The Characteristics and Structure of the Tourism Market
Author:Conf. univ. dr. Nedelea Alexandru
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Keywords:Touristic market;
Touristic supply;
Demand in tourism;
Touristic consumption.
Abstract:
Nowadays, tourism is considered as
one of the most dynamic economic field, with
a continuous oscillatory evolution, being
defined as the most profitable industry at the
end of the 20th century. John Naisbitt
identifies tourism, in his famous book
“Megatendencies”, as the industry with the
fastest development at the beginning of the 3rd
millennium. If the present day tendency
continues, tourism will become the first
exporting industry and it will keep its position
of first industry in the world that creates jobs.
Analyzing the links between the
touristic market and the service market, one
has to notice that firstly, the touristic market is,
through its nature, a service market, its
development being conditioned by the
existence of a wide range of offers in
transport, accommodation, restaurants,
recreation, cure facilities. On the other hand,
one can also notice the interference between
the touristic market, and that of the goods for
the touristic consumption.
On the world-wide touristic market, the
countries which will succeed in attracting the
tourists will be those proving a deep
preoccupation with the increasing of the
competition on the top levels of the touristic
sector.