The aim of this work is to create a profound analysis of tourism potential of Sokolov region located in Western Bohemia, the region with long industrial history. There are described location and realization factors of tourism in this region with concrete examples, the current offer of tourism services is mentioned, new projects are brought to the attention and the success of the older ones is reviewed. The following part of this work is devoted to an introduction into theory of destination marketing and management with specification of its participants. The final part deals with investigation among local people, visitors and travel agencies which analysed their opinion of tourism potential of this destination. The main goal of this work is to show that in the future Sokolov region is supposed to be a very nice place to visit and spend some time on holiday.

Marketing on the level of public administration and local government is becoming to be more important in last years. This thesis deals with one of the area of marketing, specifically destination marketing. In the Czech Republic, destination marketing is implemented at several levels -- national, regional and local. Attention in this thesis is devoted mainly to the regional level of destination marketing. The first part provides with a theoretical basis for this issue and explain concept of "destination marketing" as well as marketing and communication mix of the region. Than marketing strategy, brand and image of the region are described. The main part of the thesis consist of evaluating and comparing the implementation of destination marketing in Central Bohemia, Pilsen region and Liberec region. Regional tourism strategies are analyzed first, followed by investigation research of the real implementation, attention is also focused on the ways of promoting the regions.

This thesis deals with the evaluation of the current situation and potential for development of tourism in Jindřichohradecko region. Key factors influencing the development of tourism are identified through SWOT analysis and PEST analysis. Strategies are suggested on their basis. There is an analysis of the suitability of the legal forms for the establishment of an organization. The goals of the organization are set and further elaborated the objectives of short-, medium-, and long-term objectives of fulfilling the principle of sustainable development. They are defined as activities leading to the fulfilment of these objectives. On that basis there are defined three variants of establishment and function of the organization out of which one describes the ideal situation, where the organization operates on the principles of destination management, a second variant, we can often encounter in practice, and the third option provides the least favourable situation. The solution is to identify the most likely options and recommend what to avoid in case of passive approach of organization's potential partners.

The subject of this thesis is the marketing strategy of traditional European destinations. Its objective is to describe the most suitable marketing strategy for the European destinations facing stronger competition within the market of international tourism. Practical part of the thesis consists of the detailed analysis of the most visited European destination -- France. Secondly, the effects of this strategy are measured by the international quantitative marketing research.

Destination management is a management method, which is based primarily on the cooperation of stakeholders from the private and public sector while ensuring the effective development of tourism in the destination. The aim of the thesis is to evaluate the status of destination management organisation in the promotion of tourism. The actual impact of the functioning of destination management organisation on tourism cannot be directly analyzed. However destination management organisation, through implementing projects focused mainly on marketing and cooperation with other stakeholders, positively promotes tourism in the destination.

This diploma thesis is worked out on the theme Marketing study of selected tourist destination. As analysed destination, the author chosed the town of Mělník which dispose of high tourism potencial which is not exploited enough. The author has specified the task of this theses as analyse the application of every single used marketing tool of selected destination by offer analysis, demand analysis and analysis of marketing mix. The aim of this theses is to suggest following steps to develop tourism (increase arrivals, repeatability of visits or receipts of tourism) in this destination. The diploma thesis is divided into three main chapters. The first chapter introduce the teoretical specification of the terms as destination, destination management or marketing destination management. Following practical part contains application of information forenamed in the theoretical part to particular marketing activities of this town.

Superstitious beliefs date back thousands of years and continue to the present, and research suggests that superstitious beliefs have a robust influence on product satisfaction and decision making under risk. The study therefore examines how superstition attitude will impact potential tourists' intention to visit a destination so that relevant organizations (e.g. destination management/marketing organizations) could better understand potential tourists' behaviors, identify a niche market encompassing those prone to superstition, and tailor the tourism products to the needs and beliefs of potential tourists. The study used a survey instrument which consists of four components: the scale of Superstition as Destination Attractiveness (SADA), the revised Paranormal Belief Scale, the measurement of Intention to Visit, and respondents' demographics and travel experiences. A mixed-method data collection procedure was adopted to populate the sample. A total of 323 questionnaires were collected from Virginia Tech students, at both undergraduate and graduate level. A multiple regression analysis method was employed for hypothesis testing. The result of the data analysis supported both hypotheses, and the study finds that the more positive potential tourists' attitude is about superstition, the more likely they are to visit a destination with superstition as its attractiveness, and the more trait of superstition a potential tourist bears, the stronger the relationship between potential tourists' attitude about superstition and their intention to visit a destination with superstition as its attractiveness. Implications and future studies were suggested based on the findings of the study. / Master of Science

