Dependence of the tourism development on the implementation of European Structural and Investment Funds in Slovakia.

Tourism is considered a key sector in many economies. However, tourism development is financially demanding and requires multiple resources. European Structural and Investment Funds are considered one of these resources. The aim of the paper is to explore the dependence of tourism development on the implementation of the European Structural and Investment Funds in Slovakia and its regions in the programming period 2014-2020. Regression and correlation analysis were used in the paper. In the article, the zero hypothesis was denied, but according to the correlation coefficient, the influence of tourism development on implementation is weak. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]