Tourist space model (Source; Miossec, 1976). 

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... with social development and tourist development is the development of the theory of tourism. The aim of this paper is not to discuss the general theoretical principles of tourism, but on theoretical aspects of urban tourism development. Some of the theoretical accomplishments are not always possible to separate them from those in the field of urban tourism. Most models related to urban tourist destination models are, and deal with the problem: 1. gravity, 2. distribution 3. locating (placement). Theoretical foundations are derived from empirical studies of tourism. This paper presents precisely those theoretical insights which have been confirmed in practice, in the field of urban tourism. In macro theory tourist flow is a significant “gravity effect”. With the help of the basic gravity model it is possible to explore tourist movements from the starting point to tourist destinations. In specific cases where there is interaction between the countries where the tourists come from, it is possible to interpret the findings using the modified Newtonian model of gravity. Although these findings are for understanding the general tourist travel, they may be of great help in finding a destination tourist ( Fig. 2). The theoretical conceptual base of the gravity model (Yokeno, 1974) concerns the distribution of tourism. The receptive destination is usually a city. A model of international travel is the relationship between the tourist emissive - S and receiving countries - R. Within the presented relations, the relations between the R and S are properly reducers. This means that the decrease in the intensity of the arrival of tourists in the destination depends on the distance between R and S. With the assumption that the process is carried out properly, including the following: • attractive tourist centres (R 2), • traffic correlation (R 3), • hierarchy of cities (R 4), • travel costs (R 'or R 5). Experience in tourism researches show that tourist destinations are developed on the principle of gravitating models, including some specifics. From the viewpoint of the arrival of tourists in a particular country the urban structure and hierarchy of cities in that country tourists visit are taken into account. From that point of view, cities are at the centre of the offer. They are characterized by concentric disposition of certain facilities, which means the concentration of facilities in the centre and then around it. The intensity of tourist “consumption” obviously weakens with distance from the centre. This is reflected in the amount of land rent. The concentric arrangement of travel demand around the centre of consumption is similar to the concentric arrangement of land rent. In the same way, the tourist zone around the centre of demand can be divided into concentric sub zones. They are differentiated by their specific advantages of location and spread of “tourist zone”. Tourist accommodation (and consumption) with a tendency for concentric disposition around the centre of demand shows also a tendency for concentration in areas of great tourist attraction. Relatively quickly around them appear agglomerative tourism investments, and their attractiveness is to enrich the attractiveness of locations. The process of concentration of tourism (facilities) is cumulative. Here are some collaborative. forms. The main centres of tourism demand and have remained cities. In every urban centre that tourism develops, around then form zones (areas) as a function of tourism. The size, character and intensity of use of the possibilities of tourist areas are determined by the tourism demand. These zones are competing between themselves, support each other and share territory with differentiated conditions for the tourism industry. In addition other aspects of travel distribution are also indicated. Volume decrease travel consists of four zones (Figure 3). They are gravity dependent on positive and negative factors; positive for a low cost of living, climate, historical values, and negative mainly political and linguistic nature. These positive and negative characteristics are independent of each other. Mainly interest in an area decreases with increasing distance from a tourist’s place of living. Also, it was found that in determined destinations it depends on the political and linguistic environment of destinations that tourists want to visit. Total emissive and receptive functions of urban areas and flows associated with them are integrated as shown in Figure 4. This model ( Pearce, 1987 ) assumes that the city, especially a big city, can not act as a place that generates tourists, but also has a complementary role as different international and national destinations. Each of these functions encourages specific types of tourism and recreational courses. The most commonly studied function of the role of a city is as a generator of tourism flow. The flow of urban populations can be classified according to the length of travel and the distance, so a series of concentric zones in the city and around it can be established. This is not just a matter of flows extending from the city because the tourist (recreational) activities focus on suitable locations, such as proximity to the sea, along the coast or in remote parts of the coast, higher altitude, etc. In any case, movement is centrifugal. The city also can be complementary to the centripetal movement of domestic and international tourists. For international tourists, big cities can be a place of entry or exit from the national territory. A city may have the role of the regional centre from which tourist flows are directed towards other smaller cities and destinations. The circular tours, city can only be only one of the destinations in a row on a given circular tourist tour, also a city could be a starting point from where tourists take a tour of the surrounding area. Of course, a big city can be a destination in itself, tourists will move within a city, especially in the city centre where many attractions are located. That the importance of cities is that there are both sides of the tourism market, supply and demand. Depending on how developed that part of the tourism market depends on whether we speak of cities as the emissive or receptive centres. The ranking of city’s tourist centre can be different. Looking at tourist developments on a global scale and locations that are involved in tourism, cities can be ranked as: the World, continental, national, regional and local. It is obvious that in this way we can rank cities that have world importance in the tourism industry, then those who have a greater significance in terms of their continent, then state, regional and at a local level. Jansen- Verbeke M. (1988) is a city divided by primary and secondary elements , while Šteti ć (2000) the city centre is divided into primary and secondary destinations in order to indicate those that attract large numbers of tourists and whose significance is lower. As the primary elements of the development of urban centres have been taken to do in one place (culture, sport, entertainment), then the opportunities for leisure, social cultural elements, while the secondary elements represents the following capacities (accommodation, restaurants, shopping centres). Additional elements are particularly highlighted such as accessibility, local transportation, parking, guides... It is a similar role for domestic tourists from other areas. Each of these roles can be of different significance. It depends on the demands of international visitors. The roles of the city and their significance depend, not only on different groups of visitors, but also on other factors, such as the size of the city, way and level of development of suburban areas, etc. Urban or urban areas are tourist destinations, they usually have varying ranges of attractive tourist sites, including museums, cultural monuments, cultural institutions, sports complexes, fields of historic architecture and more. In general, the capacity of tourist accommodation in the cities is greater. Hospitality, supply, transport links and other features that are developed in the cities are also on offer for tourists to use. Nevertheless, in big cities tourism is not always the main industry, while in smaller cities less frequently may be different, and tourism in them sometimes exceeds the importance of other economic sectors and other city functions. This form of tourism in large cities is usually less visible than in smaller ones, where it is often dominant. When tourism is developed in urban areas, many ancillary services such as restaurants and accommodation facilities are developed to meet the needs of tourists. Although tourists are the main beneficiaries, they are not the only; the development of tourism infrastructure also affects changes in the form and ...