Local tourism destination management organisations — some first experiences of Hungary

Abstract

The transformation of the institutional system of tourism in Hungary, the establishment of the multi-level TDM system is expected both by professionals and the public to lead to a significant improvement of the competitiveness of the tourism of Hungary. As a first step of this process, the structure of local tourism destination management organisations has been gradually built out since 2008*. In our paper we analyse the position of the TDM organisations working in Hungary, on the one hand, and also seek the signs of differentiation which may serve as a basis of typifying, on the other hand.