In Europe, the tourism plays a vital role in the development of many European regions, especially those regions which are marked by no significant concentration of industry and commerce. As such this sector of national economy was target of European support from the Cohesion policy funds in the 2007 – 2013 period. The funds very especially abundant in the Czech Republic where the distribution was, however, dispersed among a number of operational programmes within the Cohesion policy framework. This paper aims to analyse the support for tourism in the Czech Republic on the administrative level of municipalities and focus on targeting of lagging regions of the Czech Republic.
Europe is one of the most visited tourist destinations in the world.
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According to the research by Mello-Sampayo & Sousa-Vale (2010), which took a place between the years 1988-2010, there is a statistically significant relationship between the level of the gross domestic product of the European Union and the intensity of the tourism. This relationship grows stronger the farther in the south is the member state located. The Structural Funds and the Cohesion Fund can provide the necessary financial support to increase the competitiveness and quality of the tourism services at a regional and local level. Tourism is therefore an important tool for integrating less developed regions so that they can also benefit from the economic growth. Between 2007 and 2013, the European Union directly targeted support for the tourism industry under the Cohesion policy with amount exceeding EUR 6 bn within the European Regional Development fund. This planned intervention represented 3.1 % of the total budget of said fund. Further expenditure were targeting entrepreneurs directly connected to tourism such and hotels and restaurants (European Union …show more content…
Rather significant improvement should occur due to the efforts such as the creation of a new conception of the state tourism policy for the period 2014-2020, which was prepared in conjunction with the marketing concept of tourism for the period 2013-2020 by the Czech Tourism Agency. The new policy is, with regard to the application of a wide range of innovative approaches to the promotion of tourism, a promise for the future, which will be associated with the use of funds to promote tourism in the next programming period of the European Union. Among other activities, it is possible to mention the continued work of the Czech system of service quality as an instrument for the operators in the tourism industry to improve its services and the implementation of several printed statistical aggregations of tourism. Especially the census of the accommodation establishments has brought very interesting results. It is possible to successfully evaluate the continuation of the National Tourism Support Programme by means of which specific projects in the field of social tourism have been supported (Ministry of Regional Development of the Czech Republic
His plan would generate more tourism for the region and for the Grand
There are different strategies that must be considered by the organisations operating in hospitality industry. The contributions made by the firm donate towards the performance and achievement of the company. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the strategies of the hotel, which serves as the basis of success. This paper is divided into five different tasks each of which is focusing on various aspects of the hotels performance. The organisation that is selected in order to answer the tasks is InterContinental Hotel Group.
General introduction Located on the Persian Gulf, Dubai is one of the seven states of the United Arab Emirates, and tourism is of utmost importance to land’s rapidly growing economy. Tourism as an industry contributes to various aspects of the economy, examples include various service industries including, but not limited to: transportation services, like airlines, cruise lines, and taxis, as well as accommodation services, like hotels or resorts, and finally entertainment services, like stadiums, and shopping malls. From an economic perspective it’s very easy to understand the tremendous effect of tourism on the economy, indirectly it was accountable 28% of the GDP, and directly it is accountable for 17% of GDP. The concept of ecotourism is
Tourism Operation Travel and tourism hampered by a still weak economy Tourism in Belgium is one of Belgium's industries, and its accessibility from elsewhere in Europe still makes it a popular tourist destination. The tourist industry generates 2.8% of Belgium's gross domestic product and employs 3.3% of the working population of about 142,000 people. The economic situation of Belgium has a huge impact on Belgians and other international tourists from all around the world. The country suffers from weak economy and still is yet to recover so it composes as a barrier for many potential tourists who are interested in choosing Belgium as their vacation destination. The growth of their real GDP is flat and their unemployment rate is relatively
The effect of tourism on under developed nations, which was always debatable, has now become more controversial. The substantial influence of tourism has sparked the controversy over the potential impact of this on impoverished nations in recent years. As such, with its advantages come correlative disadvantages too some of which are equally as severe as the upsides. In this essay, I will delineate them all with pertinent arguments and examples before deducing a quintessential conclusion. At the outset, there are numerous reasons that affirm how rising tourism can be beneficial for under developed nations; but the most conspicuous one lies in the fact that tourism brings several economic benefit for the host nation, as it inevitably facilitates
Tourism has experienced continued extension and diversification, which was becoming one of the biggest and fastest growing economic sectors in the world. Moreover, world hospitality industry is reflecting the continued recovery in most parts of the world. Absolutely, in many countries, the recovery in hotel performance was better than that of the economy in the total. In South American where people are traveling to a particular place increased by 50 percent in terms of the number of journeys, which was more than double as much as the overall world increase. The portion of holidays increased from 60 percent in 2009 to almost 70 percent in 2013, with sun and beach holidays and journeys remaining the key types of holiday.
