Long-termgovernment responses to sustainable tourism development: principles andstrategies
1. Introduction
During the last ten years the strategic approachstrengthened in the EU. National planning related to many different topics is significantin all of the member states. Preparing sustainable development strategies andnational development plans are community requirements, while in most countriesstrategies regarding education, energy, transport, tourism, healthcare, research,competitiveness, etc. have also been prepared.
InHungarythe national tourism development strategy was completed by 2005, while thenational sustainable development strategy was published in 2007. In this paperwe confine our research area to the analysis of the strategic documents, as theactual impacts of these strategies can not be evaluated yet. Assessments isfurther complicated by the fact that the relevant set of indicators to measureprogress towards sustainability is not specify in the above mentioned documents.
2. Material studied and Methods
First of all, we determine the strategic documentswhich may have a positive influence on tourism development inHungaryfromthe point of view of sustainable development.
Furthermore, we review the concept of sustainability,and we also demonstrate the growing demand for strategic planning at nationaland supranational level.