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DEFINING CUISINE AND TYPES OF CUISINE
Get PDFWhen people are discussing about cuisine often there are inconsistencies on the perception of what exactly cuisine is and what it includes, especially when talking about a specific type of cuisine. The problem with precisely determining the types of cuisine is active. The goal of this paper is to give a universal definition for cuisine and to determine the categories of cuisine based on different criteria. Therefore the different definitions will be analyzed to summarize the most important elements into one definition. Achieving the second goal of this paper will be approach by the different adjectives given to cuisine (such as national, international, vegetarian etc.) that can help identify the categories of cuisine in which later different types will be determined. The results of this paper will help future researches to easily identify what is and what isn’t a part of a specific type of cuisine and how to approach the identification problem further by giving a frame of the different types of cuisine are
MODERN TOURIST TRENDS-KEY TOOL FOR DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESS OF TOURIST BUSINESS
Get PDFThere is no doubt about the conclusion that the tourist business plays an important role in the economic policy making and it’s a key link in contribution of economic growth and development. The development of tourism has contributed to a new way of functioning in the tourism market, both in terms of supply and demand. Despite numerous implications it has, tourism plays important role in national economies development. Its role is perceived by improving competition and ensuring sustainable and balanced tourism development at the regional and national levels. The contribution from information and communication technologies development is perceived through the appearance of new and modern trends who raised tourism to a higher level
ANALYSIS OF POTENTIALS AND ATTRACTIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF CULTURAL TOURISM IN THE SOUTH-WEST PLANNING REGION OF THE REPUBLIC OF N. MACEDONIA
Get PDFThis paper is the result of the conducted research activities in the preparing of a Sub-strategy for Cultural Tourism in the Republic of N. Macedonia in 2019 in which the author was directly involved. The research involved determining the current state of cultural tourism through situation analysis and valorization of various cultural tourism potentials. This resulted in specifying concrete spatial units and values that have the most favorable opportunities for active inclusion in the current tourism offer. Two types of spatial units were defined – existing and new areas which were zoned and mapped. Existing areas have the aim to enrich the current tourism offer in order to make them more attractive. New areas have the purpose for creating new tourism products and services that will be competitive. This paper examines the South-west Planning Region as the most developed in the country with the aim to promote cultural tourism development
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HOUSHOLD CONSUMPTION AND ACTIVITIES OF TOURISM IN RN MACEDONIA
Get PDFIn the structure of modern economies there are two main trends: the relative increase in tertiary (service) activities in total aggregate product (GDP) and the dominant share of personal consumption (C) in total national income (Y). Considering this fact, a paper’s goal is to examine the structure of household consumption. In particular, the paper explores the impact of household consumption in tourism activities, and vice versa. The paper attempts to alert the need for use of household consumption in the formation of the model of statistical measurement of domestic tourism consumption. Household consumption in RN Macedonia is directly affected by the indicators of income and living conditions. In the area of tourism activities that is expressed through travel (vacation) data
HISTOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF BACTERIAL DENSITY AND INFLAMMATORY CELL INFILTRATE IN PIGS WITH HELICOBACTER SPP.-ASSOCIATED CHRONIC GASTRITIS
Get PDFThe aim of this study was to determine the association between Helicobacter spp.: Helicobacter pylori-like organisms (HLO) and Gastrospirillum-like organisms (GLO) density and severity of chronic inflammatory infiltrate in the pyloric mucosa of pig’s stomach. A total of 120 fragments of pyloric mucosa were included in the study. It was seen that HLO was found mostly in grade 2 of density, while GLO in grade 1 of density. Chronic inflammatory infiltrate was estimated mostly as grade 2 in HLO positive samples and grade 1 in GLO positive samples. Regardless of the bacterial density, we found that grade of chronic inflammatory infiltrate was higher in HLO positive samples than GLO positive samples
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE POSITION IN THE MANAGEMENT HIERARCHY AND DIFFERENCES IN TOURISM MANAGERS\u27 BELIEFS AND ATTITUDES ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE AND TOURISM
Get PDFProfound knowledge about the beliefs and attitudes of tourism managers about the two-way relationship between tourism and climate change might be important in order to anticipate, plan and direct the use of mitigation measures and the prevention of negative impacts of climate change on the tourist accommodation industry and vice versa. This paper presents differences between managers\u27 attitudes and beliefs about interrelation between climate change and tourism in the light of managers’ level of responsibility in the managerial hierarchy in tourist accommodation facilities. For that purpose, an originally designed questionnaire was distributed to1084 tourist accommodation facilities, representing the total population of all categorized accomodation facilities in Croatia by type (hotels and aparthotels, tourist resorts and tourist apartments, camps, and marinas) covered by the national list of categorized facilities. Out of the total number of submitted questionnaires, 283 questionnaires were duly completed, representing 26.1% of respondents, including 4.60% of the members of Executive management board or Supervisory board, 46.65% of directors/heads of the facility including members of the Operational management, 19% Quality and environmental managers and 33.56% members of Middle level management staff. Significant differences in beliefs and attitudes were demonstrated between almost all categories of managers at different levels of management, in all three components of attitude, with a p value <0.001. The strongest pro-environmental attitudes and the highest level of environmental awareness were demonstrated by managers working as part of CEO or members of Executive management and those acting as Quality and environmental managers
