the various ethical theories bearing on human conduct toward plants and indicate their applicability to tourism in the various settings. In conclusion we call for greater attention to the significant but overlooked role of plants in various touristic contexts.

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植物和旅游业：看不见森林或树木

本文旨在探索旅游研究中一个新兴的子领域：植物与旅游之间的关系，而这一点在文献中已被忽略。我们将植物作为一种生命形式进行讨论，并面对动物与植物之间的鸿沟，隐含地渗透到旅游业研究中，并结合生物学和当代本体人类学争论的最新发现，力求消除这种鸿沟并强调植物与动物的连续性。我们讨论了植物在游客体验中的作用以及它们在不同框架的游客环境中的位置，从完全自然到完全人为的植物。我们介绍了有关人类对植物行为的各种伦理理论，并指出了它们在各种环境中对旅游业的适用性。