Abstract

The paper analyzed the impact of tourism development on changes in the employed population in the service sectors by individual activities. The aim of this paper is to point out the relationship between changes in the number of tourists and changes in the number of employed population in service activities. The area of research is limited to the territory of the city of Belgrade. It cover an area of 3.223km2 . The basic methodological procedures used for research are mathematical - statistical methods: Pearson's correlation coefficient (r), testing the significance of the correlation coefficient (t test) and causal relationship (R). By applying the mentioned methods, a strong connection has been established between the growth of tourist traffic and the growth of the number of employed population in the service delivery activities on the territory of Belgrade.

Highlights

  • The development of tourism has a great influence on the transformation of the territory

  • Tourism is a modifier of the economic structure by influencing changes in the number and percentage of the active population in service activities (Девеџић, 2011)

  • The analysis of tourist indicators established an increase in the recorded number of tourist arrivals and the number of overnight stays, while no significant progress was recorded in terms of the average length of stay of tourists

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Introduction

The development of tourism has a great influence on the transformation of the territory. It is important segment of economic development considering the economic, environmental and sociological changes it brings to the environment. The capital cities represent a significant part of the country’s tourist wealth, because in most cases they unite numerous features of their country. The starting hypothesis in this paper is that the growth of tourist traffic affects the changes in the economic structure of the population of Belgrade. Using mathematical – statistical methods, the connection between the growth of tourist traffic and changes in the numerical and percentage share of the employed population of Belgrade in service delivery activities will be investigated and established

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