Regional Tourism Indicators and Smart Specialization Strategy

Abstract

National and local governments are harmonizing the regional policies to enable balanced development of regions. Related research is questioning whether priority should be given to information and communication technologies in the implementation of the Smart Specialization Strategy in a regional level. The objective of this article is to find out whether ICTs have any impact on key tourism statistical performance indicators. Such an impact would justify the priority of ICT in regional policies. 2.181 tourism industry entities were checked for web presence; the region of the entity’s activity was recorded. The correlation between the on-line presence and the key statistical indicators was analyzed. Only 655 (30 %) are present on the Internet by a means of a web page. There is a strong positive correlation (τb=0,656, p

Slovenia has built a system of local self-government within the main provisions of the European Charter on local self-government. According to the local Self-Government Act, municipalities have some competences in individual areas of development, including tourism. However, the existing system could further benefit from enhancing local autonomy – whether in policy scope or fiscal capacity. Municipalities are not stimulated to engage in proactive management of local policies and services, and although the c

“…Often, the impacts on local economies fail to meet expectations, particularly when benefits remain in the hands of a few large stakeholders, frequently from outside the regions concerned (Debarbieux et al, 2014). Brumen et al (2016) state that national and local governments are harmonizing regional policies to enable the more balanced development of regions.…”

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“…Zudem können politische Akteure bestimmte Wirtschaftszweige mithilfe von ICT-Unterstützung stärker fördern, indem man ihnen bspw. Webplattformen zur Verfügung stellt (Brumen, Gorenak, Rosi & Rangus, 2016). Weiterhin lässt sich mithilfe moderner Software in Verbindung mit hochwertigen statistischen Daten die zukünftige Flächennutzung einer Region modellieren (Crespo, Manuschevich, Crespo, Concha & Rajabifard, 2016).…”

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“…However, to the best of our knowledge, no enumeration and consequently no evaluation of Slovenian tourism websites has ever been conducted. Furthermore, no analysis of tourism entities being present online was performed at the national level; the research by (Brumen, Gorenak, Rosi, & Rangus, 2016) has established the association between the tourist arrivals in an area with increased web presence.…”