DETUROPE - The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism 2023, 15(1):4-22 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2023.001 
The paper aims to enhance the understanding of the behavior of international tourists; this study (1) determines if cultural differences exist between Portuguese, Brazilian, Mexican, and Colombian college students; (2) if these students differ in their travel preferences; (3) examines if horizontal/vertical individualism correlates with the students' travel preferences. A psychographic approach based on value orientations was used to understand the relationship between travel preferences and the students' cultural tendencies to horizontal and vertical individualism and collectivism. The results showed that Portuguese, Brazilian, Mexican, and...
DETUROPE - The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism 2023, 15(1):23-46 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2023.002
Due to its significant contribution to the prosperity and growth of economies, tourism industry has always been the one that attracted the attention of many practitioners and researchers who have tried in different ways and from different aspects to identify the key variables that determine tourism demand. The importance of tourism is especially evident in group of countries included in the Mediterranean Travel Association (META). Having in mind the importance and the role that tourism has, the main objective of this research is to examine the influence of different factors on tourism demand for selected eight countries from META, during the period...
DETUROPE - The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism 2023, 15(1):47-65 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2023.003
YouTube as a social media platform is used by both tourism practitioners and tourists for promoting or obtaining information about tourist destinations, thus it is paramount to use a method to assess such videos communication effectiveness. For such purpose, the study proposes a methodological approach to assess the positive and negative audience engagement of destination promotional videos (DPVs) posted on YouTube. To measure positive and negative audience engagement, four destination promotional videos about Budapest (Hungary) were selected. Previous models to measure engagement in social media were adapted and merged to suit YouTube. YouTube publicly...
DETUROPE - The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism 2023, 15(1):66-94 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2023.004
This study aims to explore chefs’ intention to use local food and to understand the factors that affect their intentions within the framework of Extended Theory of Planned Behavior (ETPB). In this study, in addition to attitudes, subjective norms and perceived behavioural control which are the antecedents of behavioural intention, the connectedness variable was incorporated. Data were collected from the chefs working in accommodation industry (N=376). In terms of multiple-regression analysis positive attitudes towards local food, negative attitudes towards local food, subjective norms and perception of connectedness factors were identified as...
DETUROPE - The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism 2023, 15(1):95-124 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2023.005
In this paper, we look at how geographical proximity influences settlement income trends in the period following the 2008 economic crisis. In the first part of the paper, we highlight the general impact of geographical proximity effects on socio-economic processes, followed by a discussion of the spatiality of income inequality phenomena in Hungary. The income inequality analyses are carried out using spatial econometric methods: global and local spatial autocorrelation (Global and Local Moran I, Getis-Ord General G, Getis-Ord Gi*), kernel density estimation, and ‘spaceless’ Markov-, spatial- and LISA Markov chains expressing...
DETUROPE - The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism 2023, 15(1):125-140 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2023.006
DETUROPE - The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism 2023, 15(1):141-157 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2023.007
Research on Hungarian tourists is available for hotel cruises, but not for other forms of nautical tourism. Our aim is therefore to explore the characteristics of the demand and supply of Hungarian excursion boating tourism in Greece. The characteristics of the demand side were measured with the help of a questionnaire, while the supply side was investigated by content analysis of the websites of Hungarian travel agencies. Interviews with professionals helped to identify further important links with both the demand and supply sides. The exploration of the characteristics of the Hungarian participants in coastal boat trips was carried out by hypothesis...
DETUROPE - The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism 2023, 15(1):158-189 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2023.008
This contribution is focused on the importance and potential of the development of mass transport in tourism destinations. The aim of the paper is to assess the importance of public transport and other transport services, as well as how this importance differs in selected countries and in different types of destinations, and what influence public transport has on the development of a given area of tourism. Factorial repeated measures ANOVA was primarily used to test established research hypotheses. Furthermore, a Tukey HSD post-hoc test for an unequal number of n was performed. Data were obtained through primary research using a questionnaire...