New trends in sociology: tourist-recreational sub-culture

Abstract

Tourism, as a production institute, recognises the needs of a large part of the population in tourist goods and services, as well as in social groups involved in the production process − meeting the needs for work and earnings, having different social statuses and corresponding social roles: workers and employers, managers, entrepreneurs, middle-level employees, specialists. Tourism, as an institution of production, uses material and spiritual resources to meet the vital needs of people in the objects of consumption, recreation, means of production. The purpose of the article is a detailed analysis of the main features of the tourism culture. To achieve the purpose set the follwing tasks following tasks have been defined: to clarify the content and essence of the concept of «tourist subculture»; to distinguish and characterise the functions of tourism culture. The following theoretical methods of research have been used: analysis and synthesis, generalisation of scientific literature, information sources on the problem under consideration, scientific interpretation of concrete facts. The following functions of the tourism culture have been defined: protective, creative, signum, normative, communicative, relaxation.