Geografijos metraštis, Nr. 51, 2018
Dr. Martin Zsarnoczky
Kodolanyi Janos University, Institute of Sustainable Economy, Department of Business Studies and Tourism
Abstract
The activities of the tourism industry are motivated in every region by local decision makers. Tourism processes, through their multiplying effect, can be such positive values in different regions, which could have an effect on the well-being and life quality of the local population. Based on the successful international examples, a lot of Hungarian rural regions choose tourism as their only option to break out from their current position of economic stagnation, however tourism cannot, on its own, solve all the local problems and put economic processes magically on the right track.
During the research work I have made a study which examines the effects of tourism of the North-Hungary region from a new perspective. During the study, unlike previous researches, the work features new county statistical data, which is able to examine the Hungarian counties of the European Union statistical region from a new angle. The results unequivocally showed the impact of tourism on incomes, which are of great significance thanks to the endowments and opportunities of different counties. The results will supposedly help the planners of local economies and investors to diversify their economic potential and to support the local tourism processes in the appropriate measure.