Tуризмолошка валоризација нематеријалне културне баштине Србије по Хилари ду Крос методи

Author(s): Željko Bjeljac,Aleksandra Terzić,Nevena Ćurčić / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 1/2014

The folk artistry of Serbia is rich in spiritual values tied to customs, celebrations, music, song, dance, games, stories and legends, and this kind of cultural heritage is presented through numerous festivals, events and tourist manifestations. In 2012, the network for the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage was formed, comprised of the National committee for intangible cultural heritage, the Commission for admission into the registry of intangible cultural heritage, a network of coordinators and the Center for intangible cultural heritage of Serbia. These institutions have chosen 6 elements of intangible cultural heritage, out of 27 suggestions: the slava, the Đurđevdan ritual, the kolo dance, singing accompanied by gusle, Slovakian naive painting, the custom of making and lighting farmers’ candles, Pirot carpet weaving, and Zlakusa pottery as elements of cultural heritage which reflect the national and cultural identity of the Serbian people, and Slavic minorities. These elements of intangible cultural heritage have a certain tourism potential and can represent an important factor in the forming of the tourist brand of Serbia. In order to determine the importance of the 27 suggestions of intangible cultural elements of Serbia, an analysis was conducted, using an adapted form of the Hilary du Cros method of tourist valorization.

Konaklama Hizmetlerinde DavranışsalNiyeti Etkileyen Hizmet Kalitesi Boyutları

Author(s): Ebru Özlem Güven,Mehmet Sarıışık / Language(s): Turkish Issue: 2/2014

The different models and sizes have been developed to explain the relationship between perceived service quality has been in the measurement of service quality and the levels of different expectations. In this study, Servqual Scale that has been found in 1991 by Parasuraman et al. had worked and had developed during continuing years on it was called "Service Quality Dimensions" they refered to as "Physical Features, Reliability, Responsiveness , Trust and Empathy" based on customers' behavioral intentions affect and the only specific accommodation services to aimed to improve service quality dimensions . The model has been developed for this study and related data have been analyzed on the basis of "Structural Equation Modeling ". According to all inclusive system of hotels have supplied to German and Russian tourists staying in those hotels in Antalya have created sample size of this study. The sample size with 95% confidence interval and an accuracy of 5 % was determined as 384. The research model of structural equation modeling will be used to test the sample sizeof 300 is adequate, but the return of 372 questionnaires were provided. In the pilot study, “convenience sampling" in the main study, " simple random sampling " method was used. According to study's findings, service quality factors that were "physical properties ,responsiveness and reliability", important for customer accommodation services again or to prefer this experience share with others and related services not recommend to others in the direction of behavioral intentions is effective on the reveal , because businesses these factors to develop a more rigorous and planned also the need arises to work

Funkčná konverzia banského kultúrneho dedičstva s akcentom na národné kultúrne pamiatky

Author(s): Barbora Predanocyová,Marián Žabenský / Language(s): Slovak Issue: 1/2017

This paper examines the functional transformation of mining town to tourist destinations. We first discuss the theoretical fundamentals of functional conversion and some examples of its successful application to mines and mine-related sites, then we analyze the functional use of selected historical objects in the city of Banská Štiavnica and the village of Hodruša-Hámre and their potential in the tourism industry.

