The medical tourism has been changing the healthcare scene especially in the developing countries which offer a combination of low costs for medical services and experienced medical personnel. It gives them the potential to become a target of choice for medical tourists. Therefore, the aim of the...
Author(s)
Lubowiecki-Vikuk, A.; Dryglas, D.
Publisher
Scientific and Didactical Campus of Rimini and the Advanced School of Tourism Sciences of Alma Mater Studiorum, Rimini, Italy
Citation
Almatourism: Journal of Tourism, Culture and Territorial Development, 2019, 10, 19, pp 25-43
The tourism development processes of Belarus were analyzed against the background of other Central and Eastern European countries. The degree of Belarus's involvement in global globalization processes, a factor in the development of regional tourist markets, as well as the competitiveness of the...
Publisher
Uniwersytet Trzeciego Wieku, Sosnowiec, Poland
Citation
Acta Geographica Silesiana, 2018, No.31, pp 17-35
The 14 papers in this special issue attempt to make a contribution to addressing the challenges of sustainable tourism. Topics covered by the papers include, among others: the development of rural tourism; the impact of geopolitical risks and terrorism on tourism; the fairness of hotel pricing...
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Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania
Citation
Amfiteatru Economic, 2018, No.Special 12, pp 830-1054 (En), 594-807 (Ro)
Tourism is widely considered as driver for economic growth, and the "tourism-led-growth hypothesis" is often investigated in the literature. However, there is very limited literature examining how economic growth impacts tourism, an impact which is usually tacitly accepted, without being...
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Bădulescu, A.; Bădulescu, D.; Simuț, R.
Publisher
Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania
Citation
Amfiteatru Economic, 2018, No.Special 12, pp 935-950 (En), 699-714 (Ro)
The publication is aimed at identifying and studying the factors of influence on the development of international tourism in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) in the context of integration. The authors also search for ways to compile a system of indicators of integration in terms of ...
Author(s)
Yemets, M. S.; Shchelkunova, L. I.
Publisher
Inzhek Publishing House, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Citation
Business Inform, 2017, No.4, pp 107-112
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Focusing on the UK travel firm Regent Holidays, this chapter exemplifies some of the geopolitics behind the role of a select few Western tour companies who, operating on the periphery of business logic, managed to open doors into Central and Eastern Europe and influence Western tourists'...
ISBN
2017 CABI (H ISBN 9781780647616)
This paper presents the evolution of inbound and outbound tourism in Central and Eastern Europe, and in Romania. It is a comprehensive and conclusive analysis of data provided by WTTC, UNWTO, NIS (INSSE) and Eurostat for the period 2009-2012 to the present, on the economic and tourist importance of ...
Author(s)
Tuță, L.; Micu, C.
Publisher
Banat's University of Agricultural Science and Veterinary Medicine, Timisoara, Romania
Citation
Lucrări Științifice, Universitatea de Științe Agricole Și Medicină Veterinară a Banatului, Timisoara, Seria I, Management Agricol, 2014, 16, 4, pp 58-64
We examine the main determinants of the recent boost in the number of tourist inflows to Turkey, focussing on the indirect marketing effect of the Turkish soap operas exported abroad and recent changes in the Turkish government's foreign policies. Applying a traditional tourist demand gravity...
Author(s)
Ballİ, F.; Ballİ, H. O.; Cebecİ, K.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
Tourism Management, 2013, 37, pp 186-192
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This chapter first documents foreign tourism development in Central Europe, with a focus on Austrian tourism relations with Central and Eastern Europe. It then discusses perspectives of tourism development in Central and Eastern Europe after EU enlargement from the receiving as well as from the...
ISBN
2006 CABI (H ISBN 9781845931179)
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This chapter first looks at changes in volumes and structures of international travel in Slovakia in the period 1989-2004 and compares these with developments in other East Central European countries. Second, it considers the importance of selected travel motives on the volume and structure of...
ISBN
2006 CABI (H ISBN 9781845931179)