Reflecting on tourist systems development

The article is devoted to the issues of the development of tourist systems, which are a complex integrated natural-social entities. Development is one of the tourist system transformation options, which rests of needs-driven human activity. Needs satisfaction is largely dependent on the goal formation and goal realization. The current needs of a potential tourist are materialized in an individual tourist product, which is regarded, from the economy perspective, as classic and modern. From the modern perspective, a tourist product is an externalization of experience (most of all, impressions) coming from visitors, producers, sellers, and managers alike. Thus, modern tourist economy is primarily based on tourist experience (a visitor's/guest's impression and provider creativity) rather than on the classical advantages of territories/products (richness in resources, abundance of resources and product/service versatility, etc). Simultaneously, tourist product creation is increasingly co-produced. The development of tourist systems should be founded on sustainable development and reflexive symmetry. However, a tourist system development can sometimes have negative consequences closely related to geographical variation, personal viewpoint difference, and unfairness conceived.