ВІРТУАЛЬНА КУЛЬТУРА В ЕПОХУ ПОСТМОДЕРНУ: ТУРИСТСЬКІ ПРАКТИКИ

Author(s): Liubov Bozhko / Language(s): Ukrainian Issue: 4/2016

The purpose of the work. The socio-cultural tourism practices fully reflect processes caused by postmodernism as a culture and a special type of thinking and perception of the world. The goal of the research is to determine the transformations that occur with tourism practices in the contemporary postmodern culture under the influence of networking technologies of the virtual world. The research methodology is based on the cultural approach with the use of historical and logical methods. Indicated methodological approach allows to reveal and analyze virtual tourism practice as a new form of cultural relations. The scientific novelty of the work lies in the fact that some of the new travel practices are considered as a product of post-modernism, appeared in the conditions of widespread network technologies and virtual reality. Conclusions. Today we do not know what cultural effects virtual tourism and virtual travel community bring, but their development is a natural process. On the one hand their appearance is due to the presence of computer communications systems under the influence of which the perception of the world changes, on the other hand ‒ to the formation of the virtual culture, under the influence of which a new type of a tourist with special needs and behavior is born. Social tourism communities are a valuable tool for cultural exchange, personal and emotional growth and increasing of number of connections with other people. In addition, such online platforms provide a space for people who can participate in the formation of relationships in the fields of non-commercial tourism space. These relations are formed under the influence of expectations and values of individuals and create cultural realities.

Küreselleşme Sürecinde Yöresel Ürünlerin Tanitiminin Önemi Ve Bu Bağlamda Âşiklarin Tanitimdaki Yeri

Author(s): Münir Cerrahoğlu / Language(s): Turkish Issue: 84/2015

With globalization, the world, the economic, social, cultural, science and technology in areas such as common “market” is becoming. The social communities are better to get on with each other because of extraordinary challenges about communication and technology and cultures are to closed people with together and they have been being neighbor so world becomes just one market in all the floor. Country has word to say just when people have a good advertisement of them production. That’s the fundamental point that our regional public production is more important source in our country and if we want to stand in high place in market it just will be possible with selling. Ensuring the quality of the products produced by the people of the promotion and advertising is of great importance. The nature and the cultural richness of our country in the world has a unique product diversity non-geographic. Our country’s natural, historic and economic riches epics ashıks among the priority issues. Ashıks who takes the most important tasks in transporting Turkish public culture to the next generations will have taken over a big task to introduce our custom and culture that is commercial advertisement when emanates case and contion. İn this project, they will be witness them treatments, the morality system, art, belief, tradition and custums and the cultural heritage of the time ashıks live in and they will do advertisement and introduction of regional public production in the way they have seen in Turkish socia cultural life and give a place instance of epic.

PUBLIC ACTIVITIES OF PETRO SOKALSKYI (TO THE 185th ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH AND THE 130th NNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH)

Author(s): Olena Izvarina / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2016

The objective. The study examines the public activities of a famous Ukrainian composer P.P. Sokalskyi and its importance for the cultural and economic development of the Southern Ukraine in the mid-to-late XIXth century. It looks at the areas of interest of P.P.Sokalskyi and emphasizes the importance of his public activity and its influence on the formation of the economy and trade in Odessa and the entire Southern region as a whole. The article analyzes the archive materials (P.P.Sokalskyi’s published pieces) on various aspects of economic nature as well as the public activities of the artist in the field of music education and popularization of music as an art. The research methodology consists of historical, primary sources studying and biographical methods. The mentioned above methodological approach allows to reveal and analyze the economic and cultural life of the Southern region within the defined timeframe through printed press publications and to find the archival documents which makes it possible to create the retrospective view on P.P.Sokalskyi’s public activities in the mid-to-late XIXth century and to add some new facts to the biography of this famous personality of the national culture. Scientific originality. This research highlights previously unstudied period of P.P.Sokalskyi’s activities and introduces new archival documents, which enables the retrospective view on his public activities. Conclusion. On the basis of the archival documents, it can be concluded that in the field of public service P.P.Sokalskyi proved to be not only an outstanding writer whose publications shaped public opinion of the entire South region. He showed himself a serious professional in various issues of agriculture, which started to develop in the South at that time, as well as in economy and trade. Thanks to P.P.Sokalskyi the fairs of wine products have become a tradition, which successfully continues nowadays. Owing to him tree plantations and forest belts were introduced, permanent meteorological services were founded etc.

