Tourist needs as a determinant of the tourism development

• Main Author: Stefanović Vidoje
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Viša ekonomska škola Peć, Leposavić 2017-01-01
• Series: Ekonomski Signali
• Subjects: tourism; needs; development; tourist needs
• Online Access: http://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/1452-4457/2017/1452-44571701013S.pdf

Human needs are many and varied, but always depend on numerous factors and situations that human may encounter. The totality of needs and their hierarchy as every human sense them, can be viewed and defined as a set of human needs. A set of human needs contain tourist needs. 'A sense of deficiency' caused by the tourist needs could be satisfied by the tourist goods (products and/or services). Certain types of needs due to their peculiarity may be regarded as a differentness or special set of needs groups. Tourist needs form a special needs group. They are diverse in content and structure, and are satisfied with the goods that enable various forms of recreation, travel, change of residence in areas outside the domicile etc., as well as other human activities.