A Comparison of the Competitiveness of the Two Coastal Tourist Destinations

Abstract

The main goal of this paper is to assess the competitiveness of the two coastal tourist (micro) destinations - Portorož, Slovenia and Opatija, Croatia. The paper focuses on the current state of competitiveness of these two destinations, assessed by group of senior tourist students that visited both destinations. The approach and methodology are based on the different destination competitiveness models. For the purpose of the assessment of competitiveness of these two micro destinations, the integrated instrument of the destination competitiveness was developed and tested for its face validity. These two destinations were chosen because they have a similar history of development as well as tourist offer. The research results confirm the main hypothesis and majority of supporting hypothesis that Portoroz is more competitive destination than Opatija.

Relationship between Continuity of Evidence and Beyond a Reasonable Doubt - With Special Focus on the Criminal Procedure Legislation of the Republic of Serbia

“…The municipality has a varied selection of at least 100 events throughout the year, including entertainment, sports, cultural and folklore events or festivals. Although portorož/piran is a coastal destination, it is a year-round destination, mainly due to well-developed health resorts and congress tourism (maravić, Gračan, & Zadel, 2015). Gelendzhik is a tourist resort town in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, located on the Gelendzhik Bay of the Black Sea between Novorossiysk and Tuapse.…”

Factors of percieved quality of maritime tourist destination´s offer

“…As such, quality of services became a focus of many scientific and professional research [1,11,13,32,33,34,35] and in particular in tourism and hospitality industry. Tourists offer developers are aware that success and competitiveness can be achieved only through offering top quality products and services [24,42]. In order to be able to do that, it is mandatory to determine what are the attitudes of tourists towards tourist products and services provided in a destination, and how they perceive the elements of tourist offer.…”

“…For the purpose of this research the authors used the following variables: traffic infrastructure, accommodation capacities, organization of a destination, gastronomic offer, natural resources, destination´s cultural resources, attractions, and sports activities. The questionnaire was used according to the methodology of Alkier et al [4] prepared by adapting the methodology of Uran Maravić et al [42], Omerzel Gomzelj et al [31], Ghose and Johann [17], TOMAS studies conducted and published by the Institute of Tourism [20,21] and Blažević and Peršić [8].…”

“…Tourism and hospitality is the most developed industry on world level which registers the fastest and strongest development on daily basis. The number of tourist destinations continues to register an increasing growth, resulting them being faced with a challenge of surviving on the tourist market and continuing their path towards developing the tourist offer of highest quality, satisfying the demands of contemporary tourists and through that achieving competitive position on the tourist market [23,40,42]. In order to be able to achieve this, significant attention needs to be given to the development of tourist products and services of highest quality, as well as their continuous improvement according to the preferences of contemporary tourists and in order to be able to completely satisfy their needs.…”