W artykule zaprezentowano – w układzie historycznym i problemowym – wkład nauk geograficznych w rozwój wiedzy o turystyce. Rozważania dotyczą sytuacji w Polsce, ale przeprowadzono je na tle rozwoju geografii turyzmu w ...

The relation between tourism and the spatial environment is characterized by mutual interaction. The proliferation of tourism and massive tourism development intensifies its impact on the spatial environment, yet the focus ...

In this article, the author is trying to answer the fundamental question: what is present-day tourism space like at a time of highly increasing flows of people or even a shift from the space of a ‘place’ to the space of a ...

Tourism is often seen as an important factor in local development. The good or relatively good financial standing of tourist gminas and their inhabitants is usually emphasised while the positive impact of tourism on the ...

The article presents the concept of generation-based ‘tourism space’ research using the holiday biography method. The author refers to her earlier research conducted among three generations of Łodź families. She discusses ...

The article discusses the main methodological dilemmas connected with tourism as a field of academic research. The first part presents tourism as an area of interest in various academic disciplines. The second is a critical ...

The article presents the relation between the presence of works of art (buildings, sculptures, paintings) at different locations in the world, and tourism. The main theoretical and practical questions include the following: ...

This paper discusses some problems of tourism-oriented land use on the barrier coasts of Poland. It describes its environmental attributes (land- forms, drift deposits, hydrology, soils, vegetation) as factors exerting an ...

The author describes the theological significance of sacred sites whose primary function is as a cult, not a cultural site. He stresses the educational role of tourism as regards culture and religion while a tourism ...

The authors present a comparative analysis of the relation between the concepts of tourism and recreation in the context of leisure time and also the spaces in which they occur. A review of many publications in Polish, ...