PERSONAL DISTRIBUTION MODELS OF PERIODICALS OF SLOVAKS LIVING ABROAD

Author(s): Norbert Vrabec,Marija Hekelj / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2/2016

This study deals with personal distribution models of Slovak national periodicals in Poland and Serbia. The main aim of this study is to present results of detailed marketing and distribution activities analysis of perodicals Hlas Ľudu (Voice of people) that is published in Serbian Novy Sad and monthly Život (Life) intended for Slovaks living in Poland. Brand construction of both periodicals is largely based on very close contact of the editors and their readers. This model is singular in the conditions of contemporary print media and it is called personal distribution. It does not use classic distribution channels (e.g. by means of specialized distribution companies, post office, kiosk selling, etc.) but it is based on personal contact of colporteur and community members. At the same time, colporteur –volunteer provides most of promotional activities directed at existing and potential readers of the corresponding national periodical.

SELECTED ASPECTS OF FINANCING REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN TERMS OF SELF-GOVERNMENT

Author(s): Viktor Šoltés,Zuzana Štofková / Language(s): English Issue: 1/1/2016

Development of the region, and as well the quality of life of people living within its territory, is also determined by the utilization of regional funds. The development of tourism is one of the indicators proving the good condition of the region. Tourists and visitors bring to the region additional resources that improve the business environment, competitiveness, quality of services, infrastructure and thereby help to increase the socio-economic indicators of regional development. Effective utilization of funds in marketing and promotion can easily attract new visitors to a region, who may eventually become its new permanent residents. The goal of this paper is to analyze the budgets of higher territorial units of the Slovak Republic and monitor the development of funds used for regional marketing and tourism. The paper reveals the correlation between the amount of money spent on marketing to the number of visitors in the various regions and determines the optimal number of funds that the region should spend on the marketing and tourism.

BRAND AS ONE OF THE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT TOOLS IN THE TOURIST AREA BESKYDY - WALLACHIA

Author(s): Vladimír Vavrečka,Jiří Mezuláník / Language(s): English Issue: 1/1/2016

The article deals with the issue of the brand in the context of the research for the development of the tourist area of Beskydy-Wallachia. "Beskydy-Wallachia“ brand is originated from the name of the tourist area, geographically covering the area of the Moravian-Silesian Beskydy mountains and foothills, characterized by its original character and traditions - Valašsko (Wallachia). Yet executed marketing research is based on its own methodology, which relies on interviewing the focal group of actors in the tourist area. The exploitation rate of potential is assessed in relation to make the brand of "Beskydy-Wallachia".

Management of tourism transport

Author(s): Gabriela Cecilia Stănciulescu,Casiana Răduț,Dan Matei Diaconescu / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 35/2016

Undoubtedly, the relevance of transport activities in relation to tourism activities is essential, because it is extremely important and necessary to offer feasible information about tourism services to help consumer to choose the mode of travel to destinations ideal holiday. The methods used in the development of this hypothesis were explanation, exemplification (brief presentation of each mode of transport) comparison etc. Analyzing the current situation of national, European and World Wide tourism transportation, the paper proposes practical applications able to explain that the conduct of economic activities as an integral part of the sector of trade and services within a national economy, would not be possible without the involvement of transport, whether by road, rail and air and naval. The results of the analysis are perfectly applicable offering guests the opportunity to reach the most remote corners of the world in a short time, high degree of comfort and affordable price.

Sociologija etno-sela. Konzumiranje tradicije

Author(s): Bernard Harbaš / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 03+04/2014

This article deals with the ethno-village and position this type of touristic attraction holds in social reality. This type of touristic settlement is one of the best examples of how the tradition is inscribed into commodity. Primary objective of ethno-village is production of nostalgia or mourning for something that never happened. As an option of escape from city life and modernity, ethno-village offers what a modern man lacks, idyllic rural life, intimate relation¬ships, nature, and tradition which modern urban man has forgotten. Goal of this article is to point out basic social functions of ethno-village and ways in which modern tourist experiences this sort of touristic attraction.

