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The subject of analysis in the paper is economic impact of cultural tourism and identification of the main factors which directly affect cultural tourism revenues. Most countries do not have a statistical system of monitoring and analysing individual factors of cultural tourism such as the...
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Since the global economic and financial crisis of 2008, tourism has taken up a central position in the recovery of Spain’s severely damaged economy. If the first years after the recession signaled a considerable decline of the tourism sector, the later years in which those countries with the...
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Culture is gaining increasing importance in the modern tourism industry, and represents a significant force of attraction for tourists (both domestic and international). Cultural tourism allows destinations and regions to expand their customer base, diversify their offer, extend the stay of the...
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This paper clarifies disparities in tourism demand of some chosen UNESCO destinations in the Czech Republic, which is located in Central Europe. The Czech Republic, despite its relatively small area, is an important destination for cultural tourism ‒ a large number of unique cultural and other...
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In recent years, interest in tourism has spread rapidly throughout many small and medium European cities, which previously have not necessarily considered themselves as tourist destinations. Tourism is increasingly seen as a potential lever towards high economic growth, measured both in terms of...
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The paper presents the results of the application of an Input-Output-based approach for the estimation of direct, indirect and induced effects of tourist spending on local economies, in a static partial equilibrium setting. The methodology has been successfully applied in three case studies...
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In today's recreation and tourism, sustainable tourism must play an important role by making one or several types of tourism sustainable, with a lowest possible impact on environment and ecology. In order to develop sustainability of tourism which forms one of the very impressive spheres of...
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This study examines, 1) whether cultural tourism can contribute to economic growth, and 2) if it does, whether its growth effects are sustainable. Regarding the contribution to economic growth, cultural tourism differs from business tourism in the causal relation. Furthermore, the resources are...
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According to statistics, 2007 brought benefits to Romanian tourism, registering a number of almost 7 million tourists accommodated in touristic units of Romania. Yet, the percentage of foreign tourists was only of 22.2% in all, their number of housing being of 17.4%. The fact that Romania has...
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