Personal characteristics have an important role in shaping tourists’ attitudes. The purpose of this study is to examine tourists’ attitudes to elements of the tourist offer of the city of Belgrade, ...the main urban destination in the Republic of Serbia. The primary research aim is to examine the influence of these personal characteristics on such attitudes. A survey was conducted on a sample of 319 tourists, who visited the city. The collected data were processed in the statistical program SPSS25 while the formed hypotheses were tested using appropriate statistical tests. The research results indicated that tourists highly rated the diversity of the gastronomic offer and the quality of nightlife, while organized tours for visiting tourist attractions and the quality of traffic infrastructure were ranked as elements in which there are opportunities for improvement. Further, the research results showed that origin and education influenced differences in tourists’ attitudes. The theoretical and practical implications as well as research limitations are defined, and recommendations made for the future research based on the theoretical background and research results.
In the last decade, the Italian region Marche has consolidated a respectable position in the national and international panorama of tourist destinations. A region, that in building its territorial ...brand, has used its peculiar mix of past traditions and modern innovations to offer tourists a complex territorial product. This blend of natural, cultural and historical resources succeeds in appealing and attracting even the most demanding visitor. Purchasing goods during a holiday has always been a significant activity of the tourism macro- industry, both from the economical and experiential point of view. Within the variable framework of the tourism market, where destinations and operators have to adapt and enhance their offer to better attract their targets, analyzing how shopping could be a primary, secondary or ancillary reason for traveling, is a matter of crucial interest. Such travels can require short movements, typically one-day or week-end trips, but can also be characterized by a longer duration where other experiences, besides shopping, are combined. This phenomenon and its demand have historically involved Italy, a country that can rely on a diversified and high-quality offer that valorizes and combines traditions, expertise and local products along with the offer of big international brands. Among the various itineraries offered, the ones that connect places of tradition, industriousness and local craftsmanship to areas designated to prestigious fashion brands and clothing outlets, are of particular interest. The incorporation of shopping activities within a vivid framework of traditional entrepreneurial businesses is both a pleasant and advantageous experience. It represents the opportunity for a renewed exploration of the area and the rediscovery of the best local production companies. The objective of this work, through a field survey and interviews with tourists, entrepreneurs and workers of these sectors, is to investigate the phenomenon in its territorial consistency in order to understand if there is a substantial cause and effect relationship between the two sectors.
Cheese is one of the most used foods in the world. Each region has a large number of different types of cheese that are specific in their sensory characteristics. In Serbia, the local production of ...homemade cheeses has a centuries-long tradition and is an important part of the country's culinary heritage. Local cheeses that are produced all over Serbia represent an important part of our country's gastronomic and tourist offer. Knowledge of the sensory characteristics of local cheeses is crucial for the preservation and promotion of these products. Precisely for this reason, the main subject of this paper is the sensory evaluation of four local cheeses from the Pčinj district, in the south of Serbia. Sensory evaluation of quality was carried out by trained tasters, who had the task of evaluating the potential they have for the development of the gastronomic and tourist offer of this region. Four different types of cheese, with different tastes, smells and structures, were selected for the research. The main goal is to show the sensory characteristics of cheeses, in order to be able to notice the differences in their intensity of smell, bitterness and saltiness, as well as to evaluate their influence on the level of gastronomic and tourist offer of the Pčinj district.
Golf tourism represents an important part of a sports tourism offer of a destination. In the last couple of decades, it has been registering growth on European and world level. Golfers are ...characterized as tourists with high purchasing power which was an additional stimulus for tourist destinations to invest in developing golf tourism, in order to attract a large number of golf players, and that way increase the tourist turnover with particular emphasis on tourist consumption. The primary aim of this paper was to present the current state of golf tourism offer in Europe, as well as the state of golf tourism in the Republic of Croatia, as a European Union member with the use of data from secondary sources. Based on the findings the authors presented the developmental activities.
The Impact of COVID-19 on Tourist Destinations in Romania Nancu, Dumitru; Mieila, Mihai; Manole, Andrei Marcel ...
Proceedings of the ... International Conference on Business Excellence,
07/2023, Volume:
17, Issue:
1
Journal Article
Peer reviewed
Open access
The period of the Covid 19 pandemic meant for the tourism industry a moment of general assessment of its own route. The plans and programs in which this industry was active at the time of the ...outbreak of the pandemic were closely related to the transformation of this industry into one that operates based on the principles of sustainability.
