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The goal of this article is to evaluate the evolution of the brewing industry in the Czech Republic with an emphasis on the phenomenon of craft-brewery development. It deals with the influence of globalization on the structure of the Czech beer market and the rise of craft-breweries between 2000 and 2019. The main outputs come from research where a representative sample of 48 craft breweries was questioned from the Czech Republic. The result is the identification of the main factors influencing the increase of craft-breweries (legislation changes enabling entrepreneurship, increase of purchasing power of consumers, increase in demand for different beer styles, craft beers and specials, change of consumer behavior) but also the challenges that prevent their further expansion (lack of qualified brewers, complicated administration). The main motive for founding a craft brewery is an effort to improve beer culture in the Czech Republic and the ever-increasing demand for diversified beer (as opposed to the demand for the so-called euro-beers) and a good business opportunity stemming from this, which has been attracting more and more investors into this field.
Monika Březinová. Beer Industry in the Czech Republic: Reasons for Founding a Craft Brewery. Sustainability 2021, 13, 9680 .
AMA StyleMonika Březinová. Beer Industry in the Czech Republic: Reasons for Founding a Craft Brewery. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (17):9680.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMonika Březinová. 2021. "Beer Industry in the Czech Republic: Reasons for Founding a Craft Brewery." Sustainability 13, no. 17: 9680.
Our aim is to determine the factors influencing a visitor’s decision to stay in a green accommodation facility. Visitors from six tourist sites throughout the Czech Republic were surveyed. Out of 944 respondents, 506 have never visited a “green” accommodation facility and only 93 respondents stayed mainly in a “green” accommodation facility. Several independent variables from four factors were studied—the socio-demographic status of respondents, pro-environmental behaviour in tourism, pro-environmental behaviour in everyday life and the pro-environmental attributes of accommodation facilities. Logistic regression and decision tree model were used to identify the most influential variables that are responsible for the choosing of “green” accommodation. Expenses during holiday, attitudes, personal norms, pro-environmental behaviour in everyday life and the attributes of a hotel reception were found as important by logistic regression, and out of them, pro-environmental behaviour in everyday life and personal norms are the most important. It is important that variables from all four factors were found as being statistically important for the choosing of a “green” accommodation facility. Inquiry at the tourist attractions resulted in diversified information from the respondents that has a predicative ability to link “green” accommodation to the visit of mass tourist destinations. An extremely low proportion of those who spend their holidays only in “green” accommodation facilities was found.
Roman Švec; Stanislav Martinát; Kamil Pícha; Petr Klusáček; Jaroslav Knotek; Justin Calvin Schaefer; Monika Březinová; Josef Navrátil. What drives visitors to tourist sites to choose “green” accommodation facilities? Environment, Development and Sustainability 2021, 23, 15074 -15099.
AMA StyleRoman Švec, Stanislav Martinát, Kamil Pícha, Petr Klusáček, Jaroslav Knotek, Justin Calvin Schaefer, Monika Březinová, Josef Navrátil. What drives visitors to tourist sites to choose “green” accommodation facilities? Environment, Development and Sustainability. 2021; 23 (10):15074-15099.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRoman Švec; Stanislav Martinát; Kamil Pícha; Petr Klusáček; Jaroslav Knotek; Justin Calvin Schaefer; Monika Březinová; Josef Navrátil. 2021. "What drives visitors to tourist sites to choose “green” accommodation facilities?" Environment, Development and Sustainability 23, no. 10: 15074-15099.
Tourism belongs to the industries with significant energy consumption. Visitors as well as hotel managers have, however, a positive attitude towards the responsible use of energy resources. The level of research on visitors' preferences of using different types of renewable energy is low, unlike findings on factual characteristics of conventional and renewable energies. That is why our aim was to assess visitors' preferences of environmentally friendly energy sources in hotels. Preferences of six types of renewable energy - "green" tariff energy, solar panels on the rooftops, solar panels on the ground, heat pumps, AD, wind turbine, were measured at four tourist destinations in the Czech Republic. The positive attitude of tourists towards the selected types of energy sources was confirmed. The highest preferences were found for solar panels installed on the rooftops. A typology of preferences was revealed by cluster analysis and differences between clusters were tested for independent variables. Clusters of visitors with a high and low interest in any type of renewable energy were identified as well as a cluster of visitors with interest in all types apart from solar panels installed on the ground - the visitor's origin was found as the main differentiation factor.
J. Navratil; K. Picha; M. Buchecker; S. Martinat; R. Svec; M. Brezinova; J. Knotek. Visitors’ preferences of renewable energy options in “green” hotels. Renewable Energy 2019, 138, 1065 -1077.
AMA StyleJ. Navratil, K. Picha, M. Buchecker, S. Martinat, R. Svec, M. Brezinova, J. Knotek. Visitors’ preferences of renewable energy options in “green” hotels. Renewable Energy. 2019; 138 ():1065-1077.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJ. Navratil; K. Picha; M. Buchecker; S. Martinat; R. Svec; M. Brezinova; J. Knotek. 2019. "Visitors’ preferences of renewable energy options in “green” hotels." Renewable Energy 138, no. : 1065-1077.