Assessing the Level of Popularity of European Stag Tourism Destinations

Abstract

The primary objective of this article is to determine the degree of popularity of stag tourism destinations in Europe. Research was based on the search engine method, involving an analysis of the highest positioned offers of travel agencies in the most commonly used search engines in Europe (Google, Bing, Yahoo). The analysis divided the studied cities into four categories in terms of popularity. Conducting the said analysis is strongly justified, because academic publications have so far not provided studies which have determined the degree of popularity of stag destinations on a continental scale.

Profile of tourists visiting cultural heritage cities: Comparative study of selected cities in Central Europe

“…Stag tourism, hen tourism, and clubbing have become increasingly popular forms of tourism in Prague and Budapest. This type of tourism product attracts tourists mostly from Western Europe, although domestic tourists are now also taking advantage of this form of tourism (Thurnell-Read 2012; Iwanicki et al 2016). This fact may to some extent affect the demographic profile of tourists visiting the studied cities and their purpose of travel.…”

Party space in Cracow and Warsaw: partying and conflicts

“…The impact on a larger number of negative incidents can be also related to much higher popularity of Cracow among party and stag tourists (Iwanicki et al, 2016;Thurnell-Read, 2012), as well as higher frequency of events throughout the week. In Warsaw, most clubs are open only on Saturday and Friday, while in Cracow every day at least nearly 30 of them are open, including most clubs in the party zone.…”

“…Gąsior, 2014;Puto, 2017;Tymczak, 2018), and attempts to delimitate clubbing zones (Iwanicki, Dłużewska, 2014, 2015 did not contain such information. In particular, the issue of conflicts related to foreign party-goers concerns the public space of the most popular Polish party tourism destinations, which are Cracow and Warsaw (Iwanicki, Dłużewska, Smith, 2016;Thurnel-Read, 2012).…”

Przemiany w sferze usług turystycznych Krakowa i ich wpływ na percepcję turystyki przez mieszkańców

“…W ostatnich latach wiele miast europejskich staje się popularnym miejscem turystyki rozrywkowej, w tym tzw. stag party (Thurnell-Read, 2012;Iwanicki, Dłużewska, Kay, 2016;Wójtowicz, 2016).…”

“…w miastach, które są popularnymi destynacjami turystyki rozrywkowej, np. Amsterdam, Paryż, a ostatnio także miasta Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej (Iwanicki, Dłużewska, Kay, 2016).…”