ASSESSMENT OF THE TOURISM FUNCTION IN REGION DEVELOPMENT

tourism
Multiplicity of regional development factors

as:
increased domestic income and foreign currency earnings;
economic multiplier effect;

increased employment;
improved infrastructure;
tourism functioning as a tool for raising World nature and culture heritage,

Increase tendencies to import;
• Increased living cost;
• Effect on the

quality of life of the host community;
• Irritation and environmental effects;
• Competitive with traditional land-using
•Decline of traditional employment and seasonal unemployment growth

economy joint development - To avoid other negative consequences - Competitiveness of

the regional tourism product - Budget effectiveness - Social and environmental performance of tourism in regional development

Have to take in mind
Not only the task of regional growth,
But regional development from the standpoint of the principles of Smart Growth and Sustainable Development

which generates a higher returns for specific kinds of investments

which are more suited for exact this territory.
The definition of development strategies for each region is determined by the local assets and potential and its wise exploitation.


Tourism is a proper way for development and economic problems solution but
not for all regions

of tourism in the region development is defined by a

territorial capital and therefore its development strategy;

While the regional development strategy formation, the definition of the type of development in the future is significant;

Depending on the strategic alternatives for the region development the stage of tourism and recreational land development been identified, tourism can be considered as:

(A)- Core role for region development (tourism as a sector of specialization)
(B)- Associated or accompanying role (recreation as additional area of the region economy)
(C)- Rehabilitation role (tourism as a means of region economy diversification and restructuring)

were under consideration
resource potential of the region;
level of socio-economic development

of the region (the ratio of final consumption of households with subsistence minimum in the region);
dynamics of indicators of regional economic development;
place in the territorial division of labor (region mission);
demographic developments and trends in the labor market;
infrastructure provision;
environmental conditions and land use

the following must be considered:
√ Properties of the tourism resource

potential;
√Level of tourist destination marketing and effectiveness of the regional brand;
√ Economic efficiency of the tourism industry in the region;
- the rate of tourism in the sectoral structure of economy (GRP, investments volume);
- tax revenues from tourism in the regional budget;
- employment in tourism;
- tourism companies profitability and revenues in the region;
- the development of tourism infrastructure in the region;
- indirect effects of tourism on other sectors of regional production;
√ Social and ethnic environment.