Naslov
Typology of Municipalities in the Region of Eastern Macedonia as a basis for planning of Competitive Regional Tourist Development

Autori
Nakovski, Dejan ; Drpić, Danijel ; Milojica, Vedran

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
International Conference on Economics and Social Studies: Regional Economic Development- Business Perspectives, Faculty of Economics and Social Studies / Duman, Teoman ; Obralić, Merdžana - Sarajevo : Internacionalni Burč univerzitet, 2015, 88-89

Skup
International Conference on Economics and Social Studies: Regional Economic Development- Business Perspectives, Faculty of Economics and Social Studies

Mjesto i datum
Sarajevo, Bosna i Hercegovina, 21.04.2015. - 22.04.2015

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
typology of municipalities ; region of Eastern Macedonia ; selective forms of tourism ; planning development of regional tourist offer ; competitiveness

Sažetak
Tourism is one of the fastest and largest growing industries in the world, and its successful development significantly contributes to the development of the state´s economy. In order to achieve competitive advantages, its development needs to be carefully planned and developed, while adhering to sustainable development principles. In the Republic of Macedonia, its Eastern part represents the richest region with natural and anthropogenic resources necessary for the development of a competitive tourism product. It is divided into 20 municipalities. Each of these municipalities possesses significant resources (natural, historical, etc.), differing from municipality to municipality, and therefore it possesses potential for the development of various selective tourism forms. Its development would significantly contribute to the improvement of the socio-economic situation of, not only the region, but the whole countries economy. Despite its potentials, tourism offer development is uneven (accommodation capacities, traffic infrastructure, etc.), which resulted in achieving insufficient tourism turnover (arrivals, overnights, and consumption) in relation to its true potential, as well as in poor reflection on the quality, recognizability, and by that, on competitiveness of the tourism offer of (Eastern) Macedonia on the tourism market. The goal of this paper is to achieve understanding of the importance and the necessity of further development of tourism offer of Eastern Macedonia and achieve competitive advantages on the tourism market. Bearing this in mind, the authors have created a typology by municipalities, while taking into consideration only those tourism forms that can be developed on their territory, and which have greater significance of tourism development in this region. Presenting this typology as well as giving proposition of developmental guidelines will present the possibilities of Eastern Macedonia as a competitive tourism destination, and hopefully use as a foundation for future research and tourism product development.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Ekonomija

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