While a great deal of tourism demand theory has been built upon maslow’approach it is not clear from his work why he selected five basic needs why day are ranked as they are how he could justify his model when he never carried out clinical observation or experiment and why he never tried to expand the original set of motives (1993:21)
When discussing maslow’s theory walle implies that lower level needs have to be fully satisfied before individuals attempt to fulfill needs at higher of the hierarchy however it has been shown that individusls move on to focus on to focus on the fulfillment of the latter once the former are satisfied to a degree acceptable to them in the context of adventure tourism it would mean that individuals by not fully addressing their safety needs do accept a certain element of risk and danger in order to satisfy higher level needs through adventurous
Pursuits but such a situation is not indicative of walle’s claim that adventurers willingly abandon safety in order to fulfill themselves at a higher level in fact research has shown that they are very much concerned with safety reflected in the meticulous preparation of their equipment the careful examination of environmental condition or in a commercial setting in the selection of experienced operators