Mohamed Ali Sadiq Mohsen
Under the supervision of M.M. Ali Khalil Ibrahim Shamto

Factors determining tourism demand

The following is a review of the most important of these factors:
1- Prices:
It is the amount paid by the oils and the buyer for the opener, and we mean by it the prices of the tourism product, as tourism demand is the most influential. In prices, and in general the relationship is inverse, the lower the prices of the tourism product, the more tourism demand increases and vice versa, while other factors remain constant. The matter may extend beyond the prices of the tourism product itself to the prices of other goods and merchandise that tourists accept to buy, as it is known that the tourist is characterized by the phenomenon of shopping and therefore takes into account the prices of some goods that he may accept to buy, and can be carried in the bag, such as clothes, small electrical appliances, heritage and folklore goods, gifts and antiques… etc.

2 Income
The material capabilities represented by the internal factor are among the basic conditions for achieving tourism demand, and the relationship is direct, the higher the income, the more tourism demand increases and vice versa, while other factors remain constant. True, and this can be explained by referring to the demand table for any consumer, which includes luxury goods. As long as the tourist demand is a luxury demand, its location will certainly be the necessary goods at the top of the demand list, then the less necessary goods, then at the bottom of the list. The type of financial achievement is achieved. If the consumer’s income is low, he will only be satisfied with buying the necessary goods. The more his income increases, the more he can cover the items from the middle of the list, going down to the bottom of the list. Thus, if the income increases to a large extent, the consumer can rush to buy luxury goods, including spending on tourist trips. The income factor explains the reasons for the disparity in tourism demand between the population of developed and rich countries on the one hand and the population of third world countries on the other hand, and the same factor ((income)) gives us a logical explanation for the increase in tourism demand among Iraqis in the second half of the seventies, if a significant increase in the average income of the Iraqi individual was achieved following the success of the immortal nationalization process. The income factor also explains to us the increase in tourism demand in global markets during periods of economic prosperity, and the decline in tourism demand during periods of economic depression. The process of income distribution among members of society also plays a role no less important than that. There is a rule that the more justice is achieved in the distribution of income among members of society, the more tourism demand increases, and vice versa, while other factors remain constant. Justice in income distribution means creating the material capabilities for all segments of society to participate in tourism activities and engage in tourism demand, and tourism demand increases. Poor income distribution means that tourism demand is limited to the wealthy classes only, who have a large share of income, which leads to a decrease in tourism demand. Once again, we point out that one of the reasons for the increase in tourism demand among Iraqis in the second half of the seventies is due to the bonus With the rise in the standard of living, a kind of justice was achieved in the distribution of income as a result of the application of socialist principles and concepts that enabled the simplest segments of society (employees, for example) to be able to travel abroad.