Increased travel has led to greater competition between destinations. Therefore, actors in the tourism industry are constantly seeking new ways to remain competitive, in which collaborations have often been viewed as a solution. This study will focus on the collaboration in tourism issues in the Umeå region, Sweden. The aim of this study is to examine, from a producer perspective, opportunities and challenges for collaboration between different actors in the municipality of Umeå and Bjurholm. The study also examines whether and how Bjurholm municipality can be a shadow destination to Umeå. To do this, interviews were conducted with various actors in the municipality of Umeå and Bjurholm. The results show that the differences between the municipalities are both seen as a great opportunity but also a major challenge for the collaboration. Furthermore, the study found that Bjurholm shows some characteristics of being a shadow destination to Umeå.

Skapandet av en destinations image och varumärke är idag en effektiv positioneringsstrategi. Destinationer lägger fokus på att skapa en attraktiv destination och därmed leverera ett värde till besökaren. Det finns däremot färre empiriska studier om hur samarbetet på en destinationer och hur ett multi-aktörsperspektiv spelar in i att skapa en attraktiv destination och därmed ett starkt varumärke. Det leder studien in på dess forskningsfråga: Hur samarbeten på en destination kan främja destinationsvarumärket? som också kommer besvaras med underfrågor: Hur Destination Management Organisations och aktörer skapar en dynamik och samverkan för att de ska samarbeta gentemot destinationens brand identity? och Hur aktörer förhåller sig till att arbeta gentemot destinationers gemensamma mål samtidigt som de beaktar egna intressen? Syftet med studien är att undersöka hur aktörer i Kalmar samverkar för att skapa en attraktiv destination och stärka dess varumärke, samt att skapa en större förståelse för hur samarbetet fungerar för att stärka varumärket. För att besvara studiens forskningsfråga har en kvalitativ metod använts med en deduktiv ansats. Studien bygger på intervjuer med sju respondenter från områden som anses relevanta för att besvara forskningsfrågan och uppnå syftet. En tematisk analys har genomförts för att se mönster i respondenternas svar. Dessa har sedan tolkats tillsammans med teorier som leder fram till vissa slutsatser. Slutsatser som kunnat dras i studien är att samarbetet på en destination kräver en organisation, möjligen en Destination Management Organisation, som kan samordna aktörerna och främja destinationsvarumärket. Studien har även visat på aktörernas egna vinning och att de fortfarande kan ta egna intressen i beaktning och ändå arbeta för destinationens mål och enhetliga varumärke. / The creation of a destination image and brand is an effective positioning strategy. Destinations focuses on creating an attractive destination and thereby delivering a value to the visitor. There are, fewer empirical studies on how the collaboration on a destination and how a multi-actor perspective plays into creating an attractive destination and thus a strong brand. This leads the thesis into its research question: How collaboration at a destination can promote the destination brand? Which will also be answered with these questions: How does Destination Management Organizations and actors create a dynamic collaboration in order for them to cooperate towards the destination brand identity? and: How actors relate to working towards destinations´ common goals while considering their own interests? The purpose of the thesis is to investigate how actors in Kalmar work together to create an attractive destination and strengthen its brand, and to create an increased understanding of how the collaboration works to strengthen the brand.

The thesis is dealing with destination management as a new incoming trend of managing the development of tourism in a region. The new way of management is working in the western countries for more than fifty years, but in the Czech Republic it is still at the beginning of the implementation. The aim of the thesis is to analyse the activities of the destination management organisation Střední Morava {--} Sdružení cestovního ruchu and based on the evaluation of the activities I will suggest possible changes so that the Stredni Morava destination can become a strong competitive complex based on cooperation and coordination of all interested tourist subjects.