【正文】 r ine is not only reflected in the level of participation, but also in the level and structure of the requested tourism services, the duration of their stay, the travelled distance, the frequency of travels, the organized or particular feature of the holiday, travelling within or outside the borders, the option for a particular mode of transport. In general, youth turns to the following means to finance a holiday: ? family and relatives (parents, grandparents, other members of the family, etc.)。 Young people save money to make a long journey because, in most cases, the 外文翻譯 1 6 expenditure is close to their annual ine. Chadee and Cutler reached the conclusion that 65% of students will use their savings to finance the journeys they have planned, while 9% will probably get a loan from a bank (Chadee and Cutler, 1996). This implies that students are planning journeys and making savings in advance, but there are also students that are taking jobs for a short period of time in order to raise money to travel. The study also revealed that only 8% of youth intend to borrow money from relatives and this is in accordance with the hypothesis that students are able to travel only if they have financial support from their parents. Prices and tariffs – represent another factor that stimulates tourism development, influencing the tourism product as a whole or only one of its ponents: transport, acmodation, food, entertainment. Charging high prices limits the access of young people to tourism services and is mainly reflected in the low number of tourists, in the short stays, in the travel distances, etc。 therefore, this “neglect” leads to the misconception that youth tourism might have a too low economic value. In this respect, in 1995, the European Travel Commission published a study regarding the youth travel market in Europe. The study covered 26 countries and it was a response to the neglect made consciently by the tourism industry and by the governmental authorities responsible for tourism development. Although young people were seen before as an unwanted element at most destinations, over time, they became a very attractive market segment. Because youth travel is a profitable and expanding market, it should be better supported by the public sector, as well as the private sector. The urbanization process determines a series of changes regarding tourism traffic. The influence is manifested because of the effects of urbanization over the natural environment and over the psyche of young people. The higher is the urbanization level and the denser are the urban areas, the more increased is the tourism demand and the tourism consumption within leisure activities. Hence the need to escape from large urban centers to quiet and less 外文翻譯 1 8 polluted areas for recreation, rest, fun, and to cultural areas, as an expression of the need for education and spiritual fulfilment, a need that occurs in weekends and vacations. Free time – its scale and focus influence the tourism phenomenon in both a positive manner and a negative manner. Increasing free time at the expense of the working hours and of the work week, increasing the length of the annual paid vacation, improving quality of life and satisfying social demands favour a growth in the number of tourists and concentrates vacations in the same period of the year (summer). The negative influence is the crowding of holiday resorts and of the means of transport, with adverse consequences over quality. In developed countries, about 30% of free time is for tourism, which is in petition with other leisure time activities like sports, cultural events and activities run at home. Because young people have more free time than other groups of population, they travel relatively more than other tourist categories. The technical progress has direct consequences on the mobility level of the population, favouring travelling and impacting other phenomena like urbanization, industrialization, pollution, etc., which, at their turn, leave their mark on tourism. Technology influences in a direct manner the tourism demand, which is directed towards certain means of transport, of information, towards direct systems of distribution and towards new destination that became more accessible or towards plex tourism products that incorporate new technologies and provide a new type of tourism. The global tourism industry is still confronting with the implications of the “puter era” in the sense that it can transform from its supporter into an adversary. While many countries and activity sectors successfully use the Inter to launch various promotion campaigns, other regions of the world – such as Canada and Hong Kong, are still feeling the negative effects of the rapid spread of information (and disinformation) about the outbreak of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in 2020. The tourism industry in Canada recorded devastating losses in the summer of 2020 due to SARS – losses from which is still not fully recovered. After a moderate loss of revenue, youth hostels in Canada recorded a return to expected levels in less than three months after the initial outbreak. Although some improvements have been made, the industry experts believe that this impact will be felt in the ing years also. Present and future generations of young tourists have been growing with the Inter, so it?s no wonder that this medium plays an important role in youth travel before, while and after 外文翻譯 1 9 travelling. 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