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The aim of this review is to present the development of the Polish geography of tourism, particularly its main research areas and greatest academic achievements of the last 70 years. In order to delimit the development stages, official dates have been presumed dividing the period into four sections: before World War II, 1945-1970, 1970-1990 and after 1990. The authors have taken into account the significant...
The author has observed that books and publications about tourism usually need to begin by defining the concept, and that each definition given is slightly different from the next. From this observation, the author assumes that although tourism is a fuzzy concept a definition is nevertheless necessary. The WTO definition actually seems the ‘least appropriate’, but can - even must - be adapted according...
The second half of the 20lh C witnessed a dynamic development of tourism. Western European countries are, next to the United States, leaders of international tourism and have the best-developed system of integrated hotel chains. The article provides information about those West European hotel chains operating at the turn of the 21st C, the number of integrated chains, the number of hotels, their capacity,...
The author attempts to evaluate the take up of registered accommodation outlets in Lôdz between 1979 and 2000, on the basis of an analysis of changes in the number of guests, the number of accommodation outlets used, the average length of time spent in them, the average length of stay, and seasonality, sex, age, educational and professional background of the guests, their motives for coming to Lôdz,...
The article presents recent trends in the tourist economy in the Alpine region. With reference to the development cycle of the tourist product, proposed by Butler, the author claims that the Alpine tourist centres have already reached the maturity stage. Their further development requires active intervention in order to refresh the tourist product. Further in the article, a variety of tourist development...
The discussion focuses on the notion of the world system of pilgrimage centres and the phenomenon of pilgrimage in the contemporary world. The authors emphasize the correlations among the centres, resulting from both their spatial and functional structure. The most significant pilgrimage centres in individual religions have been mentioned, with particular consideration of the Christian ones. Towards...
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