the spatial scale characteristic to the place and its integration in a “series o f nesting hierarchies", with the specificity that “the scale selectedfo r selling by the producer may not be the scale that is being purchased by the consum er";
4. the fact that the destination is multi-sold; being sold as different tourism products, and to different tourist segments simultaneously, as well as to non-tourists (e.g. residents, shoppers, investors etc.): “its consumption by any one customer does not limit its possible consumption by others ...at least...until conflict between customers occurs.... (as) space isfinite... ”, which makes capacity considerations indispensable.
In this context, Lozato-Giotart (1987) suggests a distinction of diverse geographical spaces/ environments, in which tourism takes place. He distinguishes broadly open and polyvalent tourism spaces from specialized and intermediate spaces. The second category includes tourist destinations highly specialized in one form of tourism (beach, thermal, sportive, cultural), whereas the first category includes destinations with more polyvalent characteristics. In this class he created the categories “urban non-beach” and “green” destinations. In the last group he further distinguishes between “polyvalent agro-tourist destinations” and “rurban (not predominantly agro-tourist) destinations (simultaneously serving tourism and leisure demand)”.
Also the evolutionary process that distinguishes the development o f tourism at a destination needs to be taken into account16. This invalidates rigid classifications of the mentioned type, although some categories are unlikely to change over time, associated with the main geographical resources present (sea, lake, river, mountains, etc.). Nevertheless, destinations may change from polyvalent to specialized or inversely by developing the structure of their offerings and thereby the nature of their tourism product (in terms of community involvement, resident- tourist interaction, type of tourist attracted, duration o f stay, etc.).
Chapter 2.5. The "Tourism Industry”
Tourism products are offered by a complex supply “machinery”, some denominate as ,(tourism industry”, whereas others are reluctant to use the term (e.g. Baptista, 1997). Here, the term “industry” does not actually refer to the strict notion o f the “secondary economic sector”, although some of its definitional concepts may be applicable17. The predominant intangible nature of the tourism product is often referred to as a reason for classifying the branch as primarily belonging to the “service sector". It can thus be argued that the tourism supply system should be rather considered a complex service-prevailing system o f supply, including resources without price and
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