DEVELOPING A MICRO CLUSTER MODEL FOR SUBURBAN TOURISM: THE CASE OF WEKERLE ESTATE, BUDAPEST
Brigitta Pécsek - Eszterházy Károly Catholic University; Eger, 3300, Egészségház utca 4. Hungary
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31410/Balkans.JETSS.2023.6.2.132-141
Brigitta Pécsek - Eszterházy Károly Catholic University; Eger, 3300, Egészségház utca 4. Hungary
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31410/Balkans.JETSS.2023.6.2.132-141
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Balkans Journal of Emerging Trends in Social Sciences, (2023) , Vol 6, No 2
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Abstract: This research shifts the focus to suburban tourism within the context of urban tourism thus making metropolitan areas less congested and showcasing urban authenticity for tourists. It proposes a micro cluster model for suburban tourism and illustrates its applicability in a suburb of Budapest called Wekerle Estate. The suburb was developed at the beginning of the 20th century by adopting the garden city concept and still boasts a lively community. However, it needs a framework to embrace tourism in a sustainable way. The qualitative research uses the ethnographic method to explore what Wekerle Estate offers for tourists and where its weaknesses are in terms of hospitality. Based on the findings a micro cluster model is prepared in this study and it gives recommendations for Wekerle Estate to evolve as an authentic tourist destination. This paper contributes to the research of suburbs from the urban tourism angle that has so far been neglected in the field of tourism.
Keywords: Suburban tourism, Micro cluster model, Urban tourism.
JEL Classification L83 · Z32
Keywords: Suburban tourism, Micro cluster model, Urban tourism.
JEL Classification L83 · Z32
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Florida, R. (2005). The Rise of the Creative Class. New York: Basic Books
Funderburg, R. G., & Boarnet, M. G. (2008). Agglomeration potential: The spatial scale of industry linkages in the southern California economy. Growth and Change 39(1), 24-57. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2257.2007.00404.x
Grimstad, S., & Burgess, J. (2013). A comparison of two agriculture-based tourism micro-clusters in Norway and Australia. In Brown, K., Burgess, J., Festing, M., & Royer, S. (Eds.): Re-sources and competitive advantages in clusters. München: Reyner Hampp Verlag 66–96.
Howard, E. (2009). Garden Cities of To-Morrow (Illustrated Edition). Gloucester: Dodo Press Paperback
Kachniewska, M. (2013). Towards the definition of a tourism cluster. Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Innovation 9(1), 33-56. https://doi.org/10.7341/2013913
Klaszterfejlesztés. (2022). Akkreditált innovációs klaszterek honlapjai. URL: http://www.klaszterfejlesztes.hu/aik.php (Accessed on 01.09. 2022.)
Lade, C. (2010). Developing tourism clusters and networks: Attitudes to competition along Australia’s Murray River. Tourism Analysis 15(6), 649-661. https://doi.org/10.3727/10835421 0x12904412049811
Lineberry, R. (1975). Suburbia and the metropolitan turf. Annals of the Academy of Political and Social Science 422, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1177/000271627542200102
Maitland, R. (2019). Extending the Frontiers of City Tourism: Suburbs and the Real London. Destination London: The Expansion of the Visitor Economy, 15-35. https://doi.org/10.16997/book35.b
Michael, E. J. (2007). Micro-clusters and networks: The growth of tourism. Oxford: Elsevier
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Novelli, M., Schmitz, B., & Spencer, T. (2006). Networks, clusters and innovation in tourism: A UK experience. Tourism Management, 27(6), 1141–1152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tour-man.2005.11.011
Pécsek, B. (2014). Gyorsuló idő, lassuló turizmus: a lassú turizmus modellezése. Turizmus Bulletin 16(1), 3-10.
Phelps, N. (2012). The Sub-Creative Economy of the Suburbs in Question. International Journal of Cultural Studies 15(3), 259–271. https://doi.org/10.1177/1367877911433748
Porter, M. E. (1998). The Adam Smith address: Location, clusters, and the “new” microeconomics of competition. Business Economics, 33(1), 7-14.
Porter, M. E. (2000). Location, competition, and economic development: Local clusters in a global economy. Economic Development Quarterly, 14(1), 15-34. https://doi.org/10.1177/089124240001400105
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Salvador, R., Lúcio, J., & Ferreira, J. (2010). Sustainable tourism micro-clusters: The case of Alentejo protected areas. Impactum 25/26, 5–23. https://doi.org/10.59072/rper.vi25/26.313
Sigurðardóttir, I., & Steinthorsson, R. S. (2018). Development of micro-clusters in tourism: a case of equestrian tourism in northwest Iceland. Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism, 18(3), 261-277. https://doi.org/10.1080/15022250.2018.1497286
UNWTO. (2022). City Tourism Performance Research. URL: https://www.unwto.org/city-tourism-performance-research.
Vaughan, L., Griffiths, S., Haklay, M. M., & Jones, C. K. E. (2009). Do the suburbs exist? Discovering complexity and specificity in suburban built form. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 34(4), 475-488. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-5661.2009.00358.x
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