Geo-economic position of Belarus as a tourist destination

• Authors: Aliaksandr Tarasionak
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The paper summarizes the theoretical foundations of geoeconomics in tourism industry. The current status of tourism industry in Belarus is analyzed. Belarus is behind in its development in comparison to the tourism economies of the European countries. Overview of the countries in the polarized world tourism market is performed. Belarus is located in the geoeconomic periphery of the tourism market. The paper justifies the strategy aimed at country’s transition from the periphery to the semi-periphery of the world tourism market.

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego
• Journal: Journal of Geography, Politics and Society
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 6
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 15-26

Dates

published

2016-12-07

Contributors

author

Aliaksandr Tarasionak

• Belarusian State Economic University