ADVENTURE AS POTENTIAL FOR ENRICHED TOURIST OFFER IN PELAGONIJA REGION
Get PDFTourism development depends on the use of the available attractors, factors and values they have. Therefore, it is especially important to use the natural and cultural values that in combination with other content and services are the basic elements for creation ofdifferent tourist products. Pelagonija region has good conditions for creation of attractive tourist products that can contribute to enriched tourist offer. Although some of them are already included, yet there is insufficient inclusion in the region’s tourist offer. The purpose of this paper is to present findings from conducted analysis of adventure and cultural potentials in Pelagonija related to the creation of competitive tourist products as important factors for increased tourism development. The design of the research is created to present the advantages of inclusion of adventure and culture in tourist products for the competitive tourist offer of the region as destination
THE USAGE OF DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS IN NORTH MACEDONIAN COMPANIES
Get PDFThe increased complexity as well as the fast pace changes and the escalation of risks that are faced by the companies and their managers imply the need of a computerized support in their decision making process. The increased need for information also imposes the need for these systems whose purpose is to create and make a better use of the information. Managers can better perform when they use the right information at the right time. In order to be competitive, North Macedonian companies need to accept and adapt to the new trends that include information systems and technologies in executing their business activities. The use of this type of systems offers multiple opportunities for the companies and has certain influence in the workload of the companies. Integrating decision support systems (DSS) companies can make better management decisions by strengthening the decision maker in processing the knowledge, by stimulating the managers in new approaches when thinking about problems, by reducing the time and cost of decision making and by increasing the pleasure level in the process of decision making. The aim of this research is to review the state of North Macedonian companies regarding the implementation of decision support systems, their usage, the different developed system types and the management level that they are used on
MAJOR DRIVERS OF THE PUBLIC POLICY AND FINANCE RESPONSES FOR EU BANK MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS EVIDENCE FROM THE BANK MARKET CONCENTRATION
Get PDFIn the context of the accelerated financial integration, M & A is seen as carriers of the process. Multiple types of activities related to the facilitation of crossborder M & A are provided in the "Financial Services Action Plan". Since M & A is the carrier of the process of integration of financial processes as well as the process of globalization, the "Financial Services Action Plan" refers mostly to the M & A\u27s regulatory process and control to ensure normal market competition. Thus, the third objective of the "Financial Services Action Plan" refers to the provision of prudential rules regarding the control and supervision of banks. The factors on which the rules depend on M & A and how they apply will deserve special attention in order to achieve the normal market functioning of M & A. Of course, M & A can be directly or indirectly affected by other objectives of the "Financial Services Action Plan" that require the provision of asecure and integrated market with identical game rules
FEYERABEND’S IRRATIONALIST APPROACH TOWARDS EXPLAINING SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS
Get PDFThe subject of this scientific is Feyerabend’s revolutionary model of explanation of the growth of scientific knowledge. Feyerabend criticizes the positivism, forgery and all rationalist attempts for discovering the strict rules of the scientific method. His attitudes are significant because they add a different, avant-garde picture of the scientific development causing interest in the scientific and philosophical circles. The main thesis in this paper is that the Feyerabend’s methodological anarchism cannot answer the question of scientific development. There is no clear picture about the direction of the scientific process, and it cannot say whether the science goes forward or backward, whether there is progress or not. It appears that this comes mainly from his anarchist position. The progress of science, according to him, depends on irrational elements, and one can contribute to the progress of the science by counterproductive actions only. He declares that consistency is an unreasonable condition of science and prefers hypotheses which are not consistent with facts, nor with the observational or experimental results. Feyerabend uses the non-existence of “bare / naked” facts and the incommensurability of theories as arguments for making the conclusion that the new scientific theories triumph in a completely irrational way