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Dynamics and geography of entry tourist flow to Ireland
 
PIIS221979310020086-7-1
DOI10.37490/S221979310020086-7
Publication type Article
Status Published
Authors
Lyabov Ivanova 
Occupation: Senior sales Manager and Manager of the reservation department
Affiliation:
Travel agency "Travel Lab"
Travel agency “Sletat’ Ru”
Address: Russian Federation, Pskov
Viliyan Krastev
Occupation: Associate Professor of the Department of Economics and Organization of Tourism
Affiliation: Economic University of Varna
Address: Bulgaria, Varna
Journal namePskov Journal of Regional Studies
EditionVolume 18. No2/2022
Pages108-125
Abstract

The Republic of Ireland is rarely included in the circle of studies on the geography of tourism. The purpose of the article is to identify the features of the dynamics of the inbound tourist flow to Ireland since the end of the first decade of the 21 century. to the present and the main patterns of distribution of foreign tourists throughout the country. Statistical and cartographic research methods were used. In the dynamics of the inbound tourist flow to Ireland, two periods of decline were identified. The first was caused by the financial crisis of 2008–2011. The second was a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic announced in 2020. During these periods, the share of tourists from the UK increased and, therefore, the degree of diversity in the structure of the incoming tourist flow decreased. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a significant change in the structure of inbound tourism to Ireland, with a sharp decline in the share of tourists arriving from the United States and an increase in the share of tourists from a number of countries in the European Union. The distribution of foreign tourists across the territory of Ireland is largely determined by the presence of several large international airports in the western part of the country, creating competition for the capital of the state. The western part of Ireland is characterized by an increased tourist load and a high share of visitors from the US and the EU in the structure of the inbound tourist flow. The share of tourists from the UK is increased in the eastern part of the country. However, the maximum share of tourists from the UK falls on the interior of Ireland, rarely visited by tourists from other countries.

Keywordstourist flow structure, tourist flow diversity index, tourist load, distribution of tourist flow, Ireland
Received10.05.2022
Publication date22.06.2022
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1 Введение. Республика Ирландия достаточно редко включается в орбиту исследований по географии туризма. Она не обладает удобной для развития международного туризма центральностью географического положения, находясь на западной окраине Европейского союза, не изобилует объектами Всемирного наследия ЮНЕСКО. Тем не менее, Ирландия обладает некоторыми особенностями, которые предопределяют интерес к изучению географии въездного туризма в эту страну.
2 Цель исследования — выявить особенности динамики въездного туристского потока в Ирландию с конца первого десятилетия XXI в. по настоящее время и основные закономерности распределения иностранных туристов по территории страны.
3 Изученность проблемы. Республика Ирландия, расположенная на западной окраине Европы, из-за своей удалённости от России достаточно редко вовлекается в изучение туристских потоков со стороны отечественных исследователей. Лишь изредка упоминание об Ирландии встречается в работах, нацеленных, например, на анализ туристских потоков между Россией и странами Евросоюза [4], создание туристских классификаций стран Европы [14], оценку различных факторов, влияющих на туризм [3]. Кроме того, имеются публикации, посвящённые развитию отдельных видов туризма в Ирландии, например, экологического туризма [2], сельского туризма [17], событийного туризма [8]. Обращается внимание и на опыт развития гостиничного бизнеса в Ирландии [12], и на особенности и перспективы развития в ней туризма в целом [13].
4 Внимание зарубежных специалистов, изучающих туризм в Ирландии, сконцентрировано на «умном мышлении в туризме» [23; 26] или же устойчивом управлении этой сферой деятельности [20]. Как и отечественные авторы, иностранные исследователи обращают внимание на развитие в Ирландии некоторых специфических видов туризма, например, витражного [21] и гастрономического [25]. Также информацию об особенностях развития туризма в Ирландии можно получить в работах, посвящённых географии туризма Европы и туристскому страноведению [1; 9]. Как в отечественной, так и зарубежной науке, начиная с 2020 г., внимание специалистов обращено на связанную с пандемией COVID-19 глубину падения величины международных турпотоков в европейских странах [6; 7; 19; 22]. Данный аспект не может быть обойдённым и в нашем исследовании.
5 Информационная база и методика исследования. В качестве информационной базы статьи выступает статистика по туризму, представленная на национальных сайтах Fáilte Ireland1 и Tourism Ireland2, а также на сайтах Eurostat3 и Central Statistics Office4. 1. >>>> . [Электронный ресурс]: URL: >>>> (дата обращения 18.04.2022).

2. Tourism Ireland. [Электронный ресурс]: URL: >>>> (дата обращения 18.04.2022).

3. Eurostat. [Электронный ресурс]: URL: >>>> (дата обращения 20.04.2022).

4. Central Statistics Office. [Электронный ресурс]: URL: >>>> (дата обращения 20.04.2022).
6 Анализ динамики въездного туристского потока в Ирландию опирается на методику, которая была разработана для характеристики изменений в структуре въездного и выездного туристского потока ряда стран Северной Европы, в частности, Латвии [19], Эстонии [15; 16], Финляндии [11] и Швеции [24].

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