Visa policy of the European Union as a barrier to tourism

Abstract

The objective of this diploma thesis is to analyze the visa policy of the European Union and its impact on tourism with the focus on differences in visa requirements of concrete member states of the European Union and the selected states outside of the European Union, which considerably affect tourism in the Czech Republic or considerably participate in outbound tourism of the Czech Republic. The submitted diploma thesis captures the current status of the visa policy of the European Union and compares visa policies of the Czech Republic and the remaining member states of the European Union with countries located outside of the European Union. A significant part of this diploma thesis are structured interviews with experts on the visa policy of the European Union in relation to tourism. The aim of this part is to compare different opinions of experts on tourism and the visa policy. This diploma thesis is divided into five main parts, which are further divided into individual subsections