The utilization of the potential of the Pardubice Region for the development of tourism

The utilization of the potencial of Pardubice region for the development of tourism Abstract The bachelor tesis analyses the tourism in Pardubice region and evaluates it using statistical data and results of the qualitative research in the region The statistical data are related to other indicators in tourism and compared with other regions in the Czech Republic. Alongside it analyses destination managment results in the area. The final part is constituted as a tourism product proposition for the region which reacts to the contemporary trends in the world and internal tourism. This way the tesis clarifies many terms from tourism, destination managment, qualitative research and statistical indicators. The goal of the tesis is to disprove the fact of Pardubice region being an outsider of Czech tourism and make use of the gastrotourism potential in the area. Key words: tourism, destination managment, gastrotourism, qualitative research, statistics, Pardubice regio