EGY HELYI TDM SZERVEZET MŰKÖDÉSE ÉS TÁRSADALMI TŐKÉJE BARANYA MEGYÉBEN

Abstract

This essay describes a professional workshop of tourism which is considered as development potential in
South-Baranya county. Rooms have been let in the town of Harkány for centuries, today it is coordinated by
the local TDM organisation. Using the theory of social capital and trust, I am going to show through the
example of Harkány how the functioning of a touristic organisation is affected by national factors and local
circumstances which define the frames of the system. The research was done with qualitative methods
(participant observation, interviews). The results of the research show that the touristic organisation of
Harkány is mainly dominated by linking social capital, which means that top participants in the hierarchy of
the management and the town dominate the relation ship.