Development of European urban tourist systems

Glasnik Srpskog Geografskog Društva

关键词: destination life cycle;    cultural heritage;    urban development and urban tourism;   

DOI  :  10.2298/GSGD0901021J

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Relationship between urban development and tourism is a significant process in Europe today. Development of tourism has caused many organizational changes in urban environment. In the middle of the 20th century cultural and historical heritage in the cities was impetus of development of tourism in European cities. Nowadays, in many European cities tourism is recognized as a mean of further economic development. Strategy of polycentricity, outlined in European spatial development perspective is supporting that process, too. Many tourist centres and metropolitan tourist areas have been developed. In the period from 1996. to 2007. number of visitors in European cultural capitals was growing continuously by rate of 25,6%. In the same period, the number of international tourist arrivals increased by rate of only 7%.

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