Naslov
Tourism policy in EU – Financial framework for (potential) candidate countries

Autori
Matošević Radić, Mijana

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
2nd International Conference "Economic System of European Union and Accession of Bosnia and Herzegovina" / Zaninović, Vinko - Vitez : Sveučilište/Univerzitet Vitez, 2013, 83-96

ISBN
978-9958-641-10-7

Skup
2nd International Conference "Economic System of European Union and Accession of Bosnia and Herzegovina"

Mjesto i datum
Vitez, Bosna i Hercegovina, 27.09.2012. - 28.09.2012

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Recenziran

Ključne riječi
tourism policy ; European Union ; (potential) candidate countries ; pre-accession funds

Sažetak
Tourism is very important sector of the European economy. According to the research of World Travel and Tourism Council EU tourism industry generates directly nearly 3% of the EU GDP and 3, 3% of total workforce are employed in the EU tourism sector. However, the EU does not lead to a common tourism policy. The importance of the tourism sector is even higher in the candidate countries. Since the candidate countries forecast high growth rates of tourism, the tourism industry can be considered one of the most important sectors of their economy. The process of EU enlargement highlights the need for more economic and social cohesion. After enlargement in May 2004 when the EU access regions and also countries whose the GDP per capita is 40% below the average for the EU-25, concepts of solidarity and cohesion become more important than ever. For this purpose EU provides focused pre-accession financial aid to the acceding country, candidate countries and to the potential candidates. One of the main instruments which are available to the candidate countries is Instrument for Pre-Accession assistance – IPA, which continues to support measures in areas that have been funded through the pre-accession assistance programs CARDS, PHARE, ISPA and SAPARD. The main objective of the IPA assistance to candidate and potential candidate countries in their harmonization and implementation of the acquis communautaire is to prepare them for the use of Structural Funds of EU. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the possibility of funding projects in the field of tourism for both the candidate and potential candidate countries for EU accession. As a candidate country progress in the accession process, and exploit less funding for harmonization and implementation of the acquis communautaire, gets more opportunities to fund projects from different areas including tourism. While on the one hand, the experience of the former candidate countries that have already joined or will join EU has shown a low degree of exploitation of pre-accession funds, and on the other hand there is a limit to the amount of financial resources for the projects in the field of tourism, candidate countries should learn as much from the experiences of former candidate countries in order to better utilize the provided funds.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Ekonomija

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