Bulgarian tourism and the problem of poverty alleviation in Bulgaria
The present research paper summarizes the results from a broader research on the topic “Bulgarian tourism and the problem of poverty in Bulgaria” commissioned by the German Foundation “Fridrich Ebert”, Sofia Bureau in 2014. Here, a more detailed literature review has been added to the one of the...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Algarve, ESGHT/CINTURS
2018-04-01
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| Series: | Tourism & Management Studies |
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| Online Access: | https://tmstudies.net/index.php/ectms/article/view/982/pdf_98 |
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| Summary: | The present research paper summarizes the results from a broader
research on the topic “Bulgarian tourism and the problem of poverty in
Bulgaria” commissioned by the German Foundation “Fridrich Ebert”,
Sofia Bureau in 2014. Here, a more detailed literature review has been
added to the one of the original research with the aim to follow the
scientific discussion on this issue in the Bulgarian society for more than
a century and to step on the more recent publications existing
worldwide. The study examines the question about the ability of
Bulgarian tourism to solve the problems with the widespread poverty
in Bulgaria in the context of the two main issues such as: (i) the degree
of association (in terms of Pearson’s Product-moment coefficients) of
the Bulgarian tourism with the economic performance of the EU
tourism emitting economies, and whether this association in particular
contributes for “transmission of poverty”, and (ii) what will be the
estimated volume of the average month salary of the employees on
labor contracts in Bulgarian tourism for the next ten years by the HoltWinters exponential smoothing method. These two sub-questions,
these two issues, have been chosen deliberately as the usual excuse of
the representatives of the Bulgarian tourism industry for the much
weaker results in comparison to the neighboring competing countries
is that the tourists who come usually to Bulgaria from Western Europe
are poorer. Another reason for the above posed questions is the
contentiously repeated in the Bulgarian society “mantra” that the
tourism sector in the country will grow on its own without any need of
government support and direction and it will lead to a steady increase
in the disposable incomes of the employed personnel. Although this
claim might have appeared true for the end of the 1990s, the monthly
level of salaries in tourism lags significantly behind many other service
sectors in Bulgaria. |
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| ISSN: | 2182-8466 |