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The Use of Holiday Biography in Generation-Based ‘Tourism Space’ Research
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2014-10-08)
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 ...
Museums in Cultural Tourism in Poland
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2014-10-08)
The article presents the museums, their potential and their significance for cultural tourism in Poland. Its aims are achieved through a presentation of registered national museums, ‘monuments of history’, museum buildings ...
Folk Culture Resources as a Component of Tourism Space
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2014-10-08)
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 ...
The History of Architecture and Art and How It Is Seen by Tourists
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2014-10-08)
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: ...
Spatial and Morphological Effects of Tourism Urbanisation in the Łódź Metropolitan Area
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2014-10-08)
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 ...
The Tourism Function of the Castles of the Knights of the Teutonic Order in Poland
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2014-10-08)
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 ...
New Spaces and Forms of Tourism in Experience Economy
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2014-10-08)
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 ...