8th International Conference Current Problems of Tourism

Department of Tourism of the VŠPJ in cooperation with the contributory organization Vysočina Tourism

under the auspices Ing. Kamil Jankovský, Minister for Regional Development of the Czech Republic, Mgr. Zdeňka Horníková, Chairwoman of the Subcommittee for Tourism of the Committee for Public Administration and Regional Development of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic, MUDr. Jiří Běhounek, Heim of the Vysočina Region and with media support of the COT business

organised the 8th International Conference "Current Problems of Tourism", this time on the topic

TRAVEL TRAFFIC - DESTINATION - REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Date: 27-28 February 2013

Venue: building of the Polytechnic University Jihlava

The aim of the conference was to create conditions for an international meeting of experts from practice and academia. The benefit of the conference was a space for discussion on current problems of tourism in the destination with a focus on regional development issues. The output of the conference is a peer-reviewed collection of papers presented at the conference.

Conference Themes

• Tourism as an important factor of regional development
• Research and analysis of the potential for destination tourism development
• Use of GIS in spatial analysis of tourist destinations
• Development of a destination tourism product
• Destination quality management
• Innovation processes in destination development and management
• Microregional development strategy and tourism
• Czech tourist destinations in the context of the European area
• Cross-border cooperation of regions
• Professional education of tourism workers as a prerequisite for sustainable regional development

Conference Programme

Conference Proceedings

Photo Gallery - Day 1

Photo Gallery - Day 2