A Review of Space Tourism Services: Supply and Demand Challenges

Year 2020, Volume: 2 Issue: 1, 29 - 35, 18.06.2020

Daniel Georgiev Danov

Abstract

In recent years‭, ‬services have become a major factor in the development of a particular economic unit‭, ‬both in national and global aspect‭. ‬The intensive diversification of services leads to the emergence of new and still unfilled niches in the sector‭, ‬which are attractive markets for potential sellers and buyers‭. ‬Expanding human needs stimulates a number of companies and research institutes to seek adequate proposals for the emerging demand‭. ‬Technology developments and transport communications open new horizons in the services market‭. ‬It is no longer enough to travel around the Earth with a ship‭, ‬a plane or a balloon‭. ‬A new need arises‭ - ‬a flight into space‭. ‬In this regard‭, ‬the aim of the research is to present the challenges of supply and demand in the space tourism services‭.‬

Keywords

services sector, space tourism, large-scale projects, classification of services, space station

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