IS URBAN TOURISM STILL COMPETITIVE AND SUSTAINABLE? CASE OF BRATISLAVA AND PRAGUE

Tourism is attracted to urban areas mostly as a result of the built cultural heritage, urban amenities, lifestyle, cultural traditions, and cultural events. An increasing number of visitors often led to inconvenience for residents and can affect the value of the visited site. Prague and Bratislava are both Capitol cities and are one of the most visited urban destinations in their respective countries. Sustainable development is from this aspect one of the ways how to manage tourism development in the destination. Indicators as Tourist intensity ratio, Tourist density ratio, Tourist penetration ratio, and Defert's tourism function index Defert-Baretje's index, Charvat's index, and Schneider's index were calculated based on the data from 2017to detect the current state of the intensity of visitors flow in the selected destinations. Based on the results obtained in this study, it can be stated that urban tourism in Prague is sustainable if taking into account the whole area of the city. The urban tourism in Bratislava can be further developed sustainably. Both cities are from tourism development still competitive.