http://hdl.handle.net/11089/4696 2026-04-07T21:38:29Z http://hdl.handle.net/11089/11504 The Tourism Function of the Castles of the Knights of the Teutonic Order in Poland Musiaka, Łukasz The author’s main objective is to define the level of development of the tourism function of the Teutonic Order castles found in the area of contemporary Poland. The author has taken into account both well-preserved and renovated castles, as well as those in a state of ruin. In order to achieve his goal, he analysed forms of castle development and numbers of tourists, which is the main measure of the tourism function. The final stage of the research was to define the tourism rank of the castles studied. 2014-10-08T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/11089/11505 New Spaces and Forms of Tourism in Experience Economy Stasiak, Andrzej One of the best known economic theories of the early 21st c. is Pine & Gilmore’s of the experience economy (1999). This is nothing new for the tourism industry which has always been selling emotions, dreams and memories involving travel. Recently, however, it has become much more important to provide professionally (consciously and purposefully) prepared tourism products, strongly marked with emotion1. Efforts to create original experiences for tourists include not only various modifications of traditional tourism packages, but also a search for new recreation spaces and new forms of tourism. The aim of this article is to review new tourism-recreational areas (e.g. military areas, new churches, so-called ‘destination centres’, along with ordinary and extreme experience spaces), as well as new forms of travel and recreation (e.g. creative, event, sports, culinary or extreme tourism). The analysis includes those phenomena which above all are currently gaining in popularity as part of the tourist experience triad (WŁODARCZYK 2013) 2014-10-08T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/11089/11503 Folk Culture Resources as a Component of Tourism Space Mokras-Grabowska, Justyna The paper concerns folk tourism - describes the mutual relations between folk culture and tourism and the main mechanisms of the commercialization of cultural heritage. Moreover it locates folk culture resources in tourism space and includes hospitality. 2014-10-08T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/11089/11502 Spatial and Morphological Effects of Tourism Urbanisation in the Łódź Metropolitan Area Makowska-Iskierka, Marzena The article presents the effects of urbanisation that took place from 1979 to 2004, on the space of tourism areas in the rural-urban fringe of the Łódź Metropolitan Area. The study concerns morphological changes, i.e. land use, land plot development, as well as the technological and social infrastructure of 24 destinations 2014-10-08T00:00:00Z