ZMĚNILA PANDEMIE GEOGRAFICKOU STRUKTURU NÁVŠTĚVNOSTI EVROPY?
HAS THE PANDEMIC CHANGED THE GEOGRAPHIC STRUCTURE OF EUROPE'S VISITORS?

Author(s): Jiří Vystoupil, Martin Šauer, HELENA KUBÍČKOVÁ
Subject(s): Supranational / Global Economy, Health and medicine and law, Tourism
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: international tourism; covid-19 pandemic; tourist flows; geographical structure of visitors to Europe;
Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses changes in the distribution of inbound tourism inside and into Europe from 2019 to 2021, which makes the period before and at the "end" of the covid-19 pandemic. The goal is to analyze and assess the main tourist streams primarily measured by the number of overnight stays, and secondly, changes in the geographic structure of foreign tourists. It provides tabular and cartographic analysis of their spatial distribution. The article identifies the most important source countries of international tourism inside and into Europe. The result of the paper is an evaluation of the negative impact of the pandemic on Europe as a whole, in more detail in European sub-regions and finally in the most important European countries in terms of tourism, on the decline of international tourism and related economic losses.

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