Domestic Tourism as a Factor of Survival and Recovery of Tourism in the V4 Countries (a comparative study)

From review of the official tourism authorities ' documents and analysis (UNWTO, WTTC) comes out that domestic tourism is one the key factors of tourism businesses survival and the first step to recovery. The paper aims to map and characterize the current state of tourism of the V4 countries and to compare the potential of domestic tourism as a factor of survival and tourism recovery after COVID-19 pandemic. The methodology of the paper is based on comprehensive data analysis, descriptive statistics and comparison of the economical and tourism indicators and results. The paper combines different sources of data in order to analyse the situation from more perspectives. The results reveal that the best position of domestic tourism is in Slovakia and the Czech Republic. In both countries, the scorecard demonstrates the high potential of domestic tourism to be a significant factor of business survival and tourism recovery.