Subject: Economics and business
Year: 2021
Type: Conference or Workshop Item
Type: PeerReviewed
Title: What motivates tourists when choosing a certain tourist destination
Author: Zakoski, Ilija
Abstract: The subject of this paper is tourist motivation, i.e. the reasons that encourage people to travel. The motive is always aimed at achieving a certain goal. In tourism, when making a travel decision, the internal stimuli of the person for tourist movement play an important role, but also the motives created under the influence of the society in which he lives. According to the data from the State Statistical Office (SSO), the most frequently visited tourist destinations in the Republic of North Macedonia (RNM) are the lakes, followed by the city of Skopje, the mountain ranges, spas, and other destinations with the lowest percentage. An electronically conducted survey of five questions by a group of 54 respondents confirmed that the lakes are the most frequently chosen destination (42.5%), most often the tourist destination needs to offer recreation and clean air (37%) but still, the prices are crucial for the choice of destination (40.6%). According to the results of the survey, it can be concluded that there is a discrepancy between theory and practice, i.e. one is the desires and the other is the possibilities.
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Relation: https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/28902/
Identifier: oai:eprints.ugd.edu.mk:28902
Identifier: https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/28902/1/Conference%20Turistika.pdfIdentifier: Zakoski, Ilija (2021) What motivates tourists when choosing a certain tourist destination. In: International scientific and practical conference: Current trends and prospects of international tourism, 03.09.2021.
