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

Besides intermodal systems for goods flows, more attractive are becoming “high
speed” passengers’ trains as the only alternative to road transport at the moment.

3.TRANSPORT AND TOURISM IN SUSTAINABLE REGIONAL
DEVELOPMENT- ECOLOGY AND SAFETY ASPECT

Tourism can be considered as economic activity totally dependent on transport. The
influence of transport on tourism is varying from extremely propulsive to very restrictive.
Although tourism consists in temporary change of residence with the purpose to enjoy in rest,
entertainment, recreation, sports, businesses., it includes transport as well, because the transfer
of tourists is necessary.

Transport development always gives an impulse to tourism development, influencing
on massive tourist flows, accessibility of cross-ocean destinations or nearer destination
stimulating building up of necessary transport infrastructure.

At the same time tourism has an impact on transport and stimulates the expansion of
infrastructure on locations, which would be left out of development plans, or the technical-
technological progress of transportation means with the aim to satisfy specific tourists needs.

Transport and tourism are meritorious for considerable amount of GDP and have a
pretty high share in those economies that dispose of comparative advantages for these
activities development. Of course the amount of GDP is extremely different in highly
developed countries compared with transitional countries. But, it should be pointed out that
together both activities have a share of 20 to 25 per cent in total GDP, and that the share of
tourism is twice as big as the share of transport.

Table 3 The Share of Tourism and Transport in GDP in Selected Countries of
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