Introduction
Introduction
Balatonfüred Touristic Association
Balatonfüred Touristic Association has been operating since 2006. The number of the members has risen from 37 to 161. Its partners are touristic enterpreneurs and private people who would like to advance the tourism of the town, to increase the the number of tourists visiting the town, to lengthen the season and to increase the rate of inland tourists.
The constitution of Balatonfüred Touristic Association was modified at the general assembly of the Association on the 21th January, 2010.
The main goals of the Association are: to organise the activity of the touristic enterprises in Balatonfüred, to represent the interest of people dealing with tourism, to harmonize the activity of the economic actors, to advance the tourism of Balatonfüred, to improve the touristic products, to lengthen the season, to increase the rate of Hungarian tourists, to do marketing activity and to give information for the guests.
Further goals:
- To join the touristic people in Balatonfüred,
- To increase the number of tourists,
- To increace the number of guests’ nights,
- To improve the touristic products, to make the most of the touristic facilities,
- To gain more well-to-do tourists,
- To improve good quality and sustainable tourism,
- To lengthen the tourism, to increase the turnover of the vor- and low season,
- The increase the rate of Hungarian tourists,
- Beside the main sendig countries to increase the rate of other territories, too.
The tasks of the Association
- To do marketing activity, participate in improving of local touristic products,
- To mediate the touristic products to the local and international markets,
- To organize, coordinate the produce of the touristic brochures,
- To function online booking-mediating system for the partners of the associaton,
- To keep contanct with the professional organizations of the region,
- To participate in initiating, organizing and promiotion of programmes,
- To do surveys among the guests (travelling habits, to measure the needs of tourists,
- To increase the tourism innovation capability of the settlement,
- To participate in the touristic training of the youths,
- To participate in education, training, to organize study tours, shows the variegation of the culture.
In January 2010. general assembly was held, where the new presidency was elected.
New sections were formed: Hotel; Catering; Trading, services, travel agencies; Sport, freetime; Culture; Micro region; Private rooms, apartmants; Therapy; Pr, protocol, programmes; Wine producers.
The president of the Association: Rádóczy Andrea.
The vice-presidents of the Association:
- Hotel section: Forsthoffer Ágnes
- Catering: Köteles Zsolt
- Trading, services, travel agencies: Csonka Endre
- Sport, freetime: Vászolyiné Dobrosi Ágnes
- Culture: Doncsev András
- Micro region: Benke Brigitta
- Private rooms, apartmants: Kiss Sándor
- Therapy: Dr. Somi Adrienn
- PR, protocol, programmes: Tanayné Skiba Gabriella
- Wine producers: Koczor Kálmán
Tha Association has won 52 250 121 Ft on TDM touristic tender. The important parts of the TDM tender are the following: the improvement of the organisation and the human resources, acqusition of tools and marketing activity, study tours, developement of information technology of the office.