The decrease in the number of arrivals, the practical stoppage for a period of this economic sector, attracted by itself determinations regarding the value volumes of the decreases in economic indicators but also research for the possibilities of further development of this industry. It can thus be noted that at the level of Romania, the decrease in the number of arrivals was over 50% in 2020 compared to 2019. In addition, although the forecasts of the World Tourism Organization indicated a relatively quick return in 2021, this did not happen in Romania, the value level being in 2021 at approximately 70% compared to 2019.
The purpose of this article is to analyze the behavior of tourism demand and supply in the three periods, namely: pre-pandemic, pandemic and post-pandemic. The data are based on records from the National Institute of Statistics, as well as studies and research carried out on this topic. The conclusions of the determinations carried out are mainly related to the nature of isolated tourism observed during the pandemic, but also to the behavior of entrepreneurs in the sector who reacted immediately in the development of these areas.
In this paper a comparative analysis was conducted of the tourist offer of the cities Belgrade (Republic of Serbia) and Sofia (Republic of Bulgaria), which are recognizable as urban tourist ...destinations on the tourist market. The basic elements used to compare the tourist offer of the mentioned cities are their qualitative and quantitative characteristics. Qualitative characteristics refer to natural features, transport infrastructure, tourism resources and associated facilities, which are significant for the urban tourism development. Quantitative characteristics include tourist traffic ( total number of tourist arrivals and overnight stays) and population. The objectives of the comparative analysis are to identify best practices in the development of this form of tourism and ways and measures to improve the position of Belgrade and Sofia on the tourism market. The results of the comparative analysis showed that both of analyzed cities have a developed offer of urban tourism.
Worldwide changes, especially in this region, are reflected in our country which is currently undergoing a process of transition and transformation. Transition and the economic crisis as well are ...inevitably reflected in all spheres of the society, including the tourism industry. The purchasing power (or powerlessness) of the population directly affects the number of trips which are what one first thinks of when talking about tourism. Similarly, the economic (dis)ability of the state adversely affects the improvement of the tourist offer of our country. The demand for a particular destination depends not only on the available time and money, but is also heavily influenced by the media.
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Worldwide changes, especially in this region, are reflected in our country which is currently undergoing a process of transition and transformation. Transition and the economic crisis as well are ...inevitably reflected in all spheres of the society, including the tourism industry. The purchasing power (or powerlessness) of the population directly affects the number of trips which are what one first thinks of when talking about tourism. Similarly, the economic (dis)ability of the state adversely affects the improvement of the tourist offer of our country. The demand for a particular destination depends not only on the available time and money, but is also heavily influenced by the media.
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Worldwide changes, especially in this region, are reflected in our country which is currently undergoing a process of transition and transformation. Transition and the economic crisis as well are ...inevitably reflected in all spheres of the society, including the tourism industry. The purchasing power (or powerlessness) of the population directly affects the number of trips which are what one first thinks of when talking about tourism. Similarly, the economic (dis)ability of the state adversely affects the improvement of the tourist offer of our country. The demand for a particular destination depends not only on the available time and money, but is also heavily influenced by the media.
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Tourism began to grow relatively slowly throughout history, starting in the middle of the 20th century. Today, tourism as a whole has imposed itself as one of the most propulsive economic activities. ...For the Republic of Croatia, where tourism accounts for more than a fifth of the GDP of the national economy. The aim of this work is focused on the presentation of the potential and concept of tourism development of island tourism with an emphasis on the island of Krk, i.e., its most developed municipality of Malinska. The paper conducted an empirical investigation of local residents' attitudes about the elements of the tourism offer in the municipality of Malinska and the impact of tourism on its development. The purpose of this research, in the interpretation of the obtained results, is to find relevant answers at the level of the tourist destination of Malinska about the attitude of the local population towards tourism, towards phenomena in the environment of importance for tourism, towards the development of the tourist destination and the assessment of the offer and quality of the tourist offer. The general results of the research led to the conclusion that the tourism of the mentioned destination has progressed, but that there is still room for progress and development of the offer in order to build a more competitive and market-recognizable tourist product.
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