Tourist Clusters as a Factor in Activating Cross-Border Spatial Development

• Autorzy: Ivan Pirozhnik
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Tourism is one of the factors of local economic development and cross-border cooperation on EU borders, reducing the risk of economic recession in those areas. The purpose of the article is to reveal trends in the development of cross-border tourism on the Polish-Belarusian border and to verify the following research issues: 1) whether the economic sanctions introduced by EU countries on Russia after 2014 reduced cross-border traffic on the Polish-Belarusian section of the EU border; 2) to what extent the tourist potential of the Polish-Belarusian region corresponds to the demand in the modern European market; 3) how the new visa-free travel mechanisms activate tourist markets; 4) to what extent tourism stimulates the development of new forms of urban growth in the cultural landscapes of the cross-border region. The process of shaping tourism clusters as a form of the spatial organisation of tourism development in cross-border regions was analysed using analytical and synthetic methods. The research area covers the eastern border of Poland on the section of its border with Belarus. The primary research and empirical materials were obtained from the Central Statistical Office of Poland and the Statistical Committee of Belarus on tourism on the eastern border of Poland in the years 2015-2018. An investigation of the subject literature and source documents, as well as field observations and statistical analyses, were carried out. Particular attention was paid to the creation of a visa-free regime region in the special tourist zones of "Brest" and "Grodno" in the border regions of Belarus. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Tourism; Border areas; Region cross-border cooperation; Tourist routes

PL

Turystyka; Region przygraniczny; Współpraca regionów przygranicznych; Szlaki turystyczne

• Czasopismo: Prace Komisji Geografii Przemysłu Polskiego Towarzystwa Geograficznego
• Rocznik: 2020
• Tom: 34
• Numer: nr 3 Usługi turystyczne w układach regionalnych i lokalnych = Tourism Industry in Regional and Local Systems
• Strony: 7--21

Twórcy

autor

Ivan Pirozhnik

• Pomeranian University in Słupsk, Poland

Bibliografia

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Identyfikatory

DOI

10.24917/20801653.343.1