Consumer behavior in the context of wine tourism

Abstract

Wine industry and wine tourism are on the rise. In some regions of the Czech Republic income from these activities can generate more incomes for municipal budgets. Not only because of the fact that they are contributing to region development and are making the region more attractive for bigger investors and entrepreneurs who offers new working opportunities but also because new forms of tourism connected to the wine industry are developing. The aim of this paper is to confirm if there is a significant dependence between the consumers' preference of local producers and their relation to the wine tourism. This relation was confirmed by using the Spearman's coefficient figured out on the base of gathered data. It means that the respondents were influenced by the the purchase at local producer winery to take part on the wine tourism activity.