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 study is a reflection on the perspective of consolidating a cultural tourism identity for the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), located in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul. This analysis has as object of study the receptive inserted tourism in the context of event tourism in the Federal University of Santa Maria. The proposal is to think of the Federal University of Santa Maria as attractive cultural tour of the city of Santa Maria. / Este estudo parte de uma reflexão acerca da perspectiva em consolidar uma identidade turística cultural para a Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), localizada no município de Santa Maria, no Rio Grande do Sul. Esta análise apresenta como objeto de estudo o turismo receptivo inserido no contexto do turismo de eventos na Universidade Federal de Santa Maria. Através da construção de um Kit de serviços receptivos da UFSM , a proposta é pensarmos na Universidade Federal de Santa Maria como atrativo turístico cultural da cidade de Santa Maria. De forma que esses produtos sugeridos colaborem no sentido de divulgar e valorizar a Instituição.

Le tourisme fait l’objet de multiples recherches en géographie. Dans ce contexte général, notre thèse envisage et propose de réaliser une relecture de ce phénomène en investissant le champ des représentations issues du tourisme, en analysant et décryptant l’image touristique de la destination croate (image fantasmée et stéréotypée du touriste ou encore image promue par les organismes officiels croates). La destination croate retrouve, en effet, un certain renom depuis la fin de la guerre qui a sévi en ex-Yougoslavie (1991-1998) : elle est le théâtre d’un développement important depuis une décennie. Il s’agit ici d’examiner à la fois le phénomène de crise touristique, en en cernant tant les facteurs la justifiant que ceux qui ont permis au tourisme d’être redynamisé et, en particulier, en montrant l’impact de la promotion touristique après en avoir défini les acteurs et cherché à connaître sa (ou ses) finalité(s).Pour ce faire, un cadre méthodologique a été déterminé (première partie) : grâce à une démarche hypothético-déductive classique et en s’appuyant sur la comparaison entre les faits touristiques (étudiés par le biais des statistiques, des observations de terrain ou des enquêtes auprès des touristes) et les images de la promotion touristique croate (vue au travers de documents promotionnels de l’Office du Tourisme Croate mais également du discours de nombreux guides et articles consacrés à la Croatie). Nous avons donc construit notre étude en partant d’observations empiriques et en cherchant à confirmer ou infirmer nos hypothèses de travail, notamment celle basée sur le dévoiement de l’image marketing en une image instrumentalisée. La problématique a, en effet, été orientée vers la notion d’ « image » touristique. Notre recherche tendra, avant tout, à comprendre les mécanismes de la construction de l’image de la Croatie liée au tourisme. Se pose donc, inévitablement, la problématique de l’adéquation entre la réalité et les discours qui sont tenus sur elle. Notre posture de thèse pose le principe que la dialectique entre représentation et réalité - touristique et territoriale croate - n’est pas du seul ressort commercial : d’autres logiques, que nous considérons comme du domaine de la construction identitaire, peuvent intervenir nous amenant à penser que l’image promue est, consciemment ou non, instrumentalisée.Pour mener à bien cette analyse de l’image, une connaissance approfondie du tourisme (ou des faits constatés et scientifiquement énoncés) nous a paru une approche préliminaire indispensable. Ce moment incontournable de l’analyse permet une prise de distance, autrement dit une véritable objectivisation par rapport à l’analyse des représentations. Une première étape (deuxième partie) s’intéresse, grâce à l’exploitation de faits statistiques, au phénomène touristique en termes de flux mais également aux formes de tourisme. Nous montrons ainsi que la crise touristique, plus structurelle que conjoncturelle (c’est-à-dire plus liée à la transition du régime socialiste à une économie de marché qu’à la guerre de la fin de la Yougoslavie) a vite été dépassée grâce à une clientèle essentiellement européenne et à un tourisme quasi uniquement balnéaire. Ce rapide rattrapage peut être expliqué par de multiples facteurs (troisième partie) : les plus classiques sont mis en avant (climat méditerranéen, forte capacité d’hébergement sur le littoral, proximité des foyers classiquement émetteurs en Europe, voire certains a priori favorables concernant la Croatie). Mais, contrairement à l’idée préconçue et souvent relayée par les médias, nous insistons sur la place et sur le rôle de l’histoire du développement touristique de la région en soulignant que le tourisme actuel, tant en termes d’infrastructures que de clientèles, est le résultat de nombreux héritages issus de périodes précédentes (fin du XIXème siècle et époque yougoslave) [...] / Tourism is the subject of many researches in geography. In this general context, our thesis deals with this phenomenon by investing the field of representations created by tourism, analyzing and interpreting the image of the Croatian tourist destination (dreamed image, stereotypical tourist image or promoted image – this last one created by the official Croatian organizations). The Croatian destination is, indeed, well known since the end of the war that raged in the former Yugoslavia (1991-1998): for a decade, it is actually the scene of an important tourism development. We want to examine the phenomenon of tourism crisis, identifying the factors that justify this crisis and those that have allowed tourism to be reactivated and, in particular, showing the impacts of tourism promotion after having defined its actors and its purposes.For this purpose, a methodological framework has been determined (first part): with a classic hypothetical-deductive reasoning, we have compared the tourism facts (analyzed with statistics, observations or surveys) with the images created by the Croatian tourism promotion (especially with the promotional materials of the Croatian Tourist Board but also with many guides and articles about Croatia). So we built our study on the basis of empirical observations, trying to prove or disprove our ideas, including the idea that the marketing image is a manipulated one. The main point of our research is to understand how the tourism image of Croatia is created. This raises inevitably the question of the adequacy between the reality and what is said about it. We want to explain that the principle of the dialectic between representation and reality - Croatian tourism - is not only dependent on business or marketing case: other logics appear, especially using the field of identity construction. With such a way of thinking, we can demonstrate that the promoted image is, consciously or not, exploited.To analyze the image, a perfect knowledge of tourism (or of scientifically established facts) is a preliminary and essential approach. This unavoidable time of the analysis must allow to know the facts and not only the representations. So the second part of our analysis is dedicated to the exploitation of statistical facts, to the tourism phenomenon in terms of flows but also of forms of tourism. We show that the tourism crisis, more structural than cyclical (that is to say, more related to the transition from a socialist to a market economy at the end of the war in Yugoslavia) was quickly overwhelmed because of the customers (mainly Europeans) and because of well-known sea resorts. This quick tourism development may be explained by many factors (Part three): the most traditional arguments are highlighted (a Mediterranean climate, high accommodation capacities on the coast, the proximity of the European customers). But, contrary to a preconceived idea that is often relayed by the media, we insist on the place and on the role of the history of tourism development in the region: according to us, the tourism in Croatia (in terms of infrastructure or of customers) is nowadays, the result of previous periods (late nineteenth century and Yugoslav period) [...]

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-25T16:45:28Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Ana Paula Maiochi Silverio.pdf: 1989511 bytes, checksum: 10a5be105d7200e7fe6d3950dfe4a9dd (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-05-25 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This dissertation had the primary objective of analyzing the relevance of associating tourism marketing to strategic image management in acquiring destinations and furthermore explores the tourism image of the city of São Paulo, aiming at providing a verification method for the phenomenon studied and lending more credibility to the work. To that end, we performed a bibliographical review on tourism marketing and the image of destinations and presented a case study about the image of São Paulo based on the work developed by São Paulo Turismo, a tourism and events company in São Paulo/SP. The principal results show that a progressive increase in tourism in the global market implies a competitive situation among locations interested in developing tourism, so that the efficient marketing management of the activities becomes a prerogative given market competitiveness; the results also show that the destination's image is ever more relevant given its recognition as one of the most important aspects in the process of selecting a destination, as well as in satisfaction and possible repeat visits. The theme has become prevalent internationally as an important research subject and existing investigations show that external and internal factors are extremely important and influence a tourism destination's image perception; therefore the strategic management of the destination's image is essential in the tourism marketing process. The case study evidenced the interest on the part of the tourism company in the city of São Paulo in expanding the city's image to encompass leisure and entertainment, given that the image is currently essentially focused on business and work, which hinders the full development of tourism in the city / Esta dissertação objetivou primordialmente, analisar a relevância da associação do marketing turístico à administração estratégica de imagem para aquisição de destinos e ainda, explorar a imagem turística da cidade de São Paulo, visando fornecer um meio de verificação do fenômeno estudado e conferir maior legitimidade ao trabalho. Para tanto, realizamos uma revisão bibliográfica acerca do marketing turístico e da imagem de destinos e apresentamos um estudo de caso sobre a imagem da cidade de São Paulo baseado no trabalho desenvolvido pela São Paulo Turismo, empresa de turismo e eventos da cidade de São Paulo/SP. Como principais resultados temos que a progressiva ascendência do turismo no mercado global implica um quadro de concorrência entre as localidades interessadas em desenvolvê-lo fazendo com que uma gestão mercadológica eficiente da atividade passe a ser uma prerrogativa ante a competitividade do mercado e ainda, que a imagem do destino torne-se cada vez mais relevante, ante o reconhecimento desta como um dos aspectos mais importantes no processo de escolha de uma destinação, bem como na satisfação e possível repetição dela. O tema vem impondo-se internacionalmente como importante área de pesquisa e as investigações existentes apontam que fatores externos e internos, são extremamente importantes e influenciam a percepção da imagem de um destino turístico e que, neste sentido a administração estratégica de imagens torna-se fundamental no processo de marketing turístico. O estudo de caso evidenciou o interesse por parte da empresa de turismo da cidade de São Paulo em expandir a imagem do município posicionando-a para o lazer e entretenimento, visto que o mesmo encontra-se fundamentalmente ligado a uma imagem de negócios e trabalho que impede o pleno desenvolvimento do turismo na cidade