The Tourism Potential of the Counties Located in the Kuyavia-Pomerania and Pomerania Provinces in Respect of Waterways Revitalisation
The Tourism Potential of the Counties Located in the Kuyavia-Pomerania and Pomerania Provinces in Respect of Waterways Revitalisation

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the paper is to depict the tourism potential of the communes located in the vicinity ofthe River Vistula (in the Kuyavia-Pomerania and Pomerania Provinces), to perceive that potentialas a major factor in socio-economic activation of the region, and finally to study the impact ofthe Vistula revitalization on the development of tourism especially in relation to the improvementof tourist-centred applications. It can be assumed that the depicted region possesses the necessarypotential, both natural and cultural, to develop various types and forms of tourism. Still, thisdevelopment is conditioned by the current state of tourist-centred preparations and local economy,especially in relation to expenditure on tourism. In addition, one can suppose that the developmentof tourism will be supported by fulfilling the tasks aimed at the revitalisation of the lower courseof the River Vistula, mainly focusing on the E70 waterway fragment. The analysis of the socioeconomicsituation together with the tourism potential in the studied region has been enabled bythe statistical data provided by the Local Data Bank of the Central Statistical Office (Bank DanychLokalnych GUS), and by finding documents and analysis relating to the revitalisation of inlandwaterways in Poland. The collected data refers to 2013.

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