From Periphery and the Doubled National Trails to the Cross-Border Thematic Trails: New Cross-Border Tourism in Poland

Więckowski, Marek

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-64325-0_10

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“…INTERREG is one of the EU's main funding arms for CBC and, thus, one of the primary means for achieving support for cross-border tourism projects (Więckowski, 2018). This specific programme aims to enhance interregional cooperation across Europe by supporting project applications from regional actors with European Regional Development Funding (Faby, 2006;Nilsson et al, 2010).…”

Section: Interreg Within Cross-border Tourism Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Increasingly though, scholars have examined the European Union context where, especially within Schengen, border controls have been virtually eliminated. Specifically, these studies have sought to understand how cross-border cooperation (hereafter CBC) occurs when the physical presence of a border is no longer obvious (Greer, 2002;Hartmann, 2006;Ilbery & Saxena, 2011;Ioannides et al, 2006;Klatt & Herrmann, 2011;Liberato et al, 2018;Löfgren, 2008;Nilsson et al, 2010;Pinheiro, 2009;Prokkola, 2007;2011a, 2011bProkkola et al, 2015;Scott, 2000;Stoffelen, 2018;Więckowski, 2018). Such studies reveal that achieving cross-border tourism cooperation is a rewarding yet challenging endeavour.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Useful funds, disappointing framework: tourism stakeholder experiences of INTERREG

Shepherd

İoannides

2020

Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism

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Cross-border tourism cooperation is a fruitful form of engagement between borderland destinations, helping them boost their profile and minimise problems arising from operating near a border. European cross-border tourism cooperation is often supported by a European Union project funding arm known as INTERREG. Our study explores the perceptions and experiences of stakeholders involved in three INTERREG projects between tourism destinations in the Scandinavian borderland region of Jämtland-Trøndelag. The aim of the study is to understand why tourism actors in the region decide to apply for INTERREG funds, what their perceptions are towards the project framework, and how their experiences of INTERREG influence their assessment of the programme as a tool for successful cross-border cooperation in tourism. Emerging from a qualitative approach based on in-depth semi-structured interviews, we reveal that the stakeholders involved in the projects see INTERREG as a valuable source of funding in an otherwise under-funded border region, but that they experience a number of problems within the INTERREG framework. The omnipresence of short-term, supranational funded projects is perceived as detrimental to the establishment of sustainable cross-border tourism development within the study region. We recommend that tourism practitioners be more cautious when thinking of (re)applying for INTERREG funding.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Useful funds, disappointing framework: tourism stakeholder experiences of INTERREG

Shepherd

İoannides

2020

Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism

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“…Otwarcie przejść granicznych przeznaczonych do ruchu turystycznego to dopiero początkowa faza według zaproponowanej przez M. Więckowskiego (2010, 2018) kształtowania się transgranicznej przestrzeni turystycznej. Jest to faza przestrzeni połączonej (Więckowski, 2010(Więckowski, , 2018, a dodatkowo w kilku przypadkach ma charakter przestrzeni sezonowej. Strefy bezwizowe niewątpliwie pomogą w procesie rozwoju przestrzeni transgranicznej i przyczynią się do wzrostu ruchu turystycznego, jednakże ich otwarcie jeszcze nie w pełni odpowiada na potrzeby turystów.…”

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Wpływ złagodzenia reżimu granicznego na Białorusi na wielkość ruchu turystycznego – wstęp do badań = The influence of relaxation of the border regime in Belarus on tourist traffic – introduction to the research

Więckowski

Cyargeenka

2019

Prz. Geogr.

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Belarus was long a country to which visits by foreign tourists were highly restricted. However,recent years have brought a marked improvement in conditions and possibilities regarding crossings of the border and onward travel into the country. Of key significance to the introduction of the new facilitations are changes of the border regime and an easing of the regulations concerning arrivals that have been achieved by action at central level. Since 2015 in particular, it has been possible to note an unprecedented new scale and rate of change where the border regime is concerned. By virtue of Decisions of the President of the Republic of Belarus, a number of signed Decrees have appeared to bring zones of visa-free travel into existence, with a view to it being easier for visitors to cross over the state border into the country. Presidential Decrees have in fact both established visa-free zones and brought in other regulations making it easier for foreigners to visit. While on the one hand these changes are analogous to those found in other parts of the world at various different times, they on the other hand have certain unique features, especially given the specific nature of Belarus’s isolation in the international arena over more recent decades. Thus, the last few years have seen three types of visa-free zone system come into existence, i.e.: • border zones – on the Poland-Belarus border, and partly also that between Belarus and Lithuania; • zones at airports – especially the capital-city (national) airport known as Minsk-2, but also the airports (and the railway stations) in Brest and Hrodna; • visa-free regimes associated with special occasions, notably sporting events. In terms of main reasons for establishment, the zones that have appeared are: • along the western border (with a view to tourism developing in the Brest and Hrodna regions); • by airports (for the sake of the development of the airports as such, but also the adjacent industrial and capital-city areas, as well as the furthering of regional tourism); • linked closely with sporting events (to help ensure that the image of the country as a whole is promoted). The entry into force of the Decrees in question, and the subsequent taking effect of visa-free regimes at all border crossings, has done much to increase the intensity of the traffic involving Polish people. Since 2015, there has been a steady rise in both absolute numbers of Poles travelling into Belarus, and the share of all visits they account for. This can be closely associated with the commencement of the visa-free regimes. Consecutive years after the years of introduction did not necessarily bring major further increases in numbers travelling; or even witnessed certain decreases. There is also a marked seasonality to numbers of Poles travelling to Belarus, with the peak obviously tending to coincide with the summer months.

