Tourism System: Becoming an Industry

Abstract

This article aims at illustrating the basic concept of the tourism system which acts as a mechanism for strengthening tourism industry development and for enabling the country to generate great annual revenue. This tourism system comprises tourism demand, transit routes, and tourism supply. An in-depth tourist needs analysis was performed based on global and Thailand tourism evolution and processed into sub-concepts of tourism demand consisting of 1) four basic human needs, 2) Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and travel motivation based on his concept, 3) cultural value of travelers, and 4) economical tourism demand. Sub-concepts of tourism supply included 1) natural resources and culture, 2) community with outstanding identity, 3) sports, recreation and entertainment, and 4) tourism businesses with their transit routes acting as a link between sub-concepts of both demand and supply under the cooperation of 6 core sectors: law sector, economical sustainability, social accountability, cutting-edge technological system, education system and involved in academic/professional association/organization to promote stronger tourism industry development which stabilizes the country’s economy.