scholarly journals Tourism and the structure of attractiveness of the Baltic region met­ropolises

Baltic Region ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 73-93
Author(s):  
Azat B. Rakhmanov
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Pivotal Role ◽  
International Tourism ◽  
Baltic Region ◽  
Saint Petersburg ◽  
Region I ◽  
The Baltic

International tourism is playing an increasingly important part in the life of all the nine countries of the Baltic region. In this contribution, I analyse the statistical data for 2010—2017 regarding the numbers of arrivals of international tourists and international tourism revenues in the Baltic region. Regional metropolises, which include nine capitals and Saint Petersburg, have a pivotal role in the tourism space of the region. I propose a methodology for empirical research into the attractiveness of ten Baltic cities as perceived by international tourists. This methodology distinguishes three major components in the tourism industry of the Baltic metropolises: hotels, restaurants, and sights. I estimate the attractiveness of these tourism infrastructure components in each of the ten cities using special indicators. Based on the data obtained, I calculate the integrated indicator of city attractiveness. The empirical study shows that, in the Baltic region, international tourists appreciate the most the hotels of Berlin, Warsaw, and Copenhagen, the restaurants of Tallinn, Riga, and Copenhagen, and the sights of Berlin, Stockholm, and Saint Petersburg. The most attractive Baltic cities for inter­national tourists are Berlin, Copenhagen, and Stockholm. Although the sights of Moscow and Saint Petersburg are competitive in the tourist space of the Baltic region, Moscow and Saint Petersburg hotels and restaurants are noticeably inferior to those in other countries of the region.

Value Proposition of Network Companies Providing Restaurant Services in Russia

2020 ◽  
pp. 137-158
Author(s):  
Elizaveta Fainshtein ◽  
Elena Serova
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Level Of Service ◽  
Value Proposition ◽  
Core Formation ◽  
Industry Data ◽  
Statistical Tool ◽  
Saint Petersburg ◽  
Production Resources

The purpose of the chapter is to recognize how customers perceive the value proposition content of network companies providing restaurant services. This is theoretical and empirical research in equal measure. The chapter presents the results of the restaurants value proposition study in Saint Petersburg (Russia) according to industry data and identifies the target audience key needs and industry characteristics in the market, semantic core formation, and clustering in order to identify the main criteria affecting the value proposition formation. The study was conducted among 16 chain restaurant holdings located in St. Petersburg, using statistical data based on the marketing statistical tool Google KeyWord Planner analytic database. The results made it possible to highlight key criteria of the value proposition by which consumers make their choice. This approach will allow standardizing decision-making systems on the possibility of identifying the innovative potential of the company's transition to a qualitatively new level of service and use of production resources.

scholarly journals Wintering ability of Calophoma complanata under the conditions of Saint Petersburg area

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
pp. 00027 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophie Sokornova ◽  
Maria Gomzhina ◽  
Elena Gasich ◽  
Igor Merkoulov ◽  
Darya Aman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alien Species ◽  
Biochemical Composition ◽  
Invasive Alien Species ◽  
Baltic Region ◽  
Saint Petersburg ◽  
Heracleum Sosnowskyi ◽  
The Baltic ◽  
Favorable Conditions

Giant hogweed is one of the most widespread invasive alien species of the Baltic region. The pycnidial fungus, Calophoma complanata is being evaluated as a potential bioherbicide for control of Heracleum sosnowskyi. The aim of this work is to evaluate an ability of the potential mycoherbicide C. complanata MF-32.121 to overwinter in the conditions of Saint Petersburg area. Plants inoculated by C. complanata MF-32.121 successfully survives wintering in the conditions of Saint Petersburg area. Pearl barley covered by C. complanata MF-32.121 mycelium successfully survives wintering in the same conditions as well. When favorable conditions have arisen, the C. complanata MF-32.121 mycelium is capable to infecting young giant hogweed. Moreover, it was revealed that a change in the biochemical composition, namely, an increase in the level of trehalose, contributes to the manifestation of a greater tolerance of C. complanata MF-32.121 mycelium to temperature-humidity conditions.

scholarly journals The development of poli­tical geography and geopolitics as an academic and research discipline in the Baltic re­gion: the historical contribution of Saint Petersburg University

Baltic Region ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 136-152
Author(s):  
Nikolai V. Kaledin ◽  
Anatoly I. Chistobayev ◽  
Vladimir N. Kaledin ◽  
Aleksey B. Elatskov
Keyword(s):  
Political Geography ◽  
Historical Research ◽  
Academic Disciplines ◽  
Baltic Region ◽  
Valuable Contribution ◽  
Saint Petersburg ◽  
Research Discipline ◽  
Current State ◽  
The Baltic ◽  
Historical Contribution

In this article, we address the little-researched and complicated problems of the genesis, periodisation, and development of political geography and geopolitics as academic and re­search disciplines across the Baltic region in general and the contribution of Saint Peters­burg University in particular. The terms ‘political geography,’ ‘geopolitics’ and the corre­sponding academic disciplines, as well as the first concepts of political geography and geo­politics, emerged in the Baltic. The Russian and German schools of thought made a valuable contribution to these fields of research. Using the historical, structural-genetic, and activity-geospace approaches, we identify and analyse the major historical, research, and academic paradigms in the development of political geography. In doing so, we consider the case of Saint Petersburg University. These paradigms (state-descriptive, anthropogeographical, state-geopolitical, and activity-societal) differ in their methodological frameworks and the­matic priorities. We demonstrate that the term ‘political geography’ and the science it de­notes are of Russian origin, having been developed by German scientists during their aca­demic service for Russia. Further, we analyse the contribution of German and Russian re­searches to the development of the Saint Petersburg school of political geographic and geo­political thought and describe its current state.