The sustainable development of the Brasov growth pole

Author(s): Aida Catana,Daniela Manea,Emilia Titan / Language(s): English Issue: 08/2016

The demographic dynamics analysed in the context of the relationship between economic development and social inclusion presents an image of the sustainable development of a community as well as the manner how the financial resources have been used. With an allocation of 74.3 million euro in the programming period 2007-2013, the Brasov Growth Pole has pursued the contribution to the achievement of sustainable development since 2005 by the participation in the Agenda 21. The implementation of projects with European financing in areas such as transport, social and educational infrastructure or tourism have generated changes/demographic movements, which this paper proposes to present. The evolution of the stable population, its dynamics at the level of each locality that is part of the Brasov growth pole as well as the dynamics of the number of employees or the development of the unemployment rate are presented by the cluster analysis. The effects of the European financing obtained from Regional Operational Programme 2007-2013 are thus reflected in the sustainable development of the Brasov growth pole from the point of view of the dynamics of the population.

Effects of tourism seasonality at local level

Author(s): Biljana Petrevska / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2015

The paper underlines the importance of identifying seasonality effects over tourism development. The study applies a simple test for examining the presence of seasonality in tourism demand in the line of exploring its concentration and strength at local level. The investigation is covered by calculating some commonly applied indicators for measuring tourism seasonality, like Gini coefficient, Seasonality Indicator and Coefficient of Variation. The data set addresses the total tourist arrivals between 2000-2013 and elaborates the case of Ohrid, as the most famous tourist destination in Macedonia. The research results point to high level of tourism seasonality with significant flow distribution to tourism development. Finally, the study may serve as a base for identifying measures and activities necessary for creating comprehensive local and regional tourism policy.

The identification of economic phenomena trends at regional level

Author(s): Tudorel Andrei,Andreea Iluzia Iacob,Claudiu Herţeliu / Language(s): English Issue: Spec/2011

Romania's economic development requires the reconsideration of certain policies at the development regions level. Currently, there are large gaps between Romanian development regions. Moreover, certain socio-economic development regions are among the poorest from the EU. In the national statistics were recorded important data sets to characterize the economic and social phenomena at the development regions level. For their exploitation can be used panel data methods. The creation of certain coherent economic and social policies at the development regions level represents an immediate requirement for the reduction of the disparities between Romania and the EU average level.

„Подаръкът“: изложба на Регионалния исторически музей – София

Author(s): Hristina Grozdanova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 3/2016

Chorwacja we współczesnych stosunkach międzynarodowych z państwami Korytarza Środkowoeuropejskiego

Author(s): Małgorzata Łakota-Micker / Language(s): Polish Issue: 7/2014

The article Croatia in modern international relations with the states of Central European Transport Corridor discusses one of the most crucial events through which the Croatia has participated actively for few years. The initiative of creating the Central European Transport Corridor CETC-ROUTE 65 came into being from the need for close cooperation between the local self-governments of the European states. According to its assumption, the setting up of the developing zone CETC-ROUTE 65 is to influence the competitiveness of the regions located within its area, strengthening the areas that are underdeveloped structurally, inter alia decreasing the unemployment rate, developing the tourism and local economies. The agreement, that initially included two regions, has gained a lot of interest for the past few years. In April 2004, the Inter-Regional Agreement aiming at creating the Central European Transport Corridor was signed, within the framework of which the cooperation of 17 regions and districts in 6 countries has been being developed: in Sweden, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary and Croatia. The Republic of Croatia is a great modern example of a state that is able to compete with other in the broad sense western countries. The political, economic, and military transformations that have occurred over the past few years, place the country at the equal level with others. Thus ceasing the negative associations that the states of former Yugoslavia and Zagreb have been perceived with for the past twenty years.

Transitions Online_Around the Bloc-Turn Down the Noise, Bulgarian Pol Tells Tourists

Author(s): TOL TOL / Language(s): English Issue: 08/22/2017

‘Europe’s cheapest resort’ gets a tongue-lashing from a politician not exactly famed for his tolerance.

