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European Union accession: passport to development for the Hungarian tourism industry?
Author(s) -
Szivás Edith
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
international journal of tourism research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.155
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1522-1970
pISSN - 1099-2340
DOI - 10.1002/jtr.515
Subject(s) - accession , tourism , context (archaeology) , milestone , european union , liberalization , resizing , consumption (sociology) , economy , commodification , political science , business , economic policy , international trade , economics , market economy , geography , sociology , social science , archaeology , law
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.