The importance of cooperation of tourism organizations at the regional level

Abstract

According to the results from OECD countries, the position of the tourism sector in Slovakia has been unfavourable for a long time. Tourism in Slovakia is managed in a decentralized way, which is legally and financially supported in certain forms. Support is largely conditional on cooperation. Such an example is the support of the creation and activities of regional tourism organizations. In this paper, we will examine the economic significance and justification of cooperation among entities that are members of regional tourism organizations, by determining the relationship between the number of these organizations and the amount of revenue divided into four categories at the regional level. In this work we used multiple regression and correlation analysis. Based on their results, we identified the performance of companies according to the categories of achieved revenues. The results suggest that the most productive companies are companies with revenues ranging from 100000-500000 Euros per year. The paper also offers a framework of questions for further research related to sector governance, as well as an awareness of the importance and significance of cooperation.

The Use of Cultural Landscape Fragmentation for Rural Tourism Development in the Zemplín Geopark, Slovakia

“…The same applies to other Slovak regions, as can be seen, for example, in the work by Gregorová & Hronček [116], which focuses on Central Slovakia. Beresecká & Varecha [117] have studied the causes of the unfavorable position of tourism in Slovakia and the Nitra Region and have concluded that the cause lies in the underutilization of rural tourism products and of the territory's unevenly distributed potential. Gregorová & Korec [118] have also focused on rural tourism in the eastern part of Slovakia, where the possibilities and limitations of tourism development have been examined.…”