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In Latvia, tourism is considered to be one of the opportunities for economic growth and one of the priorities for the services sector, as it is a significant source of export revenue that contributes to the country’s GDP. An essential role in tourism development is played by tourism suprastructure, i.e. accommodation establishments and enterprises providing catering services. The research aim is to examine the tourism suprastructure in the regions of Latvia. The research aim has two subordinate tasks: (1) to exami...

The historically formed heterogeneity of the socio-economic space has a significant impact on the structure and efficiency of the development of the northern territories economy. Economic development of the North becomes stable if the territory settlement, the preservation of the traditional economy of indigenous peoples, as well as rational land use take place simultaneously. One of the focus areas for northern economy diversification is tourism, which is now one of the fastest growing sectors of the world econom...

The construction of dwelling spaces is not only a tool for the satisfaction of every person’s needs, but it also means production of the smallest elements which form a town as a whole. Similarly to, for instance, the clothing and car industries, electrical engineering or other branches of economic production, even residential buildings - apartment houses are subject to various fashion waves created in the course of time. Otherwise, branches such as architecture or art history would hardly have appeared; moreover, ...

Lobbying is a common phenomenon in absolutely any legal and political system. The Soviet system was not an exception. Lobbying in the Soviet Union had its own specific traits associated with the peculiarities of the political system and, consequently, with the special aspects of the political decision-making process. Besides, lobbying was not legally established in the Soviet Union. The article is focused on lobbying role in the business/government interaction. The author analyzes the history of lobbying developme...

For a long time, agriculture has played an essential role in the development of rural areas, but agricultural activities are no longer the only option for the development of these areas, "agriculture is no longer the vertebral column of rural economies." For the next period attention should be directed to: the development of rural villages and farms; support for processing agricultural products; relocating young people to rural areas; Development of activities in the tourism sector; Creating SMEs in rural areas. R...

Latvia is one of the European Union (EU) Member States being rich in bioresources. In terms of agricultural land area per capita, Latvia ranks third in the EU, while in terms of forest area per capita, Latvia ranks fourth. Bioeconomy industries may be theoretically divided into several groups: primary biomass production; biomass processing by mainly bioresource-based industries; biomass processing by industries, the bioresources of which compete with other kinds of raw materials; recycling of bio-products and wate...

The landscape has a great cultural and historical importance because it represents the archive of history and the identity of a territory and also of the people, who over the centuries, have inhabited and transformed it. It is the network in which all the issues of cultural heritage are included, each linked to the other: this interaction and stratification should be absolutely considered and emphasized in every action of research, knowledge, conservation and valorisation. Currently the deep change that the concep...

The paper considers the reasons for the low effectiveness of management activities. The fact that the poor quality of management training is not always the most urgent problem is determined. The reason for this situation is in the practiced management concept: it is necessary to develop new principles for management systems development. The management system itself determines the ways to achieve the determined goals, develops a specific program of actions. The paper analyzes modern transformational trends in manag...

The aim of this paper is to outline the issue of grasping sustainable development in practice. The institutional system applies this term with pertinent sonority, which entices the general public. Where did the term sustainable development actually come from and what does its application involve with respect to land planning or planning the development of the agglomeration itself, and how can the individual institutions and the public get involved? To answer these questions, one must know the basic principles of s...

Tourism has an advantageous multiplier effect and severs as an accelerator of the social-economic development. Using a method of a component analysis the most significant indexes for differentiation of territory of Republic Tatarstan with purposes of recreation and tourism were detected. Map - models were constructed and by their superposition the integrated map of a recreational potential of Tatar Republic was obtained and the attractive areas for rest and tourism were detected. Using a method of a component anal...

The social innovation in clusters is a novelty for Romania and the paper presents a scientific method to evaluate and monitor of the social innovation performances in clusters. Clusters are drivers of entrepreneurship, innovation, economic growth and jobs. The paper intends to focus on the objectives related on the innovative capacity of clusters and of linkages that involve social relationships or networks that produce benefits for the cluster members, on the competitiveness of clusters and their potential of cre...

This paper focuses on defining functional urban areas in the Czech Republic. Time availability of population centres is a key factor in their economic development. An analysis of regional and local centres and their accessibility in terms of job vacancies leads to the identification of areas with poor accessibility and assessment of the impact of upcoming or already implemented major transportation investments on the availability of the centres. Based on the assumption that the time availability is of great import...