The present study uses the methodological tools of network theory to investigate the
spatial movements of tourists in the sample area, which is the South Transdanubian
tourism region of Hungary. The basic idea of the study is that tourist movements across
settlements in a larger tourist destination make a coherent network. As long as the
approach is correct, this network can be measured by properties that are characteristic
of networks, such as centrality or degree. A review of the methodology of similar
studies previously published on the subject has been used to supplement the method
of analysis used below. As a result, the study not only characterised the sample area
municipalities in terms of network characteristics, but also classified them into
clusters for strategic planning purposes on the basis of the mobility propensity of
the tourists staying there.
