Local Authorities’ Involvement in Fostering Hungarian-Romanian Cross-Border Cooperation in Tourism
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4335/14.3.337-358(2016)Keywords:
public administration, local communities, cross-border cooperation, tourism, Romania-Hungary border areaAbstract
Tourism can act as an important sector which captures both the attention of public authorities and the interest of people. It is also a main “target” for cross-border cooperation programs, aiming at fostering the role played by local and regional communities in addressing sustainable local development. This paper presents, both theoretically and by using a survey-based research conducted among public administration’s representatives and experts involved in tourism sector, across the Hungarian-Romanian border, some relevant issues concerning the interest and level of involvement of public authorities in cross-border cooperation actions conducted in tourism.
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Badulescu, A., Badulescu, D. & Borma, A. (2014) Enhancing cross-border cooperation through local actors’ involvement. The case of tourism cooperation in Bihor (Romania) – Hajdú-Bihar (Hungary) Euroregion, Lex Localis - Journal of Local Self-Government, 12(3), pp. 349-371, doi: 10.4335/12.3.349-371.
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Bujdosó, Z. & Dávid, L. (2015) Tourism Development and Cross-Border Cooperation in the Hungarian-Romanian Border Region, GeoJournal of Tourism and Geosites, 16(2), pp. 153-163.
Cameron, A. M., Memon, A., Simmons, D. G. & Fairweather, J. R. (2001) Evolving Role of Local Government in Promoting Sustainable Tourism Development on the West Coast. Report No. 28. (Lincoln University: Tourism Recreation Research and Education Centre).
Churugsa, W., McIntosh, A. J. & Simmons, D. (2007) Sustainable tourism planning and development: Understanding the capacity of local government, Leisure/Loisir, 31(2), pp. 453-473, doi: 10.1080/14927713.2007.9651391.
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Farmaki, A. (2015) Regional network governance and sustainable tourism, Tourism Geographies, 17(3), pp. 385-407, doi: 10.1080/14616688.2015.1036915.
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Godfrey, K. (1998) Attitudes towards “sustainable tourism” in the UK: A view from local government, Tourism Management, 19(3), pp. 213-224, doi:10.1016/S0261-5177(98)00020-X.
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Gunn, C. A. (2002) Tourism planning: Basics concepts cases (London: Routledge).
Hall, C. (1998) Tourism development, dimensions and issues, 3rd ed. (South Melbourne: Addison Wesley Longman).
Hall, C. (1999) Rethinking Collaboration and Partnership: A Public Policy Perspective, Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 7(3-4), pp. 274-289, doi: 10.1080/09669589908667340.
Hall, C. (2000) Tourism planning: policies, processes and relationship (London: Prentice Hall).
Heidbreder, E. G. (2011) The Impact of Expansion on the European Union Institution. The Eastern Touch on Brussels (New York: Palgrave Macmillan).
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Hoffman, I. (2015) Bevezetés a területfejlesztési jogba (Budapest: ELTE Eötvös).
Hulst, R. & van Montfort, A. (2007) Inter-municipal cooperation: a widespread phenomenon. In: R. Hulst & A. van Montfort (eds.) Inter-Municipal Cooperation in Europe (Dordrecht: Springer), pp. 1-22.
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Keogh, B. (1990) Public participation in community tourism planning, Annals of Tourism Research, 17(3), pp. 449-465, doi:10.1016/0160-7383(90)90009-G.
Kostopoulou, S., Kourkouridis, D. & Xanthopoulou-Tsitsoni, V. (2015) Rural tourism development and cross-border cooperation: Networking local products festivals, Journal of Tourism Research, 10, pp. 82-89.
MacLellan, R. (1997) The effectiveness of sustainable tourism policies in Scotland. In: Stabler, M. (ed.) Tourism and sustainability: Principles and practice (Wallingford: CAB International), pp. 305-322.
McIntyre, G. (1993) Sustainable tourism development: Guide for local planners (Madrid: World Tourism Organisation).
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Oplotnik, Z. J., Brezovnik, B. & Vojinovic, B. (2012) Local Self-Government Financing and Costs Of Municipality In Slovenia, Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences, 37 E, pp. 128-142.
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Reed, M. G. (1999) Collaborative tourism planning as adaptive experiments in emergent tourism settings, Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 7, pp. 331-355, doi: 10.1080/09669589908667343.
Regional Office for Cross-border Cooperation for Romanian-Hungarian Border (BRECO) (2015) Programme. Overview, available at: http://www.huro-cbc.eu/en/overview/ (July 06, 2015).
Ruhanen, L. (2013) Local government: facilitator or inhibitor of sustainable tourism development?, Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 21(1), doi: 10.1080/09669582.2012.680463, pp. 80-98.
Simpson, K. (2001) Strategic planning and community involvement as contributors to sustainable tourism development, Current Issues in Tourism, 4(1), pp. 3–41, doi: 10.1080/13683500108667880.
Slee, W., Farr, H. & Snowdon, P. (1997) Sustainable tourism and the local economy. In: Stabler, M. (ed.) Tourism and sustainability: Principles and practice (Wallingford: CAB International), pp. 69-88.
Swarbrooke, J. (1998) Sustainable Tourism Management (New York: CABI).
Timothy, D. (1998) Cooperative tourism planning in a developing destination, Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 6(1), pp. 52-68, doi: 10.1080/09669589808667301.
United Nations (1999) Tourism and Sustainable Development. Sustainable Tourism: A Local Authority Perspective (New York: Department of Economic and Social Affairs).
Weaver, D. (2006) Sustainable tourism (Amsterdam: Elsevier).
Zahra, A. L. (2010) A historical analysis of tourism policy implementation by local government, Journal of Tourism History, 2(2), pp. 83-98, doi: 10.1080/1755182X.2010.498526.</span></p>
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