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“…W Polsce integracja przestrzenna w zakresie turystyki była przedmiotem badań przede wszystkim M. Więckowskiego (por. Więckowski, 2002Więckowski, , 2004Więckowski, , 2008Więckowski, , 2018. W wyniku badań autor stwierdził m.in., że "w transgranicznym wykorzystaniu obszaru niezbędne są: przejścia graniczne, szlaki turystyczne dochodzące do przejść granicznych, szlaki turystyczne biegnące wzdłuż granicy oraz udostępnione dla turystów z sąsiedniego kraju, odpowiednio dopasowana i rozlokowana baza noclegowa, spójny system transportowy, w tym linie komunikacji autobusowej, samochodowej i kolejowej, wspólna, uzgodniona informacja turystyczna, a dla rozwoju turystyki międzynarodowej wspólna oferta turystyczna i marketing" (Więckowski, 2010, s. 89).…”

Section: Integracja Transgraniczna Na Obszarach Morskich I Nadmorskichunclassified

“…Martinez (1994) oraz C. Ricq (2006, M. Więckowski (2010) zaproponował koncepcję procesu integracji transgranicznej przestrzeni turystycznej. Koncepcja ta składa się z czterech etapów integracji przestrzeni turystycznych sąsiadujących państw: przestrzeń współwystępująca, przestrzeń złączona, przestrzeń otwarta oraz przestrzeń zintegrowana (Więckowski, 2010(Więckowski, , 2018. Jednakże jak stwierdził autor, ostatnie, najwyższe stadium -"przestrzeń zintegrowana", jest zjawiskiem trudnym do osiągnięcia w praktyce.…”

Section: Integracja Transgraniczna Na Obszarach Morskich I Nadmorskichunclassified

Transgraniczna przestrzeń turystyczna obszarów morskich i nadmorskich na przykładzie Morza Bałtyckiego – próba wyjaśnienia pojęcia = Cross-border tourism space in maritime and seaside areasa s exemplified by the Baltic Sea Region – an attempt at explaining the concept

Cerić¹

2019

Prz. Geogr.

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The article reports on work reviewing research into cross-border tourism space as this relates to sea areas. In essence, the review made it clear that the matter in question only appears in the literature rather rarely, even as its underpinning concepts involving tourism space, borders, cross-border cooperation and international integration have been the subject of many studies. The Baltic Sea is no longer an area of separation, having become – more than ever – a meeting point of numerous political, economic and ecological interests. Within its basin (including adjacent areas of land and waters), cross-border tourism space is developing mainly as connections are formed between already-existing tourism space within given states – primarily coastal cities or regions. Connections via the sea confer physical shape upon maritime tourism space, by way of a banded pattern. In turn, cooperation between entities located on two (or more) sides of the maritime border plays a significant role in delimiting the boundaries of cross-border tourism space associated with sea areas, while also serving in the integration process relating to that space, which is actually more extensive than just the interconnected cross-border sea and the coastal spaces, given that cooperating entities may be located even beyond. The author argues that space in which the authorities, institutions and residents of two or more neighbouring countries make contact with each other by way of tourism as conceived broadly can be designated cross-border tourism space. If it is countries separated by a maritime border that are connected, then it is possible to speak of a cross-border tourism space linked to marine areas. The physical flow of tourists by ship that characterises the space in question (as tourist flows occur) provides further strengthening of the idea that such space is capable of being designated. This research forms part of work on aspects of border management and the development of cross-border management (by which a common, cross-border space, in this case for tourism, is developed). The author also posits the existence of cognitive tourism in relation to coastal areas: in cities (urban systems in coastal districts, ports, historic parts of cities, spas), and along the natural shoreline (visits made to coast, shore, dunes and cliffs). The work is then brought to a close with suggestions for further research on the topic, as based on an integrated approach embracing attractiveness, infrastructure and tourism flows, accessibility, the analysis of strategic and planning documents related to the development of tourism, tourism management, territorial marketing, regional identity, the creation of regional tourist products, cross-border cooperation relating to the development of tourism and the relevant impact of cooperation of this kind.

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From Periphery and the Doubled National Trails to the Cross-Border Thematic Trails: New Cross-Border Tourism in Poland

Cited by 9 publications

References 18 publications

Useful funds, disappointing framework: tourism stakeholder experiences of INTERREG

Useful funds, disappointing framework: tourism stakeholder experiences of INTERREG

Wpływ złagodzenia reżimu granicznego na Białorusi na wielkość ruchu turystycznego – wstęp do badań = The influence of relaxation of the border regime in Belarus on tourist traffic – introduction to the research

Transgraniczna przestrzeń turystyczna obszarów morskich i nadmorskich na przykładzie Morza Bałtyckiego – próba wyjaśnienia pojęcia = Cross-border tourism space in maritime and seaside areasa s exemplified by the Baltic Sea Region – an attempt at explaining the concept

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