Incoming tourism and it’s estimation of development

Theme of the master work „Incoming Tourism and it’s Estimation of Development“ are examinated by many authors, because inbound tourism can induce the increase the operation of tourism resources in Lithuania, the growth of service, usage of goods and so it can influence the growth of economy and the welfare of population. The object of the master work is inbound tourism and the aim is to present the particularity of inbound tourism, to describe the internal of inbound tourism service, to accentuate the influencing factors of onbound tourism flow, to make situation analysis of tourism, to research and to make proposals of the inbound tourism of developement. The work includes 75 pages, 4 tables, 18 pictures and 14 appendixes. First part of the master work includes analysis of the theoretical peculiarities of inbound tourism, factors, which influences such type of tourism and particularity of tourism services, also are presents service quality model of five gaps and model of tourism developement. Tourism analyses in Lithuania, statistical data of arrived tourists and basic visitors segments are developed in the second part. There also are made forecast in 4 methods, analyse settling situation, PEST and SWOT factors analysis. Third part includes research of the tourism sector and settling situation analysis in Kaunas district. The aim of the research was to analyse needs of the tourists and opinion of the infrastructure and image of tourism, to research hotels service quality and to present precondition of the incoming tourism. Research was organized in February and March, 2006. Research results: every year the number of tourists are increasing in Kaunas, most of the tourists are arriving from Germany, Sweden and Russia. They need more travel organization, settling, feeding services and they are satisfied with hotel services. Conclusions are: 1) the inbound tourism is one of implements to present Lithuania for other countries, raise economical level, create new labour places, stimulate regional development; 2)development of tourism, according to the principles and exploitation of EU structural foundations, which are committed to improve quality and variety of tourism facilities; developing facilities of tourism information; 3) new leisure, amusement, events services and creating new sport center, settling and feeding sector developement can be one of the most important reason for developement of incoming tourism