THE ROLE OF MICE INDUSTRY IN TOURISM DEVELOPMENT
Abstract
Business travel is an important sector of tourism which includes tourists who attend congresses, conferences, exhibitions, incentive travels, events and business corporate travels.
Many countries have realized the significance of this part of tourism development and thus influence on its organization, promotion and realization. Business travel includes meetings, incentive travels, congresses, conventions and exhibitions. Because of that, both domestic and foreign literature more increasingly use the acronym MICE for these types of travel. This part of the tourist market is an extremely important part of business, especially when it comes to the extension of the tourist season, which increases the attractiveness of the tourist destination and the economic effects achieved by the development of this part of the tourist market.
Downloads
References
Bešić, C. & Bogetić, S. (2017): The Role of Hotel Organizations in Domestic Tourism Offer Improvement, in: Tourism in Function of Development of the Republic of Serbia, 2nd International Scientific Conference, thematic proceedings I, Vrnjačka Banja, 132-149.
Cvijanović, D., (2016): Marketing u turizmu, Univerzitet u Kragujevcu, Fakultet za hotelijerstvo i turizam, Vrnjačka Banja.
Davidson, R. & Cope, B., (2003): Business Travel - Conferences, Incentive Travel, Exhibitions, Corporate Hospitality and Corporate Travel, Pearson Education, New York.
Dragićević, V., Plavša, J., Štetić, S. & Stankov, U., (2009): Congress tourism destinations in the world and in Serbia, Faculty of Geography at the University of Belgrade, vol. LVII, 2009, 199-214.
Holloway, J. C., Humphreys, C. & Davidson, R., (2009): The Business of Tourism, Pearson Education, Harlow.
ICCA, International Congress and Convention Association, (2015): The International Association Meetings Market 2015, ICCA Statistics Report – Public abstract.
Jovanović, V., (2015): Tematski turizam, Univerzitet Singidunum, Beograd.
Mihajlović, M. & Stošić-Mihajlović, Lj., (2017): Preduzetništvo u sektoru usluga sa akcentom na poslovna putovanja i kongresni turizam, Informacione tehnologije, obrazovanje i preduzetništvo ITOP17, Univerzitet u Kragujevcu, Fakultet tehničkih nauka u Čačku, 155-161.
Pivac, T., Dragin, A., Dragićević, V. & Vasiljević, Đ., (2016): Selektivni oblici turizma, Univerzitet u Novom Sadu, Prirodno-matematički fakultet, Departman za geografiju, turizam i hotelijerstvo, Novi Sad.
Rogers, T., (2008): Conferences and Conventions: A Global Industry, Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford.
Štetić, S., (2007): Posebni oblici turizma, Monografija, LI, Beograd.
Štetić, S., (2011): Poslovni turizam, LI, Beograd.
Štetić, S., Cvijanović, D. & Šimičević, D., (2014): Posebni oblici turizma Dunavskog regiona Srbije, Monografija, Institut za ekonomiku poljoprivrede, Beograd.
Šušić, V. & Mojić, J., (2014): Kongresni turizam kao tržišna niša poslovnog turizma, Ekonomske teme, Vol. 52, No. 4, 523-539.
Swarbrooke, J. & Horner, S., (2001): Business Travel and Tourism, Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford.
Trišić, I., (2017): Etnosocijalne turističke vrednosti Braničevskog okruga, HiT Menadžment, Hotel and Tourism Management, Vol. 5, No. 2, 51-60.
Trišić, I. & Gajić, B. (2013): Turizam i ljudski resursi, in: Hotelplan 2013, the fifth international biennial congress, Vol. 14, No. 21-22, 543-550.
UFI, The Global Association of the Exhibition Industry, (2014): Global Exhibition Industry Statistics, March 2014.
UIA, Union of International Associations, (2016): International Meetings Statistics Report, 57th edition.
UIA, Union of International Associations, (2017): International Meetings Statistics Report, 58th edition.
www.bit.fieramilano.it/?lang=en (25.07.2017.)
ICCA, www.iccaworld.org (23.01.2018.)
www.un.org/climatechange/(22.06.2017.)
