Survey of Visitors to Bornholm January 1998 - December 1998 Results prepared by Charlotte R. Rassing Unit for Tourism Research at the Research Centre of Bornholm/Bornholms Forskningscenter Stenbrudsvej 55 DK-3730 Nexø, Denmark Tel.: +45 56 44 11 44, Fax: +45 56 49 46 24 E-mail:
[email protected] Copyright: © 1999 Bornholms Forskningscenter and the author. No part of this report may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form of means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission by Bornholms Forskningscenter. Brief text quotations are exempted for review, press and academic purposes. ISBN: 87-90144-45-7 ISBN: 87-90144-73-2 ISSN: 1396-6359 Preface In the latter part of 1994, the Danish Research Council for the Social Sciences funded the establishment of a Unit for Tourism Research at Bornholms Forskningscenter. Tourism is a formidable economic activity within the European Union and in line with this, the focus of the research programme is the investigation of tourism in the peripheral areas of Europe. Many peripheral areas have strong natural environments which make them attractive to tourists, particularly in the light of the public’s concern with environmental issues. Experience has shown that tourism has been able to safeguard and create jobs in marginal regions which have little prospect of attracting alternative industries. The objectives of the Unit are to study: · Patterns of demand for tourism in peripheral areas; · The behaviour and structure of the tourism industry; · The social aspects and consequences of tourism; · Tourism as a strategy for the development of peripheral areas; · The integration of relevant theories and development in tourism; · The sustainable development of communities in terms of economic, environmental and social factors.