Karadeniz Bölgesindeki Bizans Eserleri

Author(s): Sevcan Yildiz / Language(s): Turkish Issue: 53/2017

The Byzantine Empire is one of the longest-lived states in world history and is considered to have been formed by the division of the Byzantine Empire into the Roman Empire. During the years he ruled, he left his own architectural monuments, and with the spread of Christianity, he found great monuments, especially in church architecture. Today, the churches built at that time are regarded as pilgrimage centers of Christians. The Sumela Monastery of the Black Sea Region of Trabzon is also the most important of the pilgrimage centers. The Black Sea Region is one of the well-preserved regions of Anatolia in terms of Byzantine monuments. The reason why the Black Sea Region is preferred in the study is that the monuments in the region are preserved and some of them are still standing. The historical process of the Byzantine monuments in the Black Sea Region has been examined in the study. The study covers ancient cities and churches built during Byzantine rule in Bartın, Zonguldak, Ordu, Trabzon, Rize and Amasya.

Baštinski sadržaji u životu lokalne zajednice, kulturnom i edukacijskom turizmu Vrbnika na otoku Krku

Author(s): Ivana Vladilo / Language(s): Croatian Issue: 09/2017

The name of Vrbnik was written for the first time in the grant of Dragoslav, a Glagolitic document from the year 1100. However, archaeological remains confirm that the ancient Vrbnik is even older. People already lived there in the Neolithic period, and traces in the area are left by the Illyrian tribes of Japodes and Liburni as well as Greeks and Romans. The whole town centre is a historical and cultural monument today. The backbone of the cultural life of the local community and the tourism offer of the actual cultural tourism, is the library of family Vitezić, with a replica of the Gutenberg printing press as well as ethnological collection, located in the former Rector's Palace. There is also other cultural immovable material heritage like Vrbnik circle dance, first ever known Glagolitic matrix, Glagolitic inscriptions, religious museum in Desetinac, city gates Dverčića, Klančić - the narrowest street in the world, the Frankopan walls ... This paper summarizes the history of the Library, its foundation and meaning in the life of the local community through historical changes. It shows activities to preserve the original library collection in particular between 2011. and 2012. At that time the e-catalogue was made and the whole collection became publicly visible and accessible for search. The most famous copy of Koehler's Atlas, was digitalized as well. This paper presents the activities of the Library and other heritage activities in cultural tourism offer that tries to revive cultural events all year round through educational and sightseeing tourism. It makes Vrbnik one of the most visited places in Croatia, as well as the daily life of the local community which deeply feels its cultural roots.

Wyniki finansowe spółek giełdowych na rynku usług turystyczno-wypoczynkowych oraz hotelowych w poszczególnych segmentach działalności

Author(s): Agnieszka Maciąg / Language(s): Polish Issue: 2/2015

Aim of the article: the study is focused on an analysis of financial performance of the three major companies from the tourist, leisure and hotel industry listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. Discussing the issues, the author paid attention to financial condition of the firms in individual segments of activity. Methodology: the source basis was financial statements of the stock exchange companies in question. The analysis comprised three companies from the hotel industry: Interferie SA, Orbis SA and Rainbow Tours SA. The findings were analysed taking into account sales of services in individual branch segments in the years 2009-2013. Findings: all the companies surveyed improved in the years in question their financial standing in individual segments of activity. The companies from the hotel industry such as Interferie and Orbis focused primarily on winning the national customer, sales of services in the domestic market constituted most their revenues. In the case of the Rainbow Tours Group, improvement of financial condition was determined by growth of sales of tourist events (the basic segment of activity) by the parent company. Results of the analysis indicate a great consolidation of the market in basic segments of activities carried out by the companies. Practical and social implications: the practical purpose of the financial analysis in the given market for services is to evaluate and shape the future, development and possibilities to survive by enterprises. It enables assessment of goodwill of the firm and its position in the market.