Analysis Of The Slovenian Agricultural Sector Cooperating With The Tourism Industry By Creating Sustainable Economic Growth
Introduction
The project called “Green Supply Chains” has started in 2015 in the capital of Slovenia, Ljubljana, in the pipeline for pretentious the title of European Green Capital 2016. The project has spread to entire Central Slovenia region by 2017, connecting Ljubljana restaurants and hoteliers presented that the core problems in buying locally made goods were complexity and costs. The Green Supply Chains project goes to resolve these difficulties by offering restaurants and hotels in Central Slovenia region the option to buy 100% nearby made drinks and provisions from an exclusively achieved, unified and easy-to-use online system. Agriculturalists, eateries and hotels who want to contribute in the project sign a formal agreement with the supportive obliging to each provider or buy locally produced things. Partners clearly submit their daily/weekly/monthly goods and orders are transported to their entrances.
Analysis of the Slovenian agricultural sector
The percentage of agriculture in the GDP of Slovenia is faintly decreasing every year and presently totals to 2. 5-3. 0 percent of total GDP. Minor agriculturalists are gently leaving their agricultural actions and assimilating into the workforce. Range of agricultural land is declining in favor of spread of creating transport and estate infrastructure. The government, to upkeep the agricultural industry try to revitalize the landscape with creatives and subsidies with unusual weight on eco-farming and integrating tourism through eco tourist farms. There are 72, 377 properties in Slovenia that make agricultural activities. These holdings consist of a standard of 6. 7 hectares and type an average of 8. 4 livestock units. The major produces are corn (production is over 339, 000 tons/year), wheat (157, 000 tons/year), potatoes, and fruit (apples alone report for over 71 thousand tons annually). The main production is for animal feed. Over one million tons of corn and other kinds of food are grown annually.
Tourism industry in Slovenia
Tourism sector is a developing, gainful part that is recording performing effects every year. The Slovenian Tourist Board reports, 2017 remained the greatest for tourism sector, since 4. 7 tourists were recorded (+13, 4%). Especially, Slovenia welcomed 3. 4 million international comings, representing a 17% growth, compared to a +8% of Europe. The World Economic Forum grades Slovenia 41st out of 136 countries analyzed for their tourism effectiveness, in its “Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report 2017” The powerful points of the Slovenia are the attention paid to environmental sustainability (10th), the quality of port and ground infrastructure (20th), the hotel price index (20th), the tourist service infrastructure (25th), the country brand strategy (25th). Moreover, under the name “sLOVEnia GREEN Destination”, the nation won the WTM Responsible Tourism Award in London. Instead, lower positions are the number operating airlines in the country (114th ) and the openness of bilateral Air Service Agreements (128th).
