The relationship between small and medium-sized enterprises, tourism and economic development

Dimoska, Tatjana and Tuntev, Zoran and Nikolovski, Branko (2015) The relationship between small and medium-sized enterprises, tourism and economic development. (JPMNT) Journal of Process Management - New Technologies, International, 3 (1). pp. 18-27. ISSN 2334-735X

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Abstract

Tourism is the world’s largest industry
and makes a major contribution to the economies
of most developed and developing countries.
Tourism as an important socio-economical
phenomenon is characterized with distinctly
largeness and dynamic development that results
with many positive direct as well as indirect
economical effects. That is a measure for
increasing of possibilities of encouragement of the
total economical development through tourism development. Tourism generates income from
consumption of goods and services by tourists as
well as taxes on businesses in the tourism industry,
provides employment in services related to tourism,
but also creates jobs in the tertiary sector, generates
growth of primary and secondary sectors of the
industry as result of multiplicative effect. In this
context especially are important small and medium
tourism enterprises which dominate in the tourism
destinations according to their number, originating
a variety of benefits for the tourism destinations by
providing direct contact with tourists and by
encouraging tourist for spending in a local
community.
The aim of this paper is to point out the importance
of small and medium –sized enterprises in general
and especially in the field of tourism for increasing
economic development in the national economy
with particular reference on the territory of the
Republic of Macedonia. In this paper, first will be
analyzed the term small and medium - sized
enterprises in general and then will be explained
their application in the field of tourism with
highlighting of their strategic advantages for the
tourism destinations and overall economic
development of the entire national economy.
Finally, will be analyzed the role played by SMEs
for the economic development of the Republic of
Macedonia with a special emphasis on the
measures and actions which have to be taken in the
future by the competent authorities for further
stimulation of their development.

Key words: small and medium-sized enterprises,
tourism, economic development, Republic of
Macedonia

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Scientific Fields (Frascati) > Social Sciences > Economics and Business
Divisions: Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality
Depositing User: Ftu Eprints
Date Deposited: 24 Mar 2020 14:55
Last Modified: 24 Mar 2020 14:55
URI: https://eprints.uklo.edu.mk/id/eprint/4181

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