Personal Limits for Nautical Tourism Product Selection

Abstract

This paper examines issues related to personal limits for nautical tourism product selection that are crucial for decision making. The research was carried out as a transversal study of empiric- experimental type. Timeframe of the research was 11/2010-02/2011 with „pen and paper“ method. The survey was filled by 260 randomly picked persons across Serbia (Novi Sad, Subotica, Zrenjanin, Sombor, Sremska Mitrovica, Kikinda, Bečej, Kanjiža, Bačka Palanka, Bačka Topola, Apatin, Sremski Karlovci, Petrovaradin, Valjevo, Šabac, Pirot, Loznica, Negotin, Svrljig, Futog, Rumenka, Stajićevo, Kljajićevo, Pačir, Novo Miloševo, Bačko Dobro Polje, Đurđevo, Mišar). In the first part of the preliminary analysis sociodemographic characteristics are taken into consideration (gender, age, education, economic standard), as well as their travel habits and preferetions to certain types of tourism and tourism destinations. Main discussion focuses on interpersonal, intrapersonal and structural limits of potential tourists. The results of the research are of great value to nautical tourism based destination managers, as well as all other stakeholders involved. The results presented in this paper are a part of a wider research.