%0 Journal Article %T SEX AND EROTICISM AS TOURIST MOTIVES %A Jacek BORZYSZKOWSKI %J Revista de Turism : Studii si Cercetari in Turism %D 2011 %I Universitatii Suceava %X Tourism combines a number of motives: a couple of these are sex and eroticism. This problem is the subject matter of many studies and analyzes mainly in the foreign-language literature. The analysis which was undertaken in the present article concerns the significance of this motive in tourist trips. For this purpose, the results of author's own research were used with the aid of a questionnaire technique. The questionnaire form was placed on one of web portals. The research carried out made it possible to present several interesting results. It was demonstrated that sex and eroticism constitute a fundamental motive of travelling, yet some fundamental differences were observed in the case of the individual groups taking into consideration among others the age criterion, education, marital status etc. %K Eroticism %K Motives %K Sex %K Tourism %U http://revistadeturism.ro/index.php/rdt/article/view/55