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Participating in sports activities connected with leaving the place
of residence, where a man seeks the opportunities for sailing,
diving, skiing, playing tennis, golf, horse riding, etc., by leaving the
place of residence and going to such centers. These characteristics
are typical for winter tourism, which is being developed precisely
on the motives of one’s own participation;
2.
Sport as an entertainment factor for the tourists who leave their place
of residence for other motives. A sport can be offered to them, in two
ways:
a.
as a mean of entertainment or recreation in order to fill the content
of their staying and break the monotony;
b.
as a mean of active holiday in which their own participation and
development of creative abilities is being expressed, whether by
practicing sports activities they are already familiar with or are
practicing in their place of residence, or by learning new ones.
Considering further this issue, the author indicates that current trends in the
development of tourism go towards the formation of active participation of
guests in sports recreation. Analyzing the participation of tourists in the sports
and recreational activities, during their staying in our coastal tourist centers,
Relac, reveals motives for using services of these centers:
Because I am used to do something
30%
Because I'm eager to play and move around
46.9%
Because my friend persuaded me
2.7%
Because I was bored
9.4%
Because I considered that the active vacation is useful for health 10.9%
Psychology of Tourism, according to Čomić (1990), stands on the crossroads of
psychological cognition about personality and tourism as a possibility for
expression of one’s personality. His work represents a compilation of works of
a large number of authors and his own observations.
As a starting point for a typology of tourist motives and needs, Čomić takes the
division of McIntosh (p. 7):
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a)
"Physical motives related to physical relaxation and leisure, sporting
activities and specific medical treatment; they are all related to the
physical health of an individual;
b)
cultural motives, which are related to the individual's desire for traveling
in order to get to know other countries, their people and cultural heritage
expressed through art, music, literature, folklore, etc.;
c)
interpersonal motives, which are connected with the desire to visit relatives
or friends, or to escape from one's own family, colleagues or neighbors, or
to meet new people and make new friendships or just to get away from the
monotony of everyday life;
d)
status and prestige motives, which could be identified with the needs for
self-esteem and personal development; they are related to the traveling
stimulated by jobs and professional interest for education and hobby."
This kind of division is trying to include basic motives for traveling, regardless
of the destination.
Robinson (p. 7) elaborates the postulate of McInthos and believes that there are
eight main groups-reasons for people´s traveling:
a.
for relaxation and refreshment of body and spirit,
b.
due to health reasons, in order to stay in fresh air and in the sun, and to be
under special medical treatment and have baths in healing waters;
c.
for participating in a variety of sports activities, such as hiking, skiing,
sailing, fishing, diving, horse riding, tennis, golf, etc.;
d.
for enjoyment, fun and excitement;
e.
due to curiosity, interest for unknown regions;
f.
for interpersonal reasons;
g.
because of professional and business responsibilities;
h.
for spiritual purposes; pilgrimage etc.
At the same time,
Gray
(p. 8) believes that there are generally two groups of
reasons that stimulate someone to go on a tourist trip. He defined them as "a
longing for wandering" (wanderlust) and "longing for the sun" (sun lust).
A bit earlier, American researcher
Thomas
(1964) considered that there are four
groups of motives which incite someone to go on a touristic trip: (p.8)
a.
educational and cultural motives;
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b.
relaxation and pleasure;
c.
ethical motives;
d.
other motives, climatic and weather conditions, health and economic
reasons, the
adventure, the development of one´s own personality,
conformism, involvement in history, social motives and so on.
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