STATE OF TOUR OPERATORS IN SLOVAKIA BEFORE THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

• Authors: Pompurová Kristína , Šebová Ľubica , Šebo Ján , Valihorová Marta , Kaščáková Alena
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly paralyzed tour operators’ activities around the world. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the state of tour operators using the example of Slovakia and to point out its specifics that may affect its recovery. This paper identifies active tour operators, recognizing them in terms of selected criteria and uses cluster analysis to reveal consistent groups of enterprises. It is based mostly on content analysis of relevant websites. The results show a moderate level of concentration that characterizes Slovak tour operators with four large enterprises generating more than a third of all revenues. A typical tour operator in Slovakia is an outbound micro-enterprise with 3S mass product which intervenes in the activities of travel agency. The authors estimate that due to the Covid-19 pandemic measures, many tour operators will disappear, transform into pure travel agency or leave mass holiday product.

Keywords

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TOUR OPERATORS; TOUR OPERATOR INDUSTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; SLOVAKIA; COVID-19

• Publisher: Institute of Slovak and World Economics and Institute for Forecasting, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Ekonomický časopis (Journal of Economics)
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 69
• Issue: 9
• Pages: 975 – 993

Contributors

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Pompurová Kristína

• Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica, Faculty of Economics, Tajovského 10, 975 90 Banská Bystrica, Slovak Republic

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4721-9379

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Šebová Ľubica

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Šebo Ján

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7974-3285

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Valihorová Marta

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Kaščáková Alena

Identifiers

DOI

https://doi.org/10.31577/ekoncas.2021.09.05