This study firstly aims to identify facility features of the convention centers and then propose a method in order to identify users&rsquo / priorities and evaluate what extent these were provided by the convention centre. Data has been collected using self-administered questionnaires from three group of users / attendees, employees and meeting planners. The study has been conducted in istanbul L&uuml / tfi Kirdar Convention and Exhibition Center as a case, because of being the most remarkable convention center of Turkey. Each participant will be required to assess this convention center in terms of their priorities of expectations and features provided. The results have been evaluated statistically, and significant differences between the level of importance and performance of the facility features have been presented. This research is expected to be useful for constitution of design criteria of convention centers and effective management of the facilities, in terms of both identifying the features of convention centers and providing a method evaluating the performance of the facilities from the users&rsquo / perspective.

Darbo tikslas – išanalizuoti Joniškio rajono turizmo plėtros galimybes teoriniu aspektu ir atlikus vartotojų apklausą, išsiaiškinti, kokie veiksniai įtakoja turizmo plėtrą ir kaip vertinama dabartinė turizmo situacija Joniškio rajone. Darbas susideda iš trijų dalių. Pirmoji – teorinė darbo dalis. Joje siekiama išaiškinti turizmo sąvokos esmę, atskleisti turizmo plėtros elementus, reikšmingiausius modelius, padedančius skatinti turizmo plėtrą. Taip pat įvertinti subalansuotą turizmo plėtrą ir pateikti jos valdymo tikslus. Antroji darbo dalis – turizmo plėtros vystimosi analizė Lietuvoje. Šioje dalyje nagrinėjamos Lietuvos turizmo paslaugų ir infrastruktūros plėtros tendencijos. Trečioji – tiriamoji darbo dalis, kurioje analizuojamos Joniškio rajono turizmo plėtros galimybės remiantis atliktos apklausos duomenimis. Išanalizavus turizmo plėtros galimybes gautos išvados parodė, kad Lietuvos turizmas laikomas sparčiausiai augantis paslaugų sektoriaus elementas. Sparčiai naudojamos naujos rinkodaros priemonės, gerinama infrastruktūra, naujų paslaugų kūrimas sąlygoja turizmo plėtrą Lietuvoje. Tačiau mažas dėmesys turizmo verslui periferiniuose rajonuose, tokiame kaip Joniškio rajonas, stabdo planingą turizmo plėtrą bendru Lietuvos mastu ir mažina atokių regionų konkurencingumą. Pagrindiniu turizmo plėtros stabdymo veiksniu vis dar išlieka turimų gamtos, kultūros išteklių neefektyvus panaudojimas turizmui ir maža laisvalaikio ir pramogų paslaugų pasiūla. / The aim of the work was to analyse the opportunities for tourism development in Joniškis District from theoretical aspect, and, after carrying out the survey of consumers, to find out what factors do form the development of tourism and how is the present situation in Joniškis District evaluated. The paper consists of three parts. The first one is the theoretical part of the work. It aims to explain the essence of the notion of tourism, to reveal elements of tourism development, the most significant models which benefit to promotion of tourism development. Also, it was striven to assess sustainable tourism development and to present the goals of its management. The second part encompasses analysis of tourism development in Lithuania. This part investigates tendencies of development of tourism services and infrastructure in Lithuania. The third part is the research part; it analyses opportunities for tourism development in Joniškis District on the base of data obtained from the survey carried out. Conclusions drawn after carrying out the analysis of opportunities for tourism development showed that tourism in Lithuania was considered to be the element of service sector undergoing the most rapid increase. Recent means of marketing are rapidly being applied, infrastructure is undergoing improvement, creation of new services predetermines tourism development in Lithuania. However, little attention to tourism business in peripheral districts such as Joniškis District retards... [to full text]