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Authors: Judit Nagy, Tímea Kiss

Abstract: Point-bars are the most typical forms of floodplains; therefore, any change in the fluvial environment is reflected in their formation. We aimed to analyse the morphological characteristics and influencing factors of their formation along the Lower Tisza River (Hungary). Before the 1930-60s the morphological characteristics of point-bars were affected primarily by natural factors. However, after revetment constructions, the lateral migration of meanders ceased and channel became significantly narrower, therefore point-bar widths have decreased from 68 m to 19 m. Besides, vertical accumulation became dominant, thus, the youngest active point-bars are narrow and high.

Keywords: point-bar; meander migration; human impact; revetment; channel narrowing

DOI: 10.5937/gp24-23011

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Received: September 02, 2019 | Revised: November 26, 2019 | Accepted: December 10, 2019

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Authors: Márton Bagyura

Abstract: The aim of the current paper is to help to understand the transformation of suburban areas in Central Eastern European metropolitan regions with regard to the power relations. The study area is Budapest Agglomeration, which has experienced significant social, economic, and environmental changes after the collapse of state socialist regimes due to the intense suburbanisation. This study examines the composition of municipal councils in Budapest Agglomeration and tests the hypothesis that during the suburbanisation, the newcomers seize the political power in the suburbs. The analysis based on a database about municipal councils members of 18 settlements, and there are data about the main socio-demographic characteristics of these settlements. The results show the growing number of settlements where the incomers become dominant in municipal councils. The role of socio-demographic factors in this process is interesting as cannot be proved a clear relationship between these factors and the changes in municipal councils.

Keywords: Budapest Agglomeration; suburbanisation; power relations; municipal council

DOI: 10.5937/gp24-22092

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Received: June 11, 2019 | Revised: August 17, 2019 | Accepted: October 03, 2019

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Authors: Radu Danut Săgeată

Abstract: The geographical position of a territory is a statically element strictly determined by mathematical landmarks and by those of the natural background. For all that, different historical and geopolitical events that happened in the course of time, can make the geographical position fluctuate by including a territory / state into territorial aggregates established on less arbitrary criteria. Thus, many interwar authors placed Romania, by geographical criteria, in Central Europe; after 1945 they would include it in Eastern Europe, or in short, in the East, a politicalideological homogeneous territory, but heterogeneous geographically, historically and cultural. With the downfall of political-ideological barriers and the deep-going mutations in the geopolitics of Central and Eastern Europe, Romania’s geographical position should be reconsidered based on objective criteria: geographical, mathematical and last but not least, cultural and economic. This study is also important because some recent works place Romania erroneously in South-Eastern Europe, either in eastern or in Balkan Europe. The work concludes that Romania in a state situated in the south-eastern part of Central Europe. The arguments brought in favour of it have in view to push forward the current stage of knowledge on Romania’s geopolitics.

Keywords: Geographical Position; Geopolitical & Historical Context; Central Europe; Romania

DOI: 10.5937/gp24-22083

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Received: June 10, 2019 | Revised: September 30, 2019 | Accepted: October 03, 2019

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Authors: Miroslav D. Vujičić, Igor Stamenković, Uglješa Stankov, Sanja Kovačić, Đorđije A. Vasiljević, Jasmina Popov Locke

Abstract: The aim of this paper is to develop a new perspective on urban tourist motivations and demotivation’s by applying the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) model in order to better understand how tourists make decisions about which destinations to visit. Authors discovered that most important factor within city break travel is internal force, followed by the external force and least important is demotivation. The paper argues that the results indicate the value of applying the AHP model to understand the role
and importance both of push and pull factors and demotivators in urban tourism destination choice.

Keywords: Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP); motivation; demotivation; city break travel; Novi Sad

DOI: 10.5937/gp24-22613

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Received: June 10, 2019 | Revised: September 30, 2019 | Accepted: October 03, 2019

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Authors: Goran Jević, Jovan Popesku, Jelena Jević

Abstract: The paper will present the research results of motivational factors influencing wine tourists in decision making process regarding their visits to the wineries in the Vršac wine region, an area which belong to South Banat wine region according to the official regionalization and comprises the west slopes of Vršac mountains (South East Vojvodina). The aim of the paper is to analyse visitors of the Vršac wineries in order to establish components of the motivation and to define the influence they have on the decision to participate in the wine tourism in this region. The methodology of this approach entails: defining and establishing the importance of wine tourism, identifying motivating factors in wine tourism, followed by definition and analysis of the most relevant motivating factors of the wine tourist visiting the Vršac wineries, establishing the intensity of their attitudes related to certain factors and, finally, offering recommendations to the Vršac wineries management in order to create the high quality marketing mix aimed at clearly defined target markets and to position successfully in the wine tourism market. One of the conclusions is that the visitors to the Vršac wineries regard wine tasting as the most important motivating factor, followed by socializing and relaxation.

Keywords: wine tourism; motivating factors; wineries; Vršac wine region

DOI: 10.5937/gp24-22781

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Received: August 09, 2019 | Revised: December 15, 2019 | Accepted: December 18, 2019

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Authors: Tatjana Gredičak, Damir Demonja

Abstract: Strategic product development in the offer of specific forms of tourism takes place very dynamically and is an example of using the diversification strategy as the dominant development strategy. Once relatively inelastic market offers, it becomes more elastic and with the market demand realizes new forms of partnership based on meeting the demand of each tourists individually. A large number of tourist offer products are adjusted to a smaller segment of consumers, i.e. tourists. The life span of tourism products and services is relatively short. The research for this paper is of a scientific character; it is motivated by the applicative need and in that sense it is applicable. Within the framework of economic science, the basic goal of the paper is to establish and analyze elements in the market that determine the development of medical tourism. The aim is to explore the place and role of strategic management in the function of products and services distribution for medical tourism. The paper attempts to explore the relevance of the valorization potential of medical tourism in the continuous efforts to improve tourism in the Republic of Croatia. This is shown by an analysis of the implementation of the priority tourism policy measures defined by the Strategy for development of tourism of the Republic of Croatia to 2020, i.e. the implementation of the Action Plan for development of health tourism of the Republic of Croatia in relation to the anticipated dynamics of the implementation of the proposed programs. Regarding the programs, in order to increase the competitiveness of medical tourism, the paper discusses the improvement of quality offers in the field of medical tourism through the implementation of quality, accreditation and certification of health facilities. Also, activities carried out at the current moment in the field of medical tourism in the Republic of Croatia are also shown.

Keywords: Republic of Croatia; medical tourism; strategy; management; development; quality

DOI: 10.5937/gp24-21485

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Received: 27 April 2019 | Revised: 04 September 2019 | Accepted: 17 October 2019