'n Klassifikasie van toerisme-attraksies

Abstract

Without a generally accepted defini­tion and classified list of tourist attrac­tions, regional inventories for the pur­pose of the evaluation and planning of tourism regions, cannot be made. Standardization is also needed for comparison and determination of the relative attractiveness of regions. The purpose of this paper is to define tourism in order to determine the ele­ments of the tourism phenomenon. These elements, which are regarded as equivalent to attractions, can be clas­sified on the basis of a phenomenolog­ical, cognitive or an organizational ap­proach. For the use of physical planning the phenomenological approach is pro­posed as being the most suitable. A comprehensive classification under the headings of (1) the tourist per se; (2)transport mode; (3) natural and cultural resources, and (4) leisure time activities, is presented.
*This article is written in Afrikaans.