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The goal of the research was to construct a model for calculating the Tourism Development Index (TDI) at the local level. TDI is based on ten indicators: total number of beds, total number of beds per 100 residents, number of beds in hotels and similar establishments, number of beds in hotels and similar establishments per 100 residents, number of tourist arrivals, number of tourist arrivals per capita, number of overnight stays, number of overnight stays per capita, number of employed in tourism and hospitality and share of employed in tourism and hospitality in total employment. Based on TDI, 556 cities/towns and municipalities were categorised into five classes. Due to the usage of both absolute and relative values, TDI recognises the tourism development better than the previously used indices.

Background and Objectives: Self‐inspection is a key part of the blood establishment quality management system and the base of different types of assessments. Self‐inspection shall identify if there are problems, deficiencies or non‐compliances against the quality policy, standard operating procedures (SOPs), guidelines, standards and regulations. Methods: The secret to a successful and efficient self‐inspection is to adopt different standards and requirements, develop a sufficient inspection plan and assess the result and corrective and preventive action. Self‐inspections shall verify compliance with the quality principles and policy of the blood establishment. Usually identify the contents of standards/legislation, quality manual, SOPs as self‐inspection criteria. Self‐inspection planning should include the objectives and scope of the inspection, the inspection team including the staff audited, the self‐inspection audit trail. After completion of the self‐inspection, the inspection report should include an action plan for non‐compliances, measurements for improvement. Results: According to the severity, noncompliances should by classified into categories. Commonly used are as follows: critical, major, minor non‐compliance and observation. Following risk assessment and the implementation of new preventive measurements, a new inspection may be needed and scheduled. Conclusion: In conclusion, self‐inspection is part of a learning process, they should recognize the efforts given by the staff, will help to correct noncompliances effectively, and evaluate the facility's quality and operational systems to determine whether the service they provide is appropriate and in control. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Urban green spaces, especially those in the coastal areas, are of great and multiple importance for sustainable urban and tourism development. At the same time, they are endangered by excessive construction caused by the urbanisation process. Increased urbanisation occurs as the consequence of spatial expansion of the built-up land of coastal towns due to strong littoralisation processes, but also as a consequence of an increasing coastal tourism development. Scientific research on the connection between urbanisation and tourism is conducted in various scientific areas and disciplines, representing urban green spaces mainly in a wider context, rarely as immediate objects of research. Understanding and comparison of research results are made difficult due to non-standardised methodology and terminology applied in research. Therefore, the main purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of methods applied in research of urban green spaces and, on its grounds, to select methodological approaches applicable for geographic research on urban green spaces within the context of coastal tourism development. The meaning of “urban green space” and its relationship with tourism were defined. The subject of research, terminology and classification of urban green spaces, spatial and temporal context of research, applied methodology and interpretation of results were analysed. Two most frequent methodological approaches in urban green spaces research in the context of coastal tourism development were identified: a) Comparative spatio-temporal research of transformation of urban green space due to tourism development and b) Research on attitudes and perception of urban green space users within the context of tourism development. The identified approaches are applicable in geographic research of urban green spaces, and they are based on methodological background of the positivist and humanistic-behavioural approach in contemporary geography.