European Union accession: passport to development for the Hungarian tourism industry?

This paper presents a discussion of how the Hungarian tourism industry is likely to experience European Union (EU) enlargement. The post-socialist period laid the foundations for systematic tourism commodification and consumption, with notable progress. Set in an extended historical context, accession represents another important milestone in a protracted series of gradual reforms shaping the long-term trajectory of tourism development. The Hungarian tourism industry, similar to the rest of the economy, inevitably will be affected but change is expected to be incremental and associated with initiatives on regional development, air transport liberalisation, cross-border co-operation and increasing use of EU funds, all of which have been enacted before the date of accession. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd

European Union accession: passport to development for the Hungarian tourism industry?

This paper presents a discussion of how the Hungarian tourism industry is likely to experience European Union (EU) enlargement. The post-socialist period laid the foundations for systematic tourism commodification and consumption, with notable progress. Set in an extended historical context, accession represents another important milestone in a protracted series of gradual reforms shaping the long-term trajectory of tourism development. The Hungarian tourism industry, similar to the rest of the economy, inevitably will be affected but change is expected to be incremental and associated with initiatives on regional development, air transport liberalisation, cross-border co-operation and increasing use of EU funds, all of which have been enacted before the date of accession. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd

A study of labour mobility into tourism The case of Hungary

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How is tourist data information transferred into the small business decision process? How useful is acquiring the “Big Picture”?

The paper addresses the relationship between a tourism authority and micro-tourism businesses in terms of information access and use. The background is the commonly found dysfunction between the strategic intentions of a locality and small business performance. Information seeking is examined theoretically through its relationship to human capital. Given the evidence of entrance to the industry from outside it, it was thought that lack of tourism training would influence information seeking. The study confirmed the low levels of human capital, a modest interest in the larger picture but no evidence of the impact on decision-making. The study also raises the issue of whether the use of the Internet separates small businesses from the regional tourism strategy

HRD in tourism: a role for government?

Government's engagement with tourism and in the development of the sector is widely accepted but academic debate about the form and level of such involvement is limited. This is particularly the case when specific facets of state engagement, relating for example to support for human resource development (HRD) in tourism, are concerned. The purpose of this paper is to explore the substantially neglected role of the state and its agencies in creating an enabling environment for effective HRD within tourism, through policy and planning as well as the delivery of actual HRD initiatives. In this paper, we briefly address the contested role of government in economic development and, in particular, in HRD. We address the nature of tourism as a sector within the economy and identify its salient features in terms of the key themes in this paper. The role of human resources in enabling tourism businesses, destinations and countries to operate effectively and competitively in the contemporary global economy is addressed and the paper considers the impact that tourism's defining structural and operational characteristics have on the role of people. Finally, building on the experience of the Irish Republic over the past 40 years, we will consider whether government and its agencies can play a useful role in guiding policy and delivering programmes that act to enhance the quality and productivity of people in the delivery of products and services to guests within tourism and, if they can, how this role can best be defined and operationalised