ROLE OF THE BORDERLANDS IN THE TRADE-ORIENTED TOURISM ACTIVITIES

Abstract

This study reveals the trade-oriented tourism aspects of the economy of the border regions,
based on international literature. The topic is processed within the theoretical framework of the
border regions and non-conventional tourism mobility. The work deals with commercial
activities that could be linked to tourism, since they directly or indirectly serve the flow of
tourists and the transport and/or sales happen completely or partially in tourist role, or for the
tourists. The authors place significant emphasis on the phenomenon of smuggling, which
mainly comes from illegal transfer of tobacco and drugs. With few exceptions, border
businesses affect retail supply, whether they happen within the legal, informal or illegal
frameworks of the economy. In the case of the off-center activities that are being discussed in
this study, the control function of the state is less effective and the social control over them is
also modest.