Although cross-border cooperation has traditionally been treated as a research issue of geopolitics and governance, use of data from European Union (EU) funded Interreg programmes opened up opportunities for comparative and in-depth analysis. The importance of Interreg programmes, as instruments of the European Territorial Cooperation goal, has been constantly on the rise since its inception as INTERREG Community Initiative, then becoming part of the cohesion policy mainstream in 2007. In the 2021–2027 programming period, for first time since its setup, Interreg has received lower funding, which requires a higher stress on cooperation and thematic concentration. When defining funding priorities of programmes, besides “general” factors (development needs, stakeholders’ preferences, regulation constraints), the crossborder factor – i.e. how projects contribute to cooperation as such – should be also taken into consideration. Therefore, allocation should prefer thematic areas (priorities) where cooperation is likely to be more intensive. Intensity of cooperation, as a composite indicator, may be generated from various parameters that may be measured in case of implemented projects, on the basis of Interreg programme data. The paper aims to provide a simple yet transparent methodology on how the intensity of cross-border cooperation may be measured and how different thematic areas may be ranked in terms of their contribution to cooperation. The first part of the study presents an overview of ‘border studies’ from different aspects and the selected target area concerned. It is followed by a summary of the evolution of European Territorial Cooperation, highlighting the main milestones and particularities of the regulation for the 2021–2027 programming period. The following part lays down the applied methodology: composition of cross-border cooperation intensity indicator and the five sub-indicators. The results are presented through the example of projects financed by the Interreg V-A Hungary-Croatia Cooperation Programme 2014–2020. The final part of the paper summarises the lessons learned and their replicability.
{"title":"Tackling the measurement of cross-border cooperation intensity: an empirical example on the Hungary-Croatia border","authors":"Zoltán Pámer","doi":"10.32725/det.2021.016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32725/det.2021.016","url":null,"abstract":"Although cross-border cooperation has traditionally been treated as a research issue of geopolitics and governance, use of data from European Union (EU) funded Interreg programmes opened up opportunities for comparative and in-depth analysis. The importance of Interreg programmes, as instruments of the European Territorial Cooperation goal, has been constantly on the rise since its inception as INTERREG Community Initiative, then becoming part of the cohesion policy mainstream in 2007. In the 2021–2027 programming period, for first time since its setup, Interreg has received lower funding, which requires a higher stress on cooperation and thematic concentration. When defining funding priorities of programmes, besides “general” factors (development needs, stakeholders’ preferences, regulation constraints), the crossborder factor – i.e. how projects contribute to cooperation as such – should be also taken into consideration. Therefore, allocation should prefer thematic areas (priorities) where cooperation is likely to be more intensive. Intensity of cooperation, as a composite indicator, may be generated from various parameters that may be measured in case of implemented projects, on the basis of Interreg programme data. The paper aims to provide a simple yet transparent methodology on how the intensity of cross-border cooperation may be measured and how different thematic areas may be ranked in terms of their contribution to cooperation. The first part of the study presents an overview of ‘border studies’ from different aspects and the selected target area concerned. It is followed by a summary of the evolution of European Territorial Cooperation, highlighting the main milestones and particularities of the regulation for the 2021–2027 programming period. The following part lays down the applied methodology: composition of cross-border cooperation intensity indicator and the five sub-indicators. The results are presented through the example of projects financed by the Interreg V-A Hungary-Croatia Cooperation Programme 2014–2020. The final part of the paper summarises the lessons learned and their replicability.","PeriodicalId":42727,"journal":{"name":"Deturope-The Central European journal of Regional Development and Tourism","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87049659","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Due to the coronavirus epidemic, the 18 Annual Meeting of the Hungarian Regional Science Association was organized in a hybrid form at different venues between 27–30 October 2020. The concept of the conference had to be fundamentally revised on 4 September when it became obvious that it could not be organised as an attendance-based event. We decided to organise a special regionalist conference in line with the HRSA’s objectives, dedicated to the ideals of decentralisation and prioritising grassroots organisation. According to the satisfaction questionnaire, the majority of colleagues had no or limited experience in giving online conference presentations prior to this year’s annual meeting. Overall, the feedback suggests that the online transition was smooth.
