Pregledni rad
https://doi.org/10.20867/thm.11.2.15
PRECONDITIONS TO FULLER CROATIAN INTEGRATION IN EU TOURISM
Romina Alkier Radnić
orcid.org/0000-0002-0898-2032
; Faculty of tourism and hospitality management, University of Rijeka, Opatija, Croatia
Sažetak
In the coming years, the number of tourist trips from and within the European Union can be expected to grow, as a result of ongoing integration processes, and also because it is becoming simpler and cheaper to travel.
According to the WTO, tourism will grow at a moderate rate of four per cent annually in average, and by 2020 the number of tourist arrivals worldwide will reach 1.6 billion, of which 717 million tourist arrivals will be to Europe. Out of this number, more than half a million will be to present-day EU countries. Given the EU’s continuing enlargement, clearly this number will continue to increase, and with it the global importance of the EU. The EU’s tourist policy in the years to come will increasingly become better, more imaginative and more efficient. Regardless of the unchanging subsidiary principle, this policy will continue to develop, gradually adapting to new opportunities. The principles of the sector tourist policy are already being carried out in practice by all EU members, and any country aspiring to become a part this association will not only need to incorporate these principles, but respect them as well. Croatia is one of the countries which has embraced this orientation in tourism and it is aiming to address this “European challenge” at the level of market relations, taking efforts to avoid the pitfalls and threats of tourism marginalisation, given the harsh competition and protectionist measures existing within the EU.
Ključne riječi
EU tourism; tourism policy; Croatia
Hrčak ID:
181334
URI
Datum izdavanja:
30.12.2005.
Posjeta: 1.780 *