ASSESSMENT OF THE EVENT TOURISM IMPACTS ON THE HOST COMMUNITY IN BULGARIA Cover Image

ОЦЕНКА НА ВЪЗДЕЙСТВИЯТА НА СЪБИТИЙНИЯ ТУРИЗЪМ ВЪРХУ ПРИЕМАЩАТА ОБЩНОСТ В БЪЛГАРИЯ
ASSESSMENT OF THE EVENT TOURISM IMPACTS ON THE HOST COMMUNITY IN BULGARIA

Author(s): Petja Ivanova
Subject(s): Economy, Business Economy / Management
Published by: Стопанска академия »Д. А. Ценов«
Keywords: event tourism; impacts of event tourism; destination Bulgaria

Summary/Abstract: The main objective of the study is based on a model designed for aggregated assessment of the impacts of the event tourism to analyze and evaluate the main positives and negatives on the host community in Bulgaria. So the goal is decomposed in the following research objectives: • Proposing a model for assessing the impacts of event tourism on the host community in Bulgaria. • Analyzing and evaluating the status and impact of event tourism. • Systematizing the main results of the study and conclusions. Research thesis: Event tourism has potential for development in the country. Managed successfully on the basis of objective information regarding the impacts, it could be one of the effective tools for better development of destination Bulgaria. The survey results give enough arguments to support the research thesis. It is found that it is necessary and desirable that the country has more diverse events and that there are reserves to improve the tourism potential of the existing ones. The positive effects of this type of tourism are significantly higher than the negative ones.

  • Issue Year: 24/2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 318-342
  • Page Count: 25
  • Language: Bulgarian