20.500.12556/DKUM-86769 New tourism trend travelling with pets or pet sitting at a pet hotel? Animals have been an important part of human life for ages. Nowadays, some people even treat pets as life-companions, which accompany them even on vacations. The main purpose of this article is a) to identify issues that owners deal with while planning a trip or when travelling with their pets and b) to present the attitudes of Slovenian pet owners regarding pet hotels. The research was conducted in Slovenia in 2019 and 2020, using a combination of qualitative and quantitative research methods. The findings show that Slovene pet owners rather travel with their pets than put them in pet hotels, particularly when going on vacation by car and travelling on short trips through Slovenia or in neighbouring countries. Regarding pet hotels, pet owners are mostly concerned about professional care for their pets and less about the price of the service. The study gives important information to tourist accommodation providers and pet hotel providers on how to adapt their services to their ‘pet guest’ and satisfy the pet owners. tourism human-animal bond pets in tourism travelling with pets pet hotels turizem hišni ljubljenčki domače živali nastanitev potovanje z živalmi pasji hoteli true false true Univerza v Mariboru, Univerzitetna založba Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Znanstveno delo 2024-01-17 11:50:42 2024-01-17 11:56:20 2024-01-18 03:47:38 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2022 0 0 Str. 221-242 2022 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2022-10-28 338.48 125540099 127898627 Contemporary_issues_in_tourism_2022.pdf Contemporary_issues_in_tourism_2022.pdf 1 38A2808616781165BD6C34C7CDA3F366 d7684e10001d24a938525a62cb84afc5ffecdd177ab7c32a6cdc9697f6ba3d3b dbbb6292-b526-11ee-aaf4-00155d000105 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=175362 https://press.um.si/index.php/ump/catalog/book/722 1 44b01cec-b526-11ee-aaf4-00155d000105 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=175361 Fakulteta za turizem Univerzitetna založba Univerze v Mariboru Contemporary Issues in Tourism 0 0 0