This thesis analyzes the level of utilization of on-line communication mix in marketing of Czech Republic as a tourist destination at foreign markets executed by CzechTourism, particularly concerning the current project Confirmation of the status and competitive advantage of Czech Republic at the European tourism market. Resources for the main analysis are a detailed study of on-line communication mix in general terms as well as in tourism both globally and in the Czech Republic. The analysis revealed major deficiences in the approach towards the communication implementation, mainly in social media communication, and also deficiencies in web design which toghether caused the project to fail. Finall conclusion contains improvement suggestions and recommendations of some foreign best practice examples.

The thesis deals with the promotion of domestic tourism in the Czech Republic, which gains its importance at the time when the world is facing challenges of globalization, such as the recent economic crisis was, that greatly hampered international tourist arrivals. Its promotion has been neglected for long time in the CZ and its development started practically in the new millennium. The goal of the thesis is to analyze the current promotion of domestic tourism, particularly activities of the CzechTourism office which is the main institution promoting tourism in the Czech Republic. The practical part presents marketing and commercial communications, their tools, features and new trends, continuing with the promotion of tourism destination, its marketing mix and the role of destination management. The theoretical part introduces the Czech Republic as a tourist destination, maps coordinating tourism authorities and mainly analyzes the current communications of the CzechTourism agency, with special emphasis on domestic tourism. In the end it presents some recommendations for promotion in the future.

This thesis analyses the activity of the agency CzechTourism. The CzechTourism agency has also representation abroad ? 26 branch offices are located around the world. This thesis focuses on the branch office in Italy (Milano). This office has the main aim to introduce the Czech Republic to Italian clients and to awake their needs to travel to our country for a vacation or for a short visit. This branch office has four main segments of support ? golf tourism, scholar tourism, religious tourism and caravanning. Author´s own survey was carried out between October 2010 and February 2011 which analyzed the relation between Italian participants of tourism and the Czech Republic as an important tourism destination in the middle of Europe.

The aim of this diploma thesis is to create a general outline reflecting promotion of the Czech Republic in tourism in past 10 years. The first chapter specifies the key issues dealt with in the thesis namely theoretical definitions of tourist destination, marketing and management of the destination and its characteristics. For instance creation of regional touristic products (packages), which are essential in terms of representation of the Czech Republic in foreign markets. The following part deals with promotion and image of the Czech Republic as a tourist destination. The third chapture describes development of efforts to promote the Czech Republic as a tourist destination as well as the role of organizations that control the whole promotion. The last section outlines, evaluates and compares individual marketing strategies, campaigns and activities of the national agency CzechTourism from its beginning until 2007.

This thesis deals with consumer behavior of a certain segment in tourism. The selected segment are Argentines and this thesis describes their consumer specifics together with analysis of external factors that enter into the buying decision process. There is also indicated their relationship to Europe destination and the Czech Republic and overview of marketing activities of CzechTourism agency on the market. The goal is to approach this market to Czech entities focusing on tourism.

The aim of the diploma thesis is to evaluate the activities of the foreign offices of the CzechTourism agency in promoting the Czech Republic as an ideal tourist destination in foreign markets. The thesis defines the tourist destination and it´s management, the national tourist organizations and the marketing activities and communication tools used by the foreign offices. The last part of the thesis is dedicated to the analysis of the incoming tourism and it´s positive impact on the national economy.

Czech Tourist Authority, CzechTourism, decided in 2011 to start a longterm process of destination brand rebranding.The aim of this thesis is to evaluate and analyze the effectiveness of the activities carried out so far in all steps.The thesis is divided into several parts, the first part concentrates on brand and image of the country, the second part is focused on corporate identity, the content of the third chapter is a theory about rebranding. Practical part contains a sum of activities and events throughout the history of the country affected the brand as well as the reasons for the rebranding and problem areas. In conclusion various steps of CzechTourism and designs of visual identity are evaluated and analyzed and a few next steps are recommended.

The Master's Thesis focuses on the ways of tourist information centres contribution to the support of the tourism. The analysis is demonstrated on the tourist information centre of CzechTourism. The chapters contain tourist information centre's activities, the information about the Association of Tourist Information Centres in the Czech Republic, about CzechTourism, basic facts about state-funded institutions and methods of effectiveness evaluating in the non-profit sector. The practical part provides knowledge about the activities of the information centre on the Old Town Square, assesses its present situation and its contribution to the tourism support.

Final thesis observes the impacts of the accession of Czech Republic to the European Union on tourism of Czech Republic. Final thesis is divided into theoretical and analytical parts. The theoretical part contains definitions of the basic terms, history of the European Union, relationship between Czech Republic and EU, position of tourism in European Union and definitions of the projects and policies of European Union. The analytical part observes particular impacts on tourism in measurable and non-measurable values of tourism. The analysis of measurable values contains comparison of the real and forecasted progress. The forecast was created before the accession of Czech Republic to European Union by Czechtourism. Next to this comparison the analysis contains progress of particular indicators before and after the accession and observation of rate of growth of particular indicators. The analysis of non-measurable values contains the overview of participation of Czech Republic in the projects and policies of EU. The analysis of measurable and non-measurable values is a basis for the evaluation of the impacts of the accession of Czech Republic to the European Union on tourism of Czech Republic.

This thesis focuses on internet marketing and its use in the field of tourism promotion agency CzechTourism. It examines the use of various internet marketing tools and their impact on tourism in the Czech Republic. It also focuses on work detail CzechTourism marketing activities on the Internet in terms of media campaigns in the past two years. An integral part is an analysis of websites, which serve as the main tool to promote the Czech Republic.