scholarly journals Saint Petersburg as a Global Coastal City: Positioning in the Baltic Region

Baltic Region ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 47-57
Author(s):  
S. Lachininskii ◽  
I. Semenova
Keyword(s):  
Baltic Region ◽  
Saint Petersburg ◽  
Coastal City ◽  
The Baltic

scholarly journals Effects of Price Competitiveness on Tourism Performance under Different Economic Conditions

Tourism ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 69 (4) ◽  
pp. 543-558
Author(s):  
Ilija Stojanović ◽  
Adis Puška ◽  
Nasiha Osmanović ◽  
Aleksandar Maksimović
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Mediation Analysis ◽  
Policy Instrument ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
International Tourism ◽  
Price Competitiveness ◽  
Relevant Element ◽  
Two Stages

Many scholars perceive price competitiveness as a highly relevant element of tourism competitiveness in improving tourism performance. We focused our research interest specifically to understand whether price competitiveness is an important policy instrument in attracting international tourists and their spending. Our empirical study focused on how price competitiveness behaves as a predictor of tourism performance in different economic conditions and whether price competitiveness is a significant cause of tourism competitiveness in improving tourism performance. For that purpose, we conducted empirical analysis within two stages: moderation analysis to understand how price competitiveness influences tourism performance from the point of view of inbound international tourism and how this relationship behaves in different economic conditions; and mediation analysis to understand whether price competitiveness is relevant cause for tourist competitiveness in improving tourism performance. This study has revealed different views about price competitiveness and its influence on the tourism industry. The findings indicate that price competitiveness has rather limited effects on the outcomes of the tourism industry and is not a cause of overall tourism competitiveness in improving tourism performance.

scholarly journals Youth and new dimention in environmental safety research cooperation in Baltic region: Kalmar-Saint-Petersburg

2007 ◽  
pp. 635-640
Author(s):  
Igor Zimin ◽  
Alexander Babkin ◽  
Vasiliy Rud ◽  
Oleg Krupnov ◽  
Vadim Davidov
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Safety ◽  
Baltic Region ◽  
Research Cooperation ◽  
Saint Petersburg ◽  
Safety Research ◽  
The Baltic ◽  
The University ◽  
Young Researchers

The cooperation between the University of Kalmar and Saint-Petersburg State PolytechnicUniversity started in 1999. The main goal during the years has been to promote thedevelopment of skills among young researchers, mostly post-graduation students andstraight the cooperation within the Baltic region.

Classification of South-Eastern Baltics cross-border recreational mesoregions

2021 ◽  
Vol 71 (1) ◽  
pp. 118-129
Author(s):  
A.G. Manakov ◽  
I.A. Ivanov ◽  
O.A. Chuchenkova
Keyword(s):  
International Tourism ◽  
Baltic Region ◽  
The Third ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
International Tourist ◽  
Tourist Flows ◽  
The Baltic ◽  
High Level

Experience in assessing the COVID-19 pandemic impact on international tourism indicates insufficient attention to changes in geography and volume of international tourist flows. In particular, studies aimed at assessing the value of tourist exchange in cross-border tourist and recreational regions are becoming relevant. The purpose of the article is to classify cross-border tourist and recreational mesoregions in the south-eastern part of the Baltic region by the size of cross-border tourist exchange. As a result of the study, six cross-border tourist and recreational mesoregions were identified with the participation of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. The boundaries of these mesoregions were determined and the value of cross-border tourist exchange within them was estimated. According to the latter indicator, it is proposed to divide mesoregions into three categories: 1) with a high level of formation (tourist exchange of more than 500 thousand people per year); 2) with a level of formation «above average» (from 100 to 500 thousand people per year); 3) with an average level of formation (from 50 to 100 thousand people per year). Cross-border tourist and recreational regions with a low level of formation (with a tourist exchange of fewer than 50 thousand people per year) are classified as microregions. The first category included the Estonian-Finnish mesoregion, the second – three mesoregions (Russian- Estonian, Russian-Polish-Lithuanian, and Polish-Lithuanian-Belarusian), the third – Russian-Estonian- Latvian and Estonian-Latvian.

Evidentiality and Language Contact

2018 ◽  
pp. 147-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
Language Contact ◽  
Information Source ◽  
Pivotal Role ◽  
Baltic Region ◽  
The Caucasus ◽  
Dominant Language ◽  
The Balkans ◽  
European Languages ◽  
The Baltic

Evidentials, as a grammatical means of overtly expressing information source, play a pivotal role in communication, cognition, and speakers’ status within a community. This accounts for their frequent spread in language contact situations. Evidentials often develop as a consequence of areal diffusion. A language surrounded by languages without evidential distinctions is likely to lose evidentials. Evidentials are among the defining features of a number of well-established linguistic areas, among them the Balkans, the Caucasus, and the Baltic region in Eurasia, and the Vaupés River Basin linguistic area in Amazonia. They have made their way into a number of contact varieties of major European languages, including Spanish and Portuguese. An obsolescent language may lose or restructure its evidentiality system depending on the dominant language speakers are shifting to. Further factors propitious for a spread of evidentials in language contact include multilingualism and shared discourse genres and speech practices.

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