DETUROPE - The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism 2025, 17(1):133-149 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2025.006 
The research paper's main objective was to evaluate factors and disparities in the housing real estate market in regional conditions in Slovakia. For this purpose, a multiple linear regression (ANCOVA) model was employed. The results showed a statistically significant relation to factors affecting real estate housing. Economically, the most favorable housing locations are in cities and urbanized areas; in turn, the worst is in the countryside and periphery. The most expensive are city apartments, followed by the chalets and detached houses in the countryside. Higher housing supply in location makes the overall market more attractive, thus increasing...
DETUROPE - The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism 2025, 17(1):114-132 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2025.005
Succession planning in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is a critical challenge that can determine the sustainability and growth of a business. This study explores the application of Q-methodology to assess the alignment of perspectives between incumbents and successors during the succession process in SMEs. Through a qualitative analysis of case studies from three different organisations, the research evaluates how the convergence of opinions impacts the success of leadership transitions. The study combines narrative analysis with Q-methodology, enabling both qualitative and quantitative insights into succession dynamics. Data were collected...
DETUROPE - The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism 2025, 17(1):86-113 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2025.004
The topic of the article is to identify the character of family business units in the Czech Republic from the point of view of their sectoral and regional representation at the level of NUTS region 2. Main aim of the paper is to identify if the analysed groups of the family business units differ significantly in financial characteristics. On a selected sample of family businesses, we examined their mutual differences based on data from their financial statements in the period 2020 – 2022 in the Albertina database. During this period, the Covid-19 pandemic was taking place. We examined almost 500 family companies in the Czech Republic that managed...
DETUROPE - The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism 2025, 17(1):54-85 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2025.003
The objective of this study is to (1) assess the current state of ecotourism practices in Nanbeng Village and understand its impact on the local environment and community; (2) identify and develop innovative and sustainable ecotourism experiences that are immersive and educational while ensuring the conservation of the village's natural and cultural heritage; and (3) evaluate how these sustainable ecotourism strategies can bolster the economic development of Nanbeng Village without compromising the integrity of its natural resources. Through a qualitative research methodology, this study will employ field observations, semi-structured interviews with...
DETUROPE - The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism 2025, 17(1):26-53 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2025.002
The study analyses economic convergence in the NUTS3 regions of eight East Central European (ECE) countries (Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Romania and Bulgaria) that joined the European Union in 2004. In our analysis, we reject the hypothesis of global income convergence for the period 2001–2019, arguing for the presence of geographical convergence clubs with different steady states. We also attempt to describe the factors that influence the formation of these clubs. In our analysis, we first used the log t-test to classify the 201 regions of ECE into seven convergence clubs with own steady states. The results indicate...
DETUROPE - The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism 2025, 17(1):4-25 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2025.001
This study aims to evaluate the obstacles and possibilities for promoting community-based ecotourism in Bale Mountains National Park (BMNP) Ethiopia and to summarize and present the lessons that European countries can learn from the empirical results. A descriptive research design was used to incorporate both qualitative and quantitative approaches. The participants were chosen with the snowball sampling technique and data was gathered through a questionnaire survey, in-depth interviews, and observations. Our results testify that the local community possesses a variety of ecotourism assets that might be transformed into profitable community-based tourist...
DETUROPE - The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism 2024, 16(3):4-8 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2024.025
DETUROPE - The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism 2024, 16(3):185-189 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2024.017
DETUROPE - The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism 2024, 16(3):172-184 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2024.016
As the popularity of smart city research is increasing, the measurement of smartness became also a popular research topic. This is in accordance with the demand of the planners and project financing institutions for the success indicators, and with the observable tendency of new indicators for describing the settlements from the point of view of the quality of life, liveability, creativity, environment, social capital, development and many other fashionable research aspects of modern urban societies. Analyses through such indicators run the risk of taking a mechanistic, technocratic, superficial approach to complex urban systems, ignoring the complex...
DETUROPE - The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism 2024, 16(3):145-171 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2024.015
The study contributes to the debate on the Europeanisation of spatial planning by attempting to identify the intellectual content of the EU-level orientation towards the transformation of spatial planning systems and practices of Member States. The paper analyses relevant European-level spatial-planning-related policy documents to reveal the directions of the Europeanisation of domestic planning systems. This paper argues that the EU-driven spatial planning changes can be captured in a limited number of dimensions. Based on content analysis of European-level documents on urban policy, territorial cohesion and spatial development, the author proposes...
DETUROPE - The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism 2024, 16(3):121-144 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2024.014
Cross-Border Cooperation (CBC) has become a cornerstone of European Union regional policy, promoting integration and addressing disparities across border regions. This paper critically examines the motivations, patterns, and outcomes of CBC initiatives in Europe, focusing on the interplay between normative drivers, such as shared cultural values, and instrumental motivations, such as access to Interreg funding. By synthesizing theoretical perspectives with empirical evidence, the study uncovers regional heterogeneity in CBC practices, highlighting East-West and North-South dynamics as well as differences between Old and New Member States. The...
