ANALÝZA VPLYVU VÝZNAMNÝCH SOCIÁLNYCH INDIKÁTOROV NA VÝKONNOSŤ CESTOVNÉHO RUCHU.

The tourism sector has the potential to contribute significantly to economic growth. In addition to the systematic support and promotion of tourism, it is necessary to know the factors that influence its development at both regional and national level. The aim of this paper is to analyse the significant social indicators in relation to the number of overnight stays at the level of the Prešov Self-Governing Region for the period 2001 - 2019 (before the Covid-19 pandemic). Based on the results of the correlation analysis (1st stage of the research) a significant relationship of the number of overnight stays with the social indicators was confirmed at the regional level: the economically active population with and without primary education, the number of students, the number of days of the average duration of 1 case of incapacity for work. The results of the research show a heterogeneous development of the studied social indicators in the period under study. At the same time, we note their degressive influence on the number of overnight stays. The simple linear regression model used reaches lower predictive values at the regional level, but the influence of the identified factors is not insignificant. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]