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DIRECT AND INDIRECT IMPACTS OF TOURISM ON ISTRIAN ECONOMY

  • Pavlo Ružić Institute for Agriculture and Tourism Poreč
  • Dragoljub Amidžić “Baltazar Adam Krčelić”, Zaprešić

Abstract

This paper explores the direct and indirect effects of tourism on the economy of Istria, the region with the strongest tourism industry in Croatia. The research in this paper is based on tourism expenditures, which constitute the basis of all economic effects of tourism, which are multiplied in many branches and activities, contributing to the growth of the economy, especially if the activities in its structure are not dependent on imports and if the structure of the economy is more representative of those factors that directly or indirectly meet the demand of tourist. The goal and purpose of this paper is to explore the effects of tourists’ consumption at the level of the Istrian economy and then analyze the structure of economic activity and their dependence on imports in order to confirm the hypothesis that tourism consumption has multiplying effects and that with a favorable structure of the economic activity and their lower dependence on imports can lead to favorable results from tourism.

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Published
2017-06-03
How to Cite
Ružić, P., & Amidžić, D. (2017). DIRECT AND INDIRECT IMPACTS OF TOURISM ON ISTRIAN ECONOMY. Tourism International Scientific Conference Vrnjačka Banja - TISC, 2(2), 73-95. Retrieved from http://www.tisc.rs/proceedings/index.php/hitmc/article/view/92