IDENTIFY AND RESEARCH A TOURISM ATTRACTION Introduction Tourism has experienced continued growth and extensive diversification and competition on the last decades, becoming one of the fastest growing economic sectors in the world and by consequence, one of the main income sources for many developing countries. “Every time we travel we are part of a global movement that has the power to drive inclusive development, to create jobs and to build the sustainable societies we want for our future,” says the actual UNWTO¹ Secretary General, Taleb Rifai. “This movement also contributes to build mutual understanding and to safeguard our shared natural and cultural heritage,” he completes. A sustainable and responsible approach to tourism means that neither the natural environment nor the socio-cultural organisation of the host communities would be compromised by the arrival of tourists.
Global tourism has been one of the most dynamic and growing economic sectors during the last 50 years. With a proved powerful capacity of resilience against economic crisis and officially supported positive economic predictions of continuing growing for the first half of the 21st century (UN-WTO, 2013) (Figure 4), this old but healthy globalized market has produced positive and negative effects over the developing territories where it has landed. In the specific case of Ecuador, the last decade has been characterized by an intensive and strong public investment in tourist infrastructure and international marketing in order to attract something of the flows from this huge global market. Especially, it is positively accepted in developing countries
The larger the tourism industry relative to the local community, the greater its socio-cultural impact is likely to be. • The relative importance of the tourism industry. The consequences of tourism will be more keenly felt in destinations that are highly dependent on tourism, although established resorts may have a variety of controls in place to limit such consequences. • The pace of tourism development. Research has shown that socio-cultural impacts are more likely to be experienced when the development of tourism is rapid and uncontrolled.
The above description do set the scene part for this essay on the tourist behaviour and it is the main initial point for the final description of the topic which is to be shaped further. To completely understand the tourist behaviour, it requires searching out the individual experiences and the motivations of travelling. There are many of the researches and studies one in past by the great authors and researchers on the individual experiences and their motivations of travelling. The tourist behaviour in recent past has been studied with great efforts and many of the conclusions had been drawn regarding the crucial factors which do have an impact on the decision making of the tourist’s. There is a great risk involved in the process of destinations decision making.
Benefits of Tourism Tourism is an important activity that people has undertaken for a very long time in the most countries around the world. In recent time it has been recognized as an important social and economic phenomenon. As well as its direct effect it has indirect effects both on the society and at the individual level. . The interaction between tourists and poor communities can provide a number of intangible and practical benefits. These can range from increased awareness of cultural, environmental, and economic issues and values, on both sides, to mutual benefits from improved local investment in infrastructure.
The tourism business today has been perceived as a worldwide industry, with makers and customers spread far and wide. The utilisation of tourism facilities is no more considered an extravagance. For some individuals, these services have turn into a basic part of their way of life. Also, in the most recent two decades, interest for supply of hospitality services past that of conventional services proposed for voyagers have raised the development of the neighbourliness business all around, prompting extraordinary rivalry in the commercial center. As indicated by examination, one of the best difficulties confronting tourism associations today is the regularly developing volume and pace of rivalry.
The definition of the word “Tourism” is different source by source, person by person. There is no specific definition for it. Each institution defines “Tourism” in a varied way. Firstly, tourism is related to several groups which involving in or are affected by tourism industry. Their perceptions are crucial to the development for the definition of tourism.
Tourism can be considered one of the most significant economic and social phenomena of the twentieth and twenty-first century. The evolving of the tourist’s behavior has triggered a series of changes in the way of operating the tourism businesses. From traditional travel agencies, hotels and airlines up to the online tour operators. All tour operators have had to adapt to the changes of the individual as a traveler and this has led to continuous development of strategies by the agents.
1. The Tourism industry and Leisure time The time is a very valuable asset, that anyone can ever posses. The time people spend for something is unconsciously defining what is valuable and valueless for them. Few of the main areas, human beings spend time for are leisure and tourism.