GOVERNMENT SPENDING ON TOURISM APPROACHED THROUGH THE PRISM OF CONSOLIDATING THE RIGHT TO REST AND LEISURE

doi:10.36004/nier.es.2020.2-02

Abstract

Every person’s right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay, as well as the right to freedom of movement without restriction, except as provided by law, determine the opportunity and necessity of the harmonious development of domestic and international tourism. The harmonious development of domestic and international tourism depends on the quality of public policies designed to stimulate the growth of this sector, especially the public expenditure policy. This paper aims to analyse the impact of tourism regarding the respect for the right to rest, the effectiveness of public policies applied in the field of tourism, especially the public expenditure policy aimed to stimulate tourism, to formulate solutions for the development of the tourism sector in the Republic of Moldova by strengthening the right to rest. The Human Development Index (HDI) is considered an aggregated indicator with the capacity to more or less consistently quantify the level of respect for economic, social and cultural rights. Based on the simple regression method, the relationship between HDI as a dependent variable and Travel and Tourism Sector Competitiveness Index (TTCI) as an independent variable is tested. The presented analysis suggests the conclusion that the quality of respect for the right to rest, materialized, including through tourism, is a factor with a major positive impact on the HDI. An important place in the paper is occupied by the generalization of the EU countries experience in the field of public policies designed to stimulate tourism development approached through the prism of respecting the right to rest and leisure.

Highlights

The harmonious development of domestic and international tourism depends on the quality of public policies designed to stimulate the growth of this sector, especially the public expenditure policy
The integration of human rights in the public budget process and the efficient management of public expenditures in order to strengthen ESCR is a solution for consolidating the right to rest and leisure, the latter being strongly connected to the level of tourism sector development
Research carried out in this article brings out the following conclusions: Everyone’s right to rest and leisure emphasizes the opportunity and necessity for the harmonious development of domestic and international tourism depends on the quality of public policies designed to stimulate the growth of this sector

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The right to rest and leisure is a right enshrined in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, connected to the right to work. The harmonious development of domestic and international tourism depends on the quality of public policies designed to stimulate the growth of this sector In this respect, the fundamental tool through which the promotion of public policies in the field of tourism is achieved is by means of public finances, in particular public expenditures and the quality of their management. The fundamental tool through which the promotion of public policies in the field of tourism is achieved is by means of public finances, in particular public expenditures and the quality of their management Based on these observations and statements, this paper aims to analyse the impact of tourism on respect for the right to rest and leisure, the effectiveness of public policies applied in the field of tourism, especially public expenditure policy to stimulate tourism, to formulate solutions for the development of the tourism sector in the Republic of Moldova in order to strengthen the respect for the right to rest and leisure. Human rights are those rights to which all human beings are considered to be entitled only on the basis of their humanity (Donnelly, 2003)

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