Complex Challenges in Tourism Development and Destination Management

The research group focuses on issues related to tourism development and the advancement of tourist destinations. Its primary interest lies in exploring complex, systemic problems that shape the tourism sector and influence the long-term sustainability of destinations. The group integrates knowledge from various fields of management, such as strategic planning, stakeholder management, marketing, and process/project management, with approaches rooted in systems dynamics and systems thinking. In addition to academic research, the group engages in practice-oriented work through commissioned research, consulting, and the development of methodological and strategic documents for destination management organisations (DMOs).

Team Members

Petr Stumpf

Petr Stumpf

petr.stumpf@vse.cz

Group leader, destination management and marketing

Martin Musil

Martin Musil

Destination management and marketing

Martin Lusticky

Martin Lusticky

Tourism development planning, destination competitiveness

Tereza Kubalova

Tereza Kubalova

Destination visitor satisfaction

Tomas Cihak

Tomas Cihak

External Ph.D. student

Research Objectives

  • Publish two articles in journals indexed in Web of Science (Jimp or Jsc) and two additional publications in peer-reviewed journals (Jrec) or conference proceedings related to the group’s research focus
  • Conduct a contract-based research project supporting strategic development of a tourism destination
  • Submit or collaborate on an externally funded research project (e.g., TAČR, GAČR) with domestic or international academic partners

Ongoing Activities

Projects

  • GAČR project proposal (under review): Tourism Destinations: Systemic Problems and Solutions (TourDeSys) – Principal investigator: Petr Štumpf (University of West Bohemia), co-investigator: Martin Luštický (Faculty of Management, Prague University of Economics and Business), FM VŠE team member: Martin Musil

  • IGA 21-2024: Visitor Satisfaction and Its Influence on Destination Management – Tomáš Čihák, Petr Štumpf, Tereza Kubalová

  • Contracted research: Tourism Development Strategy for the Třeboňsko Region – Client: DMO Třeboňsko; research team: Martin Musil, Martin Luštický, Tereza Kubalová

  • Involvement in the working committee of DMO Česká Kanada – Martin Musil

Publications and Research Collaborations

  • Luštický, M. & Štumpf, P.: A Global Model for Understanding Tourism Destination Competitiveness Complexity, Journal of Destination Marketing & Management (Q1, under second-round review)
  • Collaborative publication with University of La Laguna (Tenerife, Spain), working title: A System Dynamics Model of Destination Competitiveness – initial online meeting held (Luštický, Štumpf)
  • Collaborative publication with University of Madeira (Portugal), working title: Change in Travel Behaviour: Island and Inland Nature-Based Destinations – initial online meeting held (Štumpf, Kubalová, Komárková)
  • Exploring Visitor Satisfaction in a Cultural Heritage Tourism Destination: The Role of Tangible and Intangible Satisfiers – under development, submission planned by the end of 2024 (Kubalová, Štumpf, Váchová, Luštický, Zikmundová)

Previous Publications

Journal Papers (Jimp)

  • Štumpf, P., & Kubalová, T. (2024). Tangible or intangible satisfiers? Comparative study of visitor satisfaction in a nature-based tourism destination in the pre- and during-COVID pandemic. Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism, 46, 100777. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jort.2024.100777

 AIEST Bolzano 2024 – 2 presented papers

  • Kubalová, Tereza & Štumpf, Petr. Exploring Visitor Satisfaction in a Cultural Heritage Tourism Destination: The Role of Tangible and Intangible Satisfiers
  • Tereza Kubalová, AIEST PHD AWARD 2nd runner-up (3rd place)

 

  • Štumpf, P. & Čihák, T. Complexity of Tourism Destination Satisfaction: Systems Thinking Approach
  • Development of a Methodology for Assessing the Impacts and Significance of Film-Induced Tourism in Relation to Destinations, 2022, Client: Czech Tourism Authority – CzechTourism (contract research)
  • Kubalová, Tereza; Štumpf, Petr. (2023) Destination Quality and its Influence on Visitor Satisfaction in Nature-Based Destination: A Case Study of Lipno Region, Czechia. In: HLAVÁČOVÁ, Barbora (ed.). Opportunities and Threats to Current (příspěvek ve sborníku)
  • Štumpf, P., Luštický, M., Vojtko, V., & Jere Jakulin, T. (2022). Systems approach to residents’ irritation in urban tourism destinations. European Journal of Tourism Research, 31. https://doi.org/10.54055/ejtr.v31i.2143 (Jsc)
  • Luštický, M., & Štumpf, P. (2021). Leverage Points of Tourism Destination Competitiveness Dynamics. Tourism Management Perspectives, 38, 100792. (Jimp)
  • Luštický, M., Dvořák, J., & Štumpf, P. (2020). The cultural content analysis of the international tourism destination websites. Trendy v Podnikání, 10(2), 4–14. https://doi.org/10.24132/jbt.2020.10.2.4_14 (Jrec)