DETUROPE - The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism 2024, 16(3):99-120 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2024.013
DETUROPE - The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism 2024, 16(3):82-98 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2024.012
Cross-border cooperation has become an integrated element of the European Union’s Cohesion Policy. In line with the strategic objectives, entrepreneurship and innovation have gained importance from period to period. Although cross-border programmes are generally understood as non-profit schemes, direct SME funding appeared already in the 2007-2013 period. On the basis of some Western European examples, a pilot programme was implemented in the Croatia-Hungary border area in the 2014-2020 period that directly supported businesses. The paper, after providing an overlook on SME development in EU cross-border cooperation, summarises the particularities...
DETUROPE - The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism 2024, 16(3):57-81 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2024.011
Vojvodina, a region in the southern part of the Pannonian Plain, is home to a significant Hungarian ethnic minority living beyond the borders of Hungary. Located in northern Serbia, it has become one of Europe's most ethnically diverse regions since the 17th and 18th centuries. This diversity is largely due to planned and spontaneous migrations aimed at compensating for the substantial population loss that occurred during the Ottoman conquest of the region and the subsequent wars of reconquest. Historical, political, and economic transformations have drastically altered the dynamics between ethnic groups multiple times. In the second half of the 20th...
DETUROPE - The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism 2024, 16(3):36-56 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2024.010
The study examines the tourism situation and performance of the Pécs-Villány tourism area between 2018 and 2023. The aim of the research is to analyse the effects of the pandemic, to explore the spatial rearrangements of the region and to examine the quantitative and spatial distribution of tourism development resources. In addition, the study will review the delimitation of the Pécs-Villány tourism area at the municipal level, as defined by Government Decree 429/2020 (IX. 14.). The results show that the region was not as severely affected by the pandemic as the national average, but in 2023 there was a significant decline in the tourism sector. Another...
DETUROPE - The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism 2024, 16(3):9-35 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2024.009
Pécs is a Hungarian city in the country's south, close to the Croatian border. To define it as the gateway to the Balkans is an overstatement, but it has some potential. As a school town, it has the role of an intellectual gateway. In the Middle Ages, the (bishop's) city developed as a spiritual and intellectual bastion of Christianity on the southeastern periphery of the West. For centuries, the Church's missionary activity in Bosnia and Bulgaria gave a role to the Franciscan and Dominican monks who ran monasteries and schools in the city.After the Ottoman-Turkish conquest, Pécs retained its multicultural and multiconfessional denominational...
DETUROPE - The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism 2024, 16(2):162-180 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2024.024
Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) technologies, successfully applied in various fields such as the game and advertising sector for a long time, have also been reflected in the gastronomy field in recent years. In this context, this study aims to examine the current uses of VR and AR in culinary science in an inclusive way and to emphasize their potential to shape the gastronomy sector in the future. Today, by integrating VR and AR technologies into gastronomy, food and beverage businesses can offer their customers extraordinary experiences. These experiences not only lead customers to have different eating experiences but also allow...
DETUROPE - The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism 2024, 16(2):128-161 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2024.023
The aim of the article is to assess the validity of unified marketing communication in destinations based on the administrative division of the territory, or to identify the needs of target audience segmentation. A quantitative approach based on a questionnaire survey was chosen to meet this objective. The research was carried out in eight tourist areas of the South Bohemia Region, i.e. in the area of the regional DMO. The analysis was conducted using several methods of statistical analysis including principal component analysis (PCA and CATPCA). The research showed differences in the visitor segments within the region and particular tourist areas....
DETUROPE - The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism 2024, 16(2):101-127 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2024.022
The objective of the article is to create a model for optimising the time and administrative complexity of meeting the conditions of the application process for the status of a registered social enterprise defined by the legislative provisions of Law Act No. 112/2018 Coll. on Social Economy and Social Enterprises in Slovakia and to simplify its user and application level in practice. To attain this objective, we employed the method of process modelling. The basic principles of Business Process Modelling were used in the process modelling. The output of the modelling is the creation of a graphic Model of the Process of Application for the Registered...
DETUROPE - The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism 2024, 16(2):80-100 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2024.021
The most essential part of a tourist destination are local residents, whose views must be understood to develop tourism sustainably. This research aims to investigate the attitudes of the local residents (n= 845) towards the development of tourism in Western Serbia. By applying the principal component exploratory factor analysis (EFA), three factors have been identified that reflect the views of the local residents on the development of tourism. Those factors are the perception of tourism benefits, support for tourism development, and attachment to the community. Also, this research aims to investigate whether the attitudes of the residents differ...
DETUROPE - The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism 2024, 16(2):57-79 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2024.020
This study aims to assess the acceptability of AI-generated Travel Itineraries (AITIs) in the tourism sector and investigate the factors that influence their perception and use. The research design employed in this study involved gathering expert knowledge through direct and indirect observation of AITIs. The majority of experts found AITIs to be acceptable, expressing high levels of satisfaction with itinerary organization and suggested activities. However, experts suggested that AITIs could be improved with more personalized information and cultural experiences. This study contributes to the growing body of research on AI in the tourism industry...
