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Příprava zákona o podpoře rozvoje cestovního ruchu a jeho význam v kontextu politiky cestovního ruchu v České republice
Preparation of Tourism Act Development Support and its Importance in Context of the Tourism Policy in the Czech Republic

Author(s): Radek Chaloupka
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence
Published by: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Nakladatelství Karolinum
Keywords: tourism; tourism policy; Tourism act development support; public administration; destination management

Summary/Abstract: Complex tourism regulation in the form of a special act is a problem discussed in the Czech Republic for many years. The reason is current tourism regulation which from the view of implementing tourism policy poses a risk to the state that no systemic framework is formed which has high potential of causing wastefulness, ineffectiveness and uselessness of public expenditure. Key problem are vaguely adjusted competences on the level of state administration and autonomous regions that limit implementation of principles of destination management and tourism policy as the part of economic policy of the Czech Republic. Such situation prevents better use of tourism potential regardless of increasing importance of tourism for economy, in relation to developed foreign destinations, it also leads to loss in its competitiveness.Only dealing with the basic problems can result in change of current situation. Adjustment of current tourism legislation is not sufficient solution. It means to set up a whole new tourism regulation that creates systemic framework for implementing tourism policy. For those reasons the complex tourism regulation is broadly discussed as the systemic solution. Defence of the new regulation as the norm of administrative law with the linkages to the private law that is being seriously prepared since 2010, is in current situation of public sector very difficult. Insufficient support of argumentation, overall low political support and divided attitude of stakeholders of the companies within the area of tourism (both public and private) led to temporary non-approval with the draft law and which has led to suspention of its processing.

  • Issue Year: 62/2016
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 125-134
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Czech