Gazdaság és Társadalom, 2014 (6. évfolyam, 1-4. szám)

2014 / 4. szám

66 Gazdaság & Társadalom / Journal of Economy & Society 2014. 4. szám less successful in attracting investors. Respondents were not very well capable of assessing the roles and tasks expected of TDM organisations, many stakehold­ers have little knowledge about the functions of such organisations. Those who answered to the questions mentioned marketing activities, developments, and coordination of cooperation and maintaining contacts, as the main roles of such organisations. Most of the responses were given by employees in Tourinform bureaus and TDM organisations. Although the majority of respondents were involved in tourism in a day-to-day basis, most of them expressed no willingness to join a TDM organisation. It may not be surprising to find the highest proportion of negative answers (76%) in the respondent group of local inhabitants, as compared to tourism service providers, they do not feel the impacts of a TDM organisation, and altogether, of a successful tourism sector very strongly in their everyday life. More than half of the tourism service providers also refuse the idea of joining a TDM organisation, they do not see clearly the significance of cooperation, partnership, and concerted action. Generally speaking, better performance of the tourism sector int he destiona­­tion comes together with better opinions on health tourism service components, and less willingness to join a TDM organisation, as the better performance of the tourism sector makes them less motivated to cooperate whithin the framework of such organisation. References Climpson, A. (2008, February). Sustainable Destination Management: the VICE model. Tourism Insight. Retrieved November 10, 2013, from: http://www.insights.org.uk/ articleitem.aspx?title=Sustainable+Destination+Management%3A+the+VICE+model Dwyer, Larry and Kim, Chulwon (2004). Destination Competitiveness: A Model and Determinants . Current Issues in Tourism, 1-12. Enright, M. J. & Newton, J. (2006). Tourism destination competitiveness: A quantitative approach. Tourism Management, 25, 777-788. Kontaktia (2011). A hazai TDM szervezetek ügyfélkezelése. Kutatási elemzés. Retrieved from: http://kontaktia.hu/sites/default/files/kepek/box/tudastar/Hazai-TDM- szervezetek-marketing-kutatasi-elemzes.pdf KSH (2013). A gyógyturizmusban érintett települések Magyarországon. Retrieved from: http://www.ksh.hu Lengyel M. (ed., 2008). TDM Működési Kézikönyv. Budapest: Heller Farkas Főiskola. Miller, W.J.(2013). OpenStat Reference Manual. Retrieved from: http://www. stat­­programs4u.com Nyírádi, Á. &Semsei, S. (ed, 2007). Balatoni TDM-füzetek. Siófok: Balatoni Integrációs és Fejlesztési Ügynökség Kht.

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