Tourist Typology

THE USE OF TYPOLOGIES IN TOURISM PLANNING: PROBLEMS AND CONFLICTS

46th Congress of the European Regional Science Association (ERSA) Enlargement, Southern Europe and the Mediterranean. August 30th-September 2006 University of Thessaly-Department of Planning and Regional Development

H. COCCOSSIS1 M. E. CONSTANTOGLOU
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H. Coccossis, Prof., University of Thessaly , Dept. of Planning and Regional Development, [e-mail] 2 M.E. Constantoglou, PhD, Department of Cultural Technology and Communication, University of the Aegean, [e-mail]

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1. Introduction. Tourism in general Tourism in the post-war period is one of the more dynamic and developing sectors of the world’s economy. It possesses worldwide the fourth place between the most important industries of export of goods and services. This is the main reason why many times tourism is characterized as an "industry". Tourism as an industry has one basic characteristic that makes the difference with all other industries: the points of production and consumption coincide spatially. Another basic and important characteristic of tourism is its correlation with the globalisation in many productive sectors and in the field of goods and services. This way it can assist economic growth in regions where it is developed and simultaneously can diffuse geographically the wealth that is created. According to the forecasts of World Tourism Organisation (2006) tourism will continue its ascending course. Europe which was the main tourist receiving region since 1950 will continue to be in the first place while for the Balkan’s peninsula and Greece specifically it is expected an increase of their tourist receipts. Tourism is a world-wide socio-economic phenomenon stemming from the human need for leisure, contact with nature and the desire to visit new places and cultures. The growth of tourism is an outcome of many factors such as rising standards of living, improvements in transport, the growth of income and

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