Abstract
Availability of tourism resources is the main condition to meet the needs of the tourism. When tourism resources are properly managed and invested enough they become the base of physical and cognitive activity for the humans and contribute to the economic prosperity of the territory. This applies in particular to the Syrian Arab Republic and the Tartous governorate located in the eastern Mediterranean. In the article the factors determining tourism demand in the Tartous governorate are studied. The results of the investigation allowed formulating recommendations for the development of tourism in Tartous governorate.
Highlights
The tourism is closely connected with the physical activity of the humans, and the natural, historical and cultural, social and economic features of the certain territory serve as the incentive for this activity
Tourism resources may be divided into three groups: a) natural, b) historical and cultural, c) social and economic
Tartous governorate is situated on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean west of the Syrian Arab Republic extended 90 km along the coast of the Mediterranean with an area of 1896 km[2]
Summary
The tourism is closely connected with the physical activity of the humans, and the natural, historical and cultural, social and economic features of the certain territory serve as the incentive for this activity. Tourism is one of the economic activities having a great importance across the world. Weber (1991) wrote that despite the tremendous growth of knowledge about tourism there is still a number of problem areas opening up a number of questions related with the development and the adaption of different measuring techniques, research instruments and analysis methods. Though this conclusion was made back in the 20th century there are no reasons to suppose the number of problems diminished significantly
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