DETUROPE - The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism 2024, 16(1):4-20 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2024.001 
In this paper we highlight the main characteristics of the financial knowledge, behavior and attitude as well as the overall financial awareness of first-year college students of business and economic studies in 2021. We use the widely recognized methodology to carry out a survey, followed by a comparative analysis of the Hungarian students of a Hungary-based university and the ethnic Hungarian students of a university based outside Hungary. Our conclusion is that the financial awareness of the students of both universities exceeds the financial awareness of their respective population. We also process the findings of our survey in a variance...
DETUROPE - The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism 2023, 15(3):93-105 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2023.019
Microbreweries belong to a group of SME businesses, which among other things contribute to local economies and tourism which in turn supports sustainable development of municipalities and local areas. The presented article focuses on motives for choosing a microbrewery’s name with regard to the use of neolocalism principles. The researched sample included all microbreweries in the Czech Republic established till end of 2022 year (506 by 31. 12. 2022). Primary and secondary data collection took place from January till March of 2023. We used regression analysis of panel data. Out of the researched sample (506 craft breweries), the influence of...
DETUROPE - The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism 2023, 15(3):78-92 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2023.018
The aim of the article is to define the concept of winescape, in cooperation with wine tourism and wine destinations to take further steps towards the possible development of this concept. The article discusses the first mention of the term winescape, its later development, as well as the current theoretical background and possible further variations in the understanding of this concept. Secondary sources form the basis for the fulfillment of the objective using the synthetic method and previous research. In addition to the development of wine tourism, the wine industry and viti/viniculture, the concept of winescape is also considered from different...
DETUROPE - The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism 2023, 15(3):32-77 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2023.021
This paper addresses the multiple dimensions of societal progress by challenging the conventional emphasis on economic growth as the sole measure of development. Inspired by Joseph E. Stiglitz's insights into the importance of moral-ethical growth, we introduce novel indices - the Ethics Perception Index (ETPI) and the Regional Ethics Perception Index (RETPI). These indices quantitatively measure moral-ethical growth at national, regional and local levels, filling a critical gap in existing methodologies. Importantly, we emphasise the resilience inherent in moral and ethical growth, demonstrating its capacity to recover and adapt in the face...
DETUROPE - The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism 2023, 15(3):4-31 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2023.020
In spite of the increasing research attention on social entrepreneurs, there is a lack of empirical studies investigating their motivations. Moreover, in ex-socialist countries, like Hungary, the foundation and acceptance of social enterprises are in a few decades delay in relation to Western Europe, which increases the need of related research in the region. The aim of the present qualitative study was to explore social entrepreneurs’ motivation and to investigate to what extent this motivational structure is autonomous. To reach these goals the researchers applied semi-structured personal deep interviews with open coding and analysis method....
DETUROPE - The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism 2023, 15(2):154-158 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2023.017
DETUROPE - The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism 2023, 15(2):129-153 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2023.016
The emergence of cross-border suburbanisation is based on the geographical proximity of a large city and the unrestricted permeability of state borders. A social group, the ‘transnational borderlanders’, is emerging (Martinez, 1994), who use the territory of both states on both sides of the border daily, e.g. they live on one side and work on the other. In our case, a cross-border suburbanisation has developed, with Bratislava residents moving to nearby villages in Hungary. The open border is a prerequisite for their daily life, and they took a risk when they bought a property in another country. The study examines how the closing of borders...
DETUROPE - The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism 2023, 15(2):109-128 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2023.015
The educational indicators are an important basis for spatial researches focusing on regional development. Border areas provide special conditions for educational attainment, but the levels of aggregated results are worse in general. Different distance categories and given sections of Hungarian border areas are separated in order to detect the altering development paths of the complex educational attainment index (CEAI). This complex indicator combines the number of people with high school graduation and with diploma in the ratio of the 20 years or older population (with a weighting procedure included). Border areas are generally characterized by worse...
DETUROPE - The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism 2023, 15(2):85-108 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2023.014
The aim of the study is to analyse the changes in the socio-economic performance of Hungarian regions in the previous decade. The first part of the paper deals with the epistemological and methodological questions of the analysis of temporal change of spatial differences of various individual and composite socio-economic indicators. In the second part the empirical analysis will be conducted at the county level (NUTS 3 level, 20 spatial units), including a wide range of economic, social and demographic variables. The analysis is concerned with processes over an eleven-year period, 2010-2020. Our methodology combines the analysis of individual indicators...
DETUROPE - The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism 2023, 15(2):66-84 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2023.013
The importance of cities throughout history is indisputable. Their allocation of economic, cultural and political power, their spatial organization functions are impressive, and their role in social reproduction reached a milestone in 2008, when more than half of the world's population was considered urban. Today, the urban population is still growing. Small towns are extremely diverse in terms of economic power and society, but their numbers and population base do not justify their dominance in the urban network. There have been intense waves of urbanization across Europe, with the scope of formal cities widening and the scope of functional cities...
DETUROPE - The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism 2023, 15(2):48-65 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2023.012
The aim of the paper is to review the development of the five largest cities of Serbia in the post-Yugoslav period. In the introduction, the general development of the urban network and spatial structure of the Balkans will be presented in a historical context, as well as the geographical location and geopolitical situation of Serbia. Over the last three decades, the state structure of Serbia has undergone several fundamental transformations, which have had a significant impact on the development of these cities. This is analysed in terms of the transformation of administrative and spatial characteristics. Finally, the development, economic and demographic...
DETUROPE - The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism 2023, 15(2):28-47 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2023.011
The study summarises the main features of the urban structure of Romania, with a special focus on metropolitan development. Romanian settlement development since the regime change has been essentially urban-focused. Concentrated social, economic and environmental problems are identified at the urban level, which have facilitated the regional division and the designation of regional centres. These specific development areas have identified urban and rural problems for which coherent solutions have been sought. Urban areas of attraction are considered subordinate to the centre, with the exception of tourist destinations, where the geographical location...
DETUROPE - The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism 2023, 15(2):9-27 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2023.010
Despite its normative goals of deepening interstate integration, ‘de-bordering’ European societies and promoting a greater degree of territorial cohesion, the European Union remains a highly and intricately bordered space. Economic bordering within the EU involves the investigation of the geoeconomic relationships that have emerged as a result of global market re-integration and EU membership of post-socialist states during the economic transition of Central and South-Eastern Europe. The objective of this paper is to provide a comprehensive review of the transformation processes of the Central and South-Eastern European region.
DETUROPE - The Central European Journal of Regional Development and Tourism 2023, 15(2):6-8 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2023.009
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...
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):125-140 | DOI: 10.32725/det.2023.006
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):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):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):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):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...