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Zagospodarowanie turystyczne jako ekonomiczny czynnik kształtowania produktu turystycznego obszaru
Tourist Development as a Factor in the Economic Formation of Tourist Area Products

Author(s): Halina Guzik, Wojciech Strzelczyk
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego w Krakowie
Keywords: tourism; tourism development; mega-product; territory touristic product

Summary/Abstract: As a multidimensional phenomenon, tourism is an important determinant of the economic development of cities and regions. This study pays particular attention to the development of tourism, which is part of the supply side of the tourism market. It presents the economic aspects of the management of tourism space, highlighting the optimal use of assets and resources a given spatial unit has, including the substantial and constantly evolving development of tourism. The purpose of this article is to present tourism development as part of the tourism product area, constituting one component of a city’s mega-product, and the presentation of the economic aspects of tourism area management. The discussion introduces the basics of a marketing approach to the development of the tourism specific reception area product, and more precisely a methodical concept for defining such a product. The article is of a mainly theoretical nature.

  • Issue Year: 936/2014
  • Issue No: 12
  • Page Range: 17-33
  • Page Count: 17