TOURISM IN PERIPHERIC REGIONS - THE POSSIBILITIES OF THEMATIC ROUTES

:This paper introduces the peripheral areas of Hungary and describes thematic routes as new tools for tourism and economic development. The aim of the paper is to summarize economic and touristic features of peripheral, mainly border regions, and to reveal possible economic growth inventiveness of thematic routs. Tourism of peripheral areas is parallel with their economic performance, which is sizeably below the national average. Tourism can be used as indirect tool to improve economic performance, if it is paired with externally founded cross border cooperation, a long-term and sustainable development viable