European Union accession: passport to development for the Hungarian tourism industry?

Szivás, Edith

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“…The transformation from communism to capitalism has helped the hotel industry in CEE countries to increase its performance via private ownership and more attractiveness for international investors (Assaf and Cvelbar 2011). Privatization has also been the most important factor in the growth of the tourism sector in Hungary (Szivás 2005) because it can improve efficiency and labor productivity by employing modern management skills (Assaf and Cvelbar 2011).…”

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The Role of Tourism and Fdi in the Economic Growth of Eu11 Countries

Sokhanvar¹

2022

Tour. hosp. manag.

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Purpose - Tourism and FDI have contributed to a large extent to Central and Eastern European economies in recent decades. This paper investigates how successfully these two engines of growth have been stimulating the growth of these economies. Design/methodology/approach - Using a Pooled Mean Group estimation, this study investigates the short- and long-term effects of variations in the GDP shares of tourism and foreign investments on the economic growth rate. Findings - The results suggest that while tourism expansion is more effective in the short run, FDI has a significant positive impact on economic growth only in the long run. Originality - A new aspect of the present study is a comparison of the magnitude of the impacts of the GDP shares of international tourism and foreign investments on the economic growth rate in both the short and long run in the case of Central and Eastern Europe. Practical implications - Considering the economic structure of these countries, policy action plans for inclusive growth are suggested.

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The Role of Tourism and Fdi in the Economic Growth of Eu11 Countries

Sokhanvar¹

2022

Tour. hosp. manag.

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“…The promotion of pro-European images had been evident since the break-up of the communist dominance ( Hall, 1999 ). Ultimately, the hoped-for increase in living standards in the eight CEE countries would also generate late 1980s served to accelerate an economic transformation that had been underway for 20 years, and it has experienced great changes in its tourism scenario ( Szivas, 2005 ;Puczko and Ratz, 2006 ).…”

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Central and Eastern Europe and EU Accession 2004: Views of the Impact on Tourism

Hughes

Allen²

2009

Tourism and Hospitality Research

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is Professor of Tourism Management at Manchester Metropolitan University. In addition to three books, he has published many papers on tourist issues relating to culture, the arts, sexuality, destination image and Central and Eastern Europe. Danielle Allenis Project Associate for the Manchester Metropolitan University study of Central and Eastern Europe. She has experience in arts management, and has conducted extensive research on behalf of the International Tourism Centre at Manchester Metropolitan University. ABSTRACT The European Union (EU) was joined by several new members in 2004.Eight of these were Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries that had, at one time, had communist governments and centralised economies. This paper describes a study of tourist board offi cials ' views on the tourism outcomes of the accession and the factors infl uencing those outcomes. The offi cials represented the eight CEE countries, and, through individual interviews, their opinions were sought in order to obtain an ' informed ' view of post-2004. Predictions for tourism had been optimistic, and these interviewees confi rmed that the outcomes had been generally favourable. In particular, they considered that there had been an increased tourism infl ow (especially from the United Kingdom) and a shift in the tourism profi le towards tourists with wider interests and whose destinations within the countries were more spatially dispersed. Although publicity just before, and at the time of, accession had contributed to this, the most signifi cant infl uence was believed to have been participation in the EU internal air transport market. The accession of 2004 was, in many respects, less a step-change in economies and in tourism patterns than the culmination of adjustment processes that had been ongoing since the late 1980s. Nonetheless, it was marked by an uplift, the long-term effects of which have yet to be determined.

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International tourism as bricolage: an analysis of central Europe on the brink of European Union membership

Baláž

Williams

2005

Journal of Tourism Research

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European Union accession: passport to development for the Hungarian tourism industry?

Cited by 9 publications

References 10 publications

The Role of Tourism and Fdi in the Economic Growth of Eu11 Countries

The Role of Tourism and Fdi in the Economic Growth of Eu11 Countries

Central and Eastern Europe and EU Accession 2004: Views of the Impact on Tourism

International tourism as bricolage: an analysis of central Europe on the brink of European Union membership

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