Tourism Local Production Systems in the Central and Eastern European Countries

Abstract

Tourism local production system became an important part of producing GDP, in last decade especially in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. The presented research aims at mapping the clusters in tourism industry and the factors that generate networking in order to provide inputs for tourism stakeholders in conditions of Slovakia and Ukraine. It identifi es the various types of clusters as tourism local production systems, explains its origin and development. In conclusions, it presents a list of recommendations and best practice experiences (transfer of knowledge from Slovakia to Ukraine) for the further development of tourism LPS in both countries. The paper presents the outputs of the situation analysis in the tourism cluster development in two countries; covers less researched issues of tourism cluster formation in the Ukraine and by experience in Slovakia it identifies the possibilities of better utilization of tourism potential there.