Consequences of Covid-19 for Kosovo’s implementation to V4+
Gabriela Antošová, Helmuth Yesid Arias Gomez
The article aims to provide a micro- and macro-level of a problem defi nition focused on Coronavirus crisis impacts on the tourism industry in the V4 countries and the eventual Kosovo integration into the V4 as a part of the Western Balkan 6 (WB6) and Eastern Partnership (EaP) enlargement V4+ . The analysis of the primary data and the search for results are based on the Delphi method providing a better explanation of economic, social and market integration processes which fully exploit the opportunities of the content analysis provided by the quantitative and qualitative secondary data. The article off ers key guiding criteria for deepening the economic integration into the V4 Group, emphasizing key aspects such as the economic and regional convergence, and the incorporation of diverse social strata into the economic growth process. The article highlights the benefi ts derived from the full membership of the actual V4 Group in the European Community as well as identifi es its powerful strength and stable frame for promoting growth and prosperity. The critical view of the political and economic integration process emphasizes the risks derived from the deepness of divergence across countries and regions.
Keywords:
PASTA analysis, Visegrad Group countries+ (V4+), Coronavirus, tourism industry, political integration
Contact:
Gabriela Antošová, Czech Technical University, Masaryk Institute of Advanced Studies, Czech Republic, e-mail: gabriela.antosova@cvut.cz ORCiD https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5330-679X
Date of online publishing:
14.12.2021
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