Le Beskid Śląski: une montagne touristique

• Autorzy: Daniel Ricard , Eric Bordessoule , Pierre Couturier

Warianty tytułu

The Beskid Śląski: a Mountains with Much Tourist Appeal

• Języki publikacji: FR

Abstrakty

EN

The Beskid Śląski mountains stand on the western extremity of the Polish Carpathians. It consists of medium-elevated mountains, rarely exceeding 1,000 metres, and centred on the upper part of the Vistula valley. This massif shows a certain number of specificities within the scope of the Polish Carpathians and, more generally, of the European mountains. These are, first of all, densely populated mountains, both in the lowest parts of river valleys and in their highest parts (Istebna, Koniaków). Then, it is an area marked by protestantism which is a specificity worth being noticed in Poland. Last but not least these mountains show traditional but diversified activities, where agriculture is rather marginal. The article insists upon this diversity, with particular stress on tourist activities. During the Communist period, the Beskid Śląski mountains remained a natural region in spite of the quick development of the mining fields and industy. The goverment's policy, along with the public transport development, promoted the considerable commuting of highlanders to work in Katowice and other Silesian cities without leaving the mountains. Moreover, the Beskid Śląski became important tourist area with: water cures (Ustroń), training centres for sportsmen and holiday centres belonging to various enterprises (mines, industrial plants, etc.). Natural environment has changed since 1989, but the Beskid Śląski still remains attractive tourism region with diversified activities. A part of the employees that had been made redundant in Katowice area have come back to settle down there. The tourist industry has been partly reoriented so as to meet the evolution of the demand (farm touring, privatisation of the buildings of big firms). Finally, the area knows a large demand for buying plots of land or building country houses. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Tourism; Touristic attractiveness; Natural environment

PL

Turystyka; Atrakcyjność turystyczna; Środowisko przyrodnicze

• Czasopismo: Prace Geograficzne / Instytut Geografii i Gospodarki Przestrzennej Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
• Rocznik: 2004
• Numer: z. 113 Les transformations du milieu montagnard-Carpates, Massif central et autres montagnes d'Europe
• Strony: 121--133

Twórcy

autor

Daniel Ricard

• Université Blaise-Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France

autor

Eric Bordessoule

• Université Blaise-Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France

autor

Pierre Couturier

• Université Blaise-Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France

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