Functioning of tourism public policy from the view of small and medium-sized enterprises

The article deals with public support of tourism from the perspective of SMEs. The view of entrepreneurs on the functioning of public sector and its effectiveness is a new insight into the issue and is often a source of fresh opinions. Basis of the article is summing up the main findings from the field survey carried out among selected representatives of business entities in tourism. The article also summarize the main ideas and approaches that sound in literature. Aim of the article is to acquaint reader and professional public with the outcomes of initial phase of field survey carried out among entrepreneurial subjects in tourism. Partial aim is the comparison of outputs with claims of the authors of scientific literature. In the text of this article there were used induction deductive methods, methods of comparison, description, abstraction and analogy.