Tourist demant of Croatian guests yesterday, today & tomorrow

Turistička potražnja određena je količina roba i usluga koje su turisti u nekom trenutku i pod određenim uvjetima spremni platiti te obuhvaća potrebe, platežne mogućnosti i slobodno vrijeme turista. Hrvatska ima kontinuiranu tradiciju turizma kao gospodarske djelatnosti još od 19. stoljeća pa sve do danas, uz značajan pad u ratnom razdoblju (1991. – 1995. godine), te je turizam jedna od najjačih gospodarskih grana s tendencijom rasta i strateška grana razvoja gospodarstva. Unatoč tome što se intenzivno radi na proširenju ponude, produljenju turističke sezone i iskorištavanju brojnih turističkih resursa, karakteristike turističke potražnje hrvatskih gostiju ne mijenjaju se bitno te ostaju gotovo nepromijenjene cijelo vrijeme. Turističku potražnju hrvatskih gostiju karakterizira sezonalnost, obiteljski turisti srednje dobi i srednjeg socioekonomskog sloja u potrazi za relaksacijom, suncem i morem, gastronomijom i kulturnim sadržajima, vjernost destinaciji i dulji ostanci, uz trend promjene na kraće ostanke, parove i turiste u društvu, te potrebe za zabavnim i kulturnim sadržajima u većoj količini.Tourist demand is a certain amount of goods and services to tourists at some point and under certain conditions of payment,. This includes the needs, financial abilities and leisure time of tourists. Croatia has continued the tradition of tourism as an economic activity since the 19th century until today, with a significant drop in the war period (1991. - 1995.), but tourism stays as one of the strongest sectors of the economy, with tendencies of further growth and being the strategic sector in the economy. Despite intensive work on offer expansion, lengthening the tourist season and the exploitation of a number of tourism resources, characteristics of tourist demand Croatian guests do not change significantly and remained almost unchanged at all times. Croatian tourism demand is characterized by seasonality guests, family tourists middle-aged and middle socio-economic class, in search of relaxation, sun and sea, gastronomy and cultural events, loyalty destination and longer sutays, with the trend of change in the short residues, couples and tourists in society, and the need for entertainment and cultural events in larger quantities