Kir Kuščer
PhD

Kir Kuščer works in the field of tourism at the School of Economics and Business, University of Ljubljana since 2007. In his research, he specializes on Mediterranean countries, mountain tourism, overtoursm, innovativeness and development. He publishes regularly in internationally recognized scientific journals such as Journal of Sustainable Tourism, European Sport Management Quarterly and Tourism Economics. So far, he participated in numerous projects. He was active in the development of Foundations for the strategy of Slovenian tourism 2012–2016 and 2017-2021. He was part of the research group that analyzed synergy effects between fishing and tourism in Slovenia. He participated in the Feasibility study Winter Olympic Games Bled 2018. SEB LU was a partner in the INTERREG IVC project (Digital Agenda for New Tourism Approach in European Rural and Mountain Areas), and Kir Kuščer was the project leader. Recently, he consults Tourism Ljubljana on overtourism.

• MIHELIČ, Katarina Katja, DEBEVEC, Jasmina, HOHNJEC, Simon, KUŠČER, Kir, LAMPE, Andreja, TROBEC, Domen
  Turistični proizvod in destinacijski management ter marketing v Beli krajini
  V: PRAŠNIKAR, Janez (ur.), CIRMAN, Andreja (ur.). Prestrukturiranje podjetij v globalizaciji. V Ljubljani: Časnik Finance, 2007, str. 267-281. [COBISS.SI-ID 17460710]

• MIHALIČ, Tanja, KUŠČER, Kir.
  Indeks turističnega zaupanja : ekonomski rezultati in priložnosti slovenskega turizma
  Ljubljana: Ekonomska fakulteta, 2008. 6 str., ilustr. ISBN 978-961-240-129-0. [COBISS.SI-ID 237629696]

• MIHALIČ, Tanja, KNEŽEVIĆ CVELBAR, Ljubica, PAHOR, Marko, KUŠČER, Kir
  Ocena izvedljivosti projekta ZOI Bled 2018. 1. natis
  Ljubljana: Ekonomska fakulteta, 2009. 113 str., 29 str., ilustr. ISBN 978-961-240-157-3. [COBISS.SI-ID 244096768]

• FARČNIK, Daša, KUŠČER, Kir, TROBEC, Domen
  Indebtedness of the tourism sector in Mediterranean countries
  Tourism economics, ISSN 1354-8166, 2015, vol. 21, no. 1, str. 141-157, doi: 10.5367/te.2014.0441. [COBISS.SI-ID 22493670]

• KUŠČER, Kir, MIHALIČ, Tanja.
  The impact of innovativeness on mountain destination development
  PECHLANER, Harald, INNERHOFER, Elisa (ur.). Competence based innovation in hospitality and tourism. Surrey, Velika Britanija- Gower publishing, 2015

• KUŠČER, Kir
  Determining indicators of mountain destination development
  Tourism analysis, ISSN 1083-5423, 2014, vol. 19, iss. 4, str. 441-460, doi: 10.3727/108354214X14090817031071. [COBISS.SI-ID 22402022]

• KUŠČER, Kir
  Determining factors of mountain destination innovativeness
  Journal of vacation marketing, ISSN 1356-7667, 2013, vol. 19, no. 1, str. 41-54, doi: 10.1177/1356766712461404. [COBISS.SI-ID 21323238]

• KUŠČER, Kir, MIHALIČ, Tanja
  Određivanje okoliša važnih za razvoj planinskih destinacija = Determining important environments for mountain destination development
  ISSN 0353-4316, Dec. 2014, vol. 26, no. 2, str. 103-129. [COBISS.SI-ID 22404326]

• ŠEGOTA, Tina, MIHALIČ, Tanja, KUŠČER, Kir
  The impact of residents' informedness and involvement on their perceptions of tourism impacts : the case of Bled
  Journal of destination marketing & management, ISSN 2212-571X, Sep. 2017, vol. 6, iss. 3, str. 196-206, doi: 10.1016/j.jdmm.2016.03.007. [COBISS.SI-ID 23065574]

• KUŠČER, Kir, MIHALIČ, Tanja, PECHLANER, Harald
  Innovation, sustainable tourism and environments in mountain destination development : a comparative analysis of Austria, Slovenia and Switzerland
  Journal of sustainable tourism, ISSN 0966-9582, 2017, vol. 25, iss. 4, str. 489-504, doi: 10.1080/09669582.2016.1223086. [COBISS.SI-ID 23295206]

• MIHALIČ, Tanja, ŠEGOTA, Tina, KNEŽEVIĆ CVELBAR, Ljubica, KUŠČER, Kir
  The influence of the political environment and destination governance on sustainable tourism development : a study of Bled, Slovenia
  Journal of sustainable tourism, ISSN 0966-9582, 2016, vol. 24, iss. 11, str. 1489-1505, doi: 10.1080/09669582.2015.1134557. [COBISS.SI-ID 23046374]