Transport system as an element of sustainable economic growth in the tourist region

Ph.D. Edna Mrnjavac, full professor

University of Rijeka

Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Management

51 410 Opatija-Ika (Croatia)

Primorska 42,p.p.97

Fax. no: 051/291 965

e-mail: [email protected]

TRANSPORT SYSTEM AS AN ELEMENT OF SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC
GROWTH IN THE TOURISM REGION

Summary

Transport is an economic activity whose aim is to transfer people and goods on
determined distances in planned period of time, using specific labour devices and procedures.

Economy development depends on transport, and among economic activities that are
totally based on transport tourism has a distinguished position. Owing to transport, the most
distance tourism destinations become available, but at the same time pollutions and visual
degradation of nature caused by transport jeopardises, for tourism, the most important
resource. This leads to a concept of transport and tourism sustainable regional development.

The Adriatic region consists of extremely heterogeneous groups of countries, taking
into consideration the level of economy development. As for the Region, tourism is among all
economical activities the most important one, this points out the necessity to define a Regional
strategy of sustainable development with special emphasis to transport and tourism. Such
strategy should include the frame for mutual harmonization of national transport systems,
and their harmonization with EU transport system according to: technical and technological
characteristics of infrastructure and transport capacities, quality level of transport services,
as well as ecology and safety standards.

Key words: transport system, tourism, sustainable development, Adriatic region.

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