Europe's spatial structure is very special. Moreover, the structure is undergoing a continuos transformation. We were looking for the areas which are the winners and the losers in this process. We used different approaches and pointed out the causes and context of the differences. Finally, we showed which were the core areas of Europe in economic terms based on the methods used, and how they confirmed the previous modeling studies.

This paper is based on the Eurostat database of the key features of the 28 EU countries, focusing on tourism. There are nine tourist regions in Hungary, and each one offers the tourist a different range of tourist products. The regions include: Eszak-Magyarorszag (the Northern Hungary), Tisza-to (the Lake Tisza), Eszak-Alfold (the Northern Hungarian Plains), Del-Alfold (the Southern Hungarian Plains), Budapest-Kozep-Dunavidek (the Budapest and Central Danubian Region), Kozep-Dunantul (the Central Transdanubia), Nyugat-Dunantul (the Western Transdanubia), Del-Dunantul (the Southern...