简介：Inresponsetothe'isolatedisland'phenomenonemergingfromthedevelopmentoftouristresortsinChina,thispaperreviewsthestudyofenclavetourismoverseas,whichhassimilarfeaturestotheresort'island'.BasedontheliteraturesrelatedtoenclavetourismfromTourismManagementandAnnalsofTourismResearch,thispaperreviewsthestudyofenclavetour-ismfromthefollowingaspects:definitiondiscussion,theoriesused,causationofenclaves,characteristicsandimpactsofenclavetourism.TheunderstandingoftheoverseasresearchesonenclavetourismwouldprovideinstructionsforthestudyontheproblemsofChineseresorts,suchasenclavityand'islandeffects',andsuggestmeasuresforthesustainabledevelopmentofresortsinChina.Thispaperisdividedintothreesections.Section1brieflyintroducesthedevelopmentofenclavetourismindevelopingcountriesandtheoutlineofenclavetourismstudy.Section2elaboratesonthecontentsofenclavetourismresearchandgivesdeepinsightsintothestudyonconcepts,characteristics,causationsandeffectsrespectively,whichisthekeypartofthispaper;Section3concludesthereviewandproposessuggestionsfortheenclavetourismstudyinChina.