Preliminary communication
Published in: Holistic Approach Environ. 8(2018) 3, pp. 78 – 84
Paper reference number: HAE-154
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AN OVERVIEW AND COMPARISON OF DATA DESCRIBING CROATIA AND SLOVAKIA AND EUROPEAN UNION REGARDING THE INFLUENCE OF TOURISM UPON EMPLOYMENT

Gabriela Koľveková^*, Erika Liptáková^*

^* Technical University of Košice, Faculty of Economics, Slovakia

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ABSTRACT

Croatia being above EU average in direct contribution to GDP can serve as a best practice for countries such as Slovakia. However, best practices is sometimes not easy to follow due to differences in the fundamentals of countries‟ potential such as forest, numbers of castles or caves and the like. Paper provides modest overview of the potential of the two destinations and then provides reader with comparison of data regarding employment and GDP.

Keywords: sustainable development, tourism, employment
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