Perception of Selected Investment Activities and Their Impact on the Cultural Life in the Region

Investments in the field of culture can stimulate the development of cultural life, but in addition to this the long term effect of these investment activities can also be reflected in the field of innovation, industry development and so they can support the growth of the whole region globally. This paper deals with the investment activities within the Kosice Self-Governing Region, which had an impact on the cultural life in the region. The author investigates the perception of changes in cultural life after the realization of investment activities within the project Kosice - European Capital of Culture 2013, and the formation of attitudes towards the investment projects. The aim of this paper is to analyse and describe the selected investment projects in the Kosice region and to evaluate their impact on the cultural life of the population. The first part of the paper summarizes the theoretical background of the investments and the specifics of investment projects in the field of culture. After the methodology description, follows the presentation and evaluation of the results of empirical research. It analyses and evaluates the selected investment activities based on the determined secondary data and based on the questionnaire survey. Moreover, with the application of statistical methods it is examined the impact of these investment activities on the perception of culture and on the cultural life of the inhabitants.