Rural Tourism as a Tool for Sustainable Development: Lessons Learned in Estonia

Ruukel, Aivar; Reimann, Mart; Tooman, Heli

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“…Of special interest are the works by Baltic authors employing a comprehensive approach to explore the tourism systems of each of the three states. A significant contribution to the study of the Estonian tourism system has been made by Jeff Jarvis [23], Heli Müristaja [24], Heli Tooman [25]; Latvian tourism, by Ilgvars Abols, Andris Klepers, Maija Rozite [26]; Lithuanian, by Eduardas Spiriajevas [27], Algirdas Stanaitis, Saulius Stanaitis [28].…”

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Territorial structure of inbound and domestic tourism in the Baltic States

Александрова

Krasavtsev

2023

Balt. Reg.

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This paper examines the transformation of the territorial structure of tourism in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The spatial and temporal organisation of tourism in these countries has undergone significant changes since they became independent and joined the EU. These changes have affected the geography of tourist flows and destinations of interest. This study aims to define the geographical and economic peculiarities of the development of tourism in the Baltic States and to identify the central, peripheral and semi-peripheral regions. Elements of the centre-periphery structure were identified through cluster analysis covering the period 2009—2019. Eleven indicators were used to determine the level of socio-economic development, the state of inbound and domestic tourism and the degree of transport infrastructure development. The results of the study suggest that there have been progressive changes in the territorial structure of tourism in the Baltic States. The main centres of attraction are the capitals and their adjacent territories. Horizontal contacts with more developed regions of the EU states and vertical interaction with other regions of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have a significant impact on the development of tourism activities. Central regions are dominant in terms of attracting tourist flows. This is characteristic of a highly polarized tourism structure. However, many semi-peripheral and peripheral regions have lately improved their position, being integrated into national and cross-border tourism routes and increasing outreach in the tourism market.

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Territorial structure of inbound and domestic tourism in the Baltic States

Александрова

Krasavtsev

2023

Balt. Reg.

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“…In Bulgaria there has been a stable development of sustainable tourism (Doncheva, 2019;Vodenska, 2020). Slovakia has experienced positive changes in the development of sustainable tourism in almost all its territory (Štefko et al, 2018), Slovenia needs institutional support to develop sustainable tourism (Korez-Vide, 2017), Estonia has made rapid progress with a focus on rural tourism development (Ruukel et al, 2020), in Hungary the development of tourism is a strategic objective that needs the involvement of the authorities in order to reorganize the sector especially in rural areas (Lakner et al, 2018), Lithuania needs a long-term strategy in this sense (2019), Latvia promotes slow tourism as a form of sustainable tourism (Serdane, 2020), being one of the greenest European states hence with a high potential to practice sustainable tourism (Eglite & Kaufmane, 2019), while in Croatia the instrument for the development of sustainable tourism is the rural environment without the process being fully realized (Kantar & Svržnjak, 2017). Ana (2017) has studied tourism in the new EU member states from the date of accession until 2014 and agrees that the new member states, in this case the CEE countries, do not have the ability to compete with key players on the European tourism market -France, Spain, UK, Italy, Germany -as they are new destinations, untapped and not yet known, and Poland, Czech Republic and Croatia are the most attractive countries in terms of tourism in the region.…”

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The Contraction of European Economic Distances through Sustainable Tourism in the Pre-Pandemic Period

Haller

2021

Zagreb International Review of Economics and Business

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The current importance of tourism leads us to analyze the extent to which the receipts from international tourism, and tourism in general, influence the capacity of European countries to reduce the development gaps of this sector in the European context and the extent to which the economic growth is sensitive to changes in tourist arrivals, tourism receipts and expenditures. Studying the GDP per capita and the receipts from international tourism for the period 1995-2017, we find that the European tourism has an important role in economy but secondary to capital stock and exports. The methodology used is a sensitivity analysis and a multiple linear regression with two models. The results show that, on short term, the gap in the European tourism sector is explained by the ability to attract income from the international tourism. The European growth of the tourism sector depends to a large extent on the amount of expenditures that tourists are making, on tourism receipts and, to a lesser extent, on tourist arrivals, but in all cases, the connection is a direct and positive one but, even so, the capital stock and the exports continue to play a very important role for the European economy. The analysis suggests that tourism is not a panacea for growth. On the contrary, it is one of the activities that stimulate growth along with investments, technology, or any other form of capital, together with exports and labor market conditions.

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“…The formation of a supranational tourism development policy requires appropriate analysis of the situation and sound scientific recommendations (Van der Schyff et al, 2019). The information and analytical framework of such a policy include a wide range of issues, the most common and important of which in the EU are the following: analysis of tourism performance in individual countries and the EU as a whole, assessment of the impact on GDP and employment at the macro level, including policy effectiveness (Barišić & Cvetkoska, 2020); assessment of tourism potential of countries and regions (Aytuğ & Mikaeili, 2017); analysis of tourism geography, forecasting tourist attractiveness and load, modeling of tourist flows between coun-tries (Nielsen & Kaae, 2008); study of development trends of certain areas or types of tourism, for example, urban (Pasquinelli & Bellini, 2017) and rural (Ruukel et al, 2020) tourism, as well as tourism in coastal areas (Holleran, 2020); identifying comparative advantages of countries in tourism and their drivers (Algieri et al, 2016).…”

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Analysis of asymmetry factors in the development of the EU tourism industry

Polyakov

Bilozubenko

Nebaba

et al. 2020

Innovative Marketing

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The effects of the economic recession and the COVID-19 crisis call for more active support for the tourism industry. To pursue a supranational tourism policy and create a favorable marketing environment at the national level, it is necessary to consider the objective differences between member states and their characteristics in the field of tourism. This study aims to highlight the main factors that characterize the asymmetry of the tourism industry in the EU countries, which allows ensuring the competitiveness of national tourism companies through the formation of an appropriate marketing strategy. The research methodology includes calculation of the asymmetry coefficient and cluster and classification analysis based on Eurostat data.At the first stage, 27 indicators were selected that characterize the structural proportions of the tourism industry and the intensity of tourism in the EU countries. Based on the calculation of the asymmetry coefficient, a high level of heterogeneity of the tourism industry parameters in the EU countries for each of the indicators was demonstrated. At the second stage, clustering (algorithm – k-means, metric – Euclidean distance) of the EU countries was carried out according to the selected indicators. As a result, eight clusters were obtained, which showed asymmetry in developing national tourism sectors in the EU. At the third stage, as a result of classification (method – decision trees), seven combinations of indicators were identified, which completely distinguish the resulting clusters of the EU countries. The parameters included in these combinations are, in fact, the main factors of the asymmetry in the development of the EU tourism industry.Based on the analysis of the asymmetric development of the tourism industry by country, it is possible to determine its growth points and competitiveness drivers in the EU internal market and identify marketing strategies.

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Rural Tourism as a Tool for Sustainable Development: Lessons Learned in Estonia

Cited by 3 publications

References 15 publications

Territorial structure of inbound and domestic tourism in the Baltic States

Territorial structure of inbound and domestic tourism in the Baltic States

The Contraction of European Economic Distances through Sustainable Tourism in the Pre-Pandemic Period

Analysis of asymmetry factors in the development of the EU tourism industry

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