Analyses of the current trends of tourist attractions draw attention to social and
technological transformations as well as visitors’ changing needs. This short study
suggests that attractions are produced, discovered, created or managed to keep pace
with consumers’ needs and tastes, while attraction development is of interest to the
national tourist boards of countries receiving tourists, tourism regions and the entire
tourism industry. The last 20 years of the 20th century brought unprecedented tourist
attraction development. They doubled in number over this period in many countries. It
is safe to speak of a tourist attraction phenomenon, and the market for attractions is
dynamically developing to satisfy the needs of tourists and tourism organizers.
Attractions are continually being created, discovered and managed in line with users’
needs and tastes, while attraction development is of interest to the central government
administrations of countries receiving tourists, tourism regions and the whole tourism
industry.