Study of part of non-agricultural activities in rural areas of South-Central region of Bulgaria for the period 2010 – 2020

Institute of Agricultural Economics at Agricultural Academy, RD “Tsarigradsko Shosse” 125 floor 2, Sofia, Bulgaria

^* Corresponding author: tea4er@mail.bg

Abstract

Rural areas (RA), according to their geographical determination, are determined by specific characteristics for each of them. The administrative affiliation, on the other hand, fixes the socio-economic profile and in relation to this direction, the aim of the scientific study is to investigate some of the non-agricultural activities - Hotel and restaurant industry (I), Education (P) and Human health and social work (Q) in the rural areas of the South-Central Region (SCR) for the period 2010-2020. The study includes employed persons and enterprises in the specified subsectors. The aim of the current development is to track the movement of employed persons and enterprises in the RA of the country. These subsectors are related to the socio-economic status of these territories. Deductive, comparative method and Localization Index (IL) have been applied. Analysis and conclusions are made based on the Index of localization of the various activities, comparing them to the territories according to the NUTS classification. The conclusion and the findings are based on the results indicated in the study. The Classification of Economic Activities (CEA) of 2008, EU Regulation No 1893/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20.12.2006 have been applied.