DETUROPE - The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism 2024, 16(2):36-56 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2024.019
The hospitality sector is increasingly recognising the importance of sustainability due to the growing demand for an environmentally and socially conscious tourism market. This article analyses sustainable hotel practices in Slovakia and identifies differences between higher- and lower-ranking hotels. In the summer of 2021, 108 hospitality managers were surveyed to rate the importance of sustainable practices and their company's performance in implementing them. Factor analysis was used to identify relationships among sustainable hotel practices, based on their importance ratings. Based on the importance and performance ratings, a Mann-Whitney U test...
DETUROPE - The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism 2024, 16(2):22-35 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2024.018
Tourism is a vital sector for the Croatian economy. During the pre-pandemic period, Croatia reported increasing numbers of tourist arrivals and experienced a significant contribution of tourism to GDP and earnings. This research aims to investigate the impact of economic and supply-side determinants on inbound tourism demand. The analysis was conducted on panel data with a five-year long-time dimension and forty-seven incoming countries included in the cross-sectional dimension. In order to investigate determinants of Croatian inbound tourism demand, this research relies on the Two-step System Generalized Methods of Moments (GMM). The results...
DETUROPE - The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism 2024, 16(2):4-21 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2024.008
Our previous research on social innovation has studied the process, levels, stakeholders of social innovation, as well as its relationship with technical and technological innovation. Our current study analyses the complex picture created by social innovation potential and examines how social welfare can be realized in the idea of sustainable value creation, or its increase. The most important conclusion of the study is that to improve the quality of life, it is primarily necessary to improve the input indicators of the social innovation potential in general, and within this, the proportion of the child population and the activity rate stand...
DETUROPE - The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism 2024, 16(1):131-152 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2024.007
With the continuous development of smart cities, the relationship between digital media and city branding has attracted significant attention. This study uses the CiteSpace tool to provide a comprehensive visual analysis of the research landscape in the field of digital media and city branding from 2013 to 2023. A systematic literature review was used to explore the main trends. The methodology included the analysis of publication volume, researcher collaboration network, international collaboration network, research field (including keyword co-occurrence and keyword clustering), and research hotspots and frontiers analysis. The study underlines...
DETUROPE - The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism 2024, 16(1):95-112 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2024.005
The unexpected outbreak of the coronavirus in 2020 caused extreme damage in tourism, but after the release of the restrictions, Lake Balaton has once again become the focus of attention, especially for domestic tourism. According to a questionnaire survey of local people, they perceived a change in the level of tourist arrivals since the COVID-19, with a significant percentage either just tolerating the presence of tourists in the area or being particularly disturbed by visitors. Typically, the respondents who are the most dissatisfied with the number of tourists are those who have lived at Lake Balaton in their entire lives. According to the...
DETUROPE - The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism 2024, 16(1):113-130 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2024.006
This paper aims to consolidate existing knowledge on User-Created Content (UCC) and its influence on the online reputation of tourism organizations, particularly Destination Management Companies (DMCs), in Sri Lanka and globally. While research on this topic is burgeoning within the tourism industry, empirical evidence continues to enrich the literature. Thus, there is a need to organize and categorize current knowledge on UCC and Online Reputation to facilitate a deeper understanding of its evolving landscape. Drawing from recent literature, this research note synthesizes insights on UCC and Online Reputation pertinent to DMCs in Sri Lanka and beyond,...
DETUROPE - The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism 2024, 16(1):75-94 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2024.004
Local cuisines are important cultural heritages for the regions they belong to, and so are the promotion, sustainability, and certification of this heritage. Konya cuisine, which is one of Turkey's rich local cuisines, has various products with geographical indications. The registration of these geographical indications prevents confusion. The presentation of region-specific and certified products in local restaurants as well as the preservation and sustainability of the local culinary heritage is important for such businesses in that it provides tourists with the experience of local flavours. The main objective of this research is to determine...
DETUROPE - The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism 2024, 16(1):43-74 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2024.003
This research was done on the sample of 206 employees in hotels of Kopaonik, Serbia. The goal of the study was to establish relationships of the employees’ perception of the previously established dimensions of corporate social responsibility (CSR) (Philanthropic, Legal, Economic and Ethical) and their socio-demographic characteristics (gender, age, education, marital status, monthly income, place of the residence). CSR was measured using Carroll’s Model of Social Performances (Caroll 1979; Carroll/Shabana 2010; Caroll 2016). Results indicate that there are significant relationships between the employees’ perception of Philanthropic,...
DETUROPE - The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism 2024, 16(1):21-42 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2024.002
The author's research was based on the indicators of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which are used to explore the measurement of sustainable development in the European Union for the period 2014-2018. Various statistical and econometric methods were used in the quantitative research, such as factor analysis, correlation analysis, scale alignment transformation and cluster analysis. The main objective of the research is to show the diversity of the possibilities for measuring sustainable development and the extent to which the indicators in the 2030 Agenda database can be reduced by the selected methods. The results suggest that...