MAIN DESTINATIONS AND TOURIST FLOWS ON THE YOUTH TRAVEL MARKET
Global tourism has seen an explosion since the ‘60s due to the post-war global economic growth and over the past two decades it recorded a significant increase, youth travel being the main component of this growth. According to experts, this type of tourism is in full evolution, young tourists representing an increasingly important segment of the global tourism market. Many experts in the tourism industry think youth travel is the fastest growing market segment, and the previsions of the World Tourism Organization estimate that in the near future youth travel will tote up 25% of the worldwide tourism market. On one hand, this phenomenon can be explain through the cultural motivation of the young people in practicing tourism, and on the other, through the relatively low or acceptable costs of transportation, especially for the youth in well developed countries.
Year of publication: |
2010
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Authors: | Claudia, Moisa |
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Annals of Faculty of Economics. - Facultatea de Ştiinţe Economice. - Vol. 1.2010, 2, p. 418-424
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Facultatea de Ştiinţe Economice |
Subject: | youth travel | tourist flows | tourist destinations |
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