{"title":"Opportunities of core and peripheral regions for their sustainable future. Report on the 18th annual meeting of the Hungarian regional science association","authors":"Ildikó Egyed, S. Rácz","doi":"10.32725/det.2021.010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32725/det.2021.010","url":null,"abstract":"Due to the coronavirus epidemic, the 18 Annual Meeting of the Hungarian Regional Science Association was organized in a hybrid form at different venues between 27–30 October 2020. The concept of the conference had to be fundamentally revised on 4 September when it became obvious that it could not be organised as an attendance-based event. We decided to organise a special regionalist conference in line with the HRSA’s objectives, dedicated to the ideals of decentralisation and prioritising grassroots organisation. According to the satisfaction questionnaire, the majority of colleagues had no or limited experience in giving online conference presentations prior to this year’s annual meeting. Overall, the feedback suggests that the online transition was smooth.","PeriodicalId":42727,"journal":{"name":"Deturope-The Central European journal of Regional Development and Tourism","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83830555","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Márk Miskolczi, László Kökény, K. Ásványi, M. Jászberényi, T. Gyulavári, Jhanghiz Syahrivar
Autonomous vehicles (AVs) are developing rapidly, but the deeper understanding of tourists’ attitudes towards AVs is still little explored in social sciences. Bearing this in mind, this study aims to identify the expected changes in tourism arising from the technology, and the openness towards AV-based tourism services. For this, an online data collection (n = 671) has been completed among Hungarian tourists. Prior to the data collection, a literature review was conducted to identify and categorise the changes expected from the spread of AVs. Based on the empirical results, tourists would be willing to give up control to the AVs in a foreign environment, and so to pay more attention to the surroundings. The majority of respondents would be also open to participating in AI-based city tours, especially those with the “Extraversion” and “Openness to Experiences” personality types, based on the Big Five Theory. The findings can serve as a basis for practitioners in preparing for the technology and for the further analysis of attitudes towards tourism-based AV services (e.g., modeling of technology acceptance).
{"title":"Impacts and potential of autonomous vehicles in tourism","authors":"Márk Miskolczi, László Kökény, K. Ásványi, M. Jászberényi, T. Gyulavári, Jhanghiz Syahrivar","doi":"10.32725/det.2021.012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32725/det.2021.012","url":null,"abstract":"Autonomous vehicles (AVs) are developing rapidly, but the deeper understanding of tourists’ attitudes towards AVs is still little explored in social sciences. Bearing this in mind, this study aims to identify the expected changes in tourism arising from the technology, and the openness towards AV-based tourism services. For this, an online data collection (n = 671) has been completed among Hungarian tourists. Prior to the data collection, a literature review was conducted to identify and categorise the changes expected from the spread of AVs. Based on the empirical results, tourists would be willing to give up control to the AVs in a foreign environment, and so to pay more attention to the surroundings. The majority of respondents would be also open to participating in AI-based city tours, especially those with the “Extraversion” and “Openness to Experiences” personality types, based on the Big Five Theory. The findings can serve as a basis for practitioners in preparing for the technology and for the further analysis of attitudes towards tourism-based AV services (e.g., modeling of technology acceptance).","PeriodicalId":42727,"journal":{"name":"Deturope-The Central European journal of Regional Development and Tourism","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72479393","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"E-WOM on the online booking interfaces - a comparative analysis of the online travel agencies' guest review systems","authors":"J. Poór, Gergely Horváth","doi":"10.32725/det.2021.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32725/det.2021.004","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42727,"journal":{"name":"Deturope-The Central European journal of Regional Development and Tourism","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87738844","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
T. Gajić, M. Petrović, M. Radovanović, Julia A. Syromiatnikova, Dunja Demirović Bajrami
{"title":"Determinig the Profile of Tourists as Users of Rural Tourism Product - Focus on a Developing Area (Vojvodina Province)","authors":"T. Gajić, M. Petrović, M. Radovanović, Julia A. Syromiatnikova, Dunja Demirović Bajrami","doi":"10.32725/det.2021.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32725/det.2021.003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42727,"journal":{"name":"Deturope-The Central European journal of Regional Development and Tourism","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83680953","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Participation in Urban Planning and the Post-Socialist Legacy. Revisiting Maier's Hypothesis Through the Case of Hungary","authors":"Z. Bajmócy","doi":"10.32725/det.2021.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32725/det.2021.001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42727,"journal":{"name":"Deturope-The Central European journal of Regional Development and Tourism","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90406876","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Calculations on Ecological Footprint as a tool for land use planning and development on V4 countries","authors":"S. Aboelnaga, T. Tóth, G. Neszmélyi","doi":"10.32725/det.2021.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32725/det.2021.002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42727,"journal":{"name":"Deturope-The Central European journal of Regional Development and Tourism","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88770739","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Amra Čaušević, Ranko Mirić, Boris Avdić, Aida Avdić, Ahmed Džaferagić
{"title":"Organized Travel vs. Individual Travel - The Case of Sarajevo","authors":"Amra Čaušević, Ranko Mirić, Boris Avdić, Aida Avdić, Ahmed Džaferagić","doi":"10.32725/det.2021.006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32725/det.2021.006","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42727,"journal":{"name":"Deturope-The Central European journal of Regional Development and Tourism","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83513341","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Influence of Coronavirus-19 Outbreak Risk Perception, Perceived Uncertainty on Jordan's Tourism Behavioral Intention","authors":"I. Al-Makhadmah, Mohammad Shabeb Khasawneh","doi":"10.32725/det.2021.008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32725/det.2021.008","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42727,"journal":{"name":"Deturope-The Central European journal of Regional Development and Tourism","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78301563","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Underlying characteristics of the overall development and structure of agriculture in the Cohesion Regions of the Visegrad countries after 2005","authors":"D. Dvořáková, V. Bečvářova","doi":"10.32725/det.2021.005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32725/det.2021.005","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42727,"journal":{"name":"Deturope-The Central European journal of Regional Development and Tourism","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80599140","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}