Contemporary global environment leads to a situation when citizens of many countries emigrate to search for better carriers, educa-tion, or life opportunities. However, a relation-ship with the homeland and the families left is often kept even after settlement abroad. To maintain a bond with...

The tourism industry is experiencing its greatest expansion since the time of Thomas Cook until today. Namely, the last 20 years have been a sign of dominant growth and development of tourism, in addition to the fact that at the same time, the world economy is under attack from economic crises....

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...

Nowadays, there is an increased concern about what leisure is and how people spend their leisure time. When we are talking about leisure, all of us have "images" in our minds; different from person to person. These are images of freedom out of constrains and obligations. The purpose of the...

Over the years, the evolution of the air transport sector has determined important changes in the tourism industry. One of the consequences of the liberalization of air transport has been the development of the "hub-and-spoke" system, used by traditional airlines in order to be more efficient in...

The world is evolving fast, and in a global society that is developing at an astounding pace, borders of any kind are eliminated one at 0 a time. Moreover, the competition between companies is becoming fiercer and fiercer, so the differentiation of products and services has gradually turned into...

This article considers the customer's trust and commitment variables in attaining the much desired brand loyalty. In this sense, the present study proposed to validate a theoric model composed of three pillars - trust, commitment and brand loyalty, which would be useful for companies with a...

At present, gastronomy is becoming an increasingly stronger motivation and focus of interest in economics, especially in fields related to tourism. At the same time, gastronomic tourism represents one of the most important business opportunities, allowing direct contact between food sector...

The development of service sector – as a defining trait of modern market economy – demands permanent improvement of theory and applications in the domain of quality. Following this statement one can notice a considerable evolution of the advanced approach associated to the concept of quality...

The actors on the today business stage have no more well-defined roles with clear and rigid borders between them. Hospitality industry in particular is a good example how it has been blurred the roles that customers play in dealing with service providers. The study reveals that customers can...