The Relationship Between Heritage Products and Tourism in the Development Documents of Towns in Hajdú-Bihar County

Abstract

Heritage tourism can be considered as one of the fastest developing branches of tourism today but the prerequisite of the success of local authorities in this filed is a proactive approach. In the spirit of the above, the aim of the present paper is to examine the development documents of the most important settlements of Hajdú-Bihar county (Hungary) and to answer the question how the heritage products appear in the specific documents concerned. As a result it can be concluded that firstly From among the values to be preserved in connection with heritage, the biggest emphasis is on the build environment; at the same time -due to the unique historical past of the towns -a very significant role is also given to the unique settlement structure. Secondly among the possible areas of the utilisation of heritage, the first place is occupied by the physical appearance of the settlements (building stock, settlement structure); at the same time, an important role is also played in the social life of the towns (e.g. the preservation of identity, shaping communities).

Local economic development strategies in a medium-sized city on the European periphery: a path to become an economic center of Eastern Central Europe importance

“…One is the comparison of strategies prepared by several municipalities on similar topics (e.g., smart city and climate adaptation) over a given period (1-2 years), focusing on how different natural, economic, social, and political factors influence the content of the document (e.g., Lux, 2015;Kaufmann and Arnold, 2018;Masik et al, 2021;Salvia et al, 2021;Shamsuzzoha et al, 2021;Egyed and Zsibók, 2023;Schmeller and Pirisi, 2023). The other, essentially smaller, group of analyses (e.g., Monyók et al, 2020;Essandoh et al, 2021;Czuczor et al, 2023) compares documents produced over a longer period of time for a given municipality, looking at how they have changed in response to changes in the external and internal environment and how the objectives have been achieved. Our study falls into the latter category.…”

Spatial Distribution of Relationship between Historical Monuments and Tourism: The Case Study of Bihor County in Romania

“…At the same time, an important contribution to the study of the area from the point of view of tourism was made by Hungarian authors, who have studied over time the influence that heritage has on the development of tourism (Bujdoso et al, 2015; Monyók et al, 2020) [48,49]. The studies undertaken by Czuczor et al [50] and Tatar et al [51] focused on the possibility of boosting cross-border tourism in Hungary and Romania, while Kozma and Czimre [52] analyzed the role of heritage elements in slogans and logos used to promote Hungarian heritage.…”