Instutional assumptions for the development of tourism in the Republic of Macedonia

Tourism as a world-class industry is in great expansion. This is due to several factors (legal, institutional, economic, social, cultural, political, religious, and international). In the paper we will focus on and try to answer the fundamental research question: how positive is the influence of the institutional assumptions in Macedonia on the development of tourism? To answer this research hypothesis, we will perform an analysis of the institutional framework in the Republic of Macedonia. In the research we start from the assumption that several internal factors influence the development of tourism in the Republic of Macedonia, in particular the institutional framework. From the analysis of the institutional framework we will determine whether and how much it affects the development of tourism, i.e. we will try to find the weaknesses of the institutional framework that prevent greater development of tourism