Соціологія туризму як наукова дисципліна (сучасний напрямок наукових досліджень в туризмі)

Abstract

Sociology of Tourism as a scientific branch is rather young and is in the stage of formation. The process of defining, formulating and detalisation the essential features and characteristics, the “arsenal” of content and categories, describing the branch of sociology is taking place. The definition of the Sociology of Tourism as a science, reflected in home and foreign sources in Tourism and Sociology is still going on. One of the important trends in the Sociology of Tourism is discovering tourist motives (mass and in various social groups), and the diversities existing in the tourist needs and advantages and real capacities in commodities and service, offered by Tourist Industry.