Spatial diversity of tourist function development: the municipalities of Poland’s West Pomerania province

Borzyszkowski, Jacek; Marczak, Mirosław; Zarębski, Patrycjusz

doi:10.3986/ags.769

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“…It is important because the tourist base constitutes one of the most significant elements of a tourist product that makes it possible to measure it, and data concerning the geographical allocation of the tourist base provide useful elements because of the importance of tourism and its spatial structure. Borzyszkowski et al [37] carried out an analysis of the spatial diversity of the tourist function development based on the values of Defert's tourist function index (DTFI), which is one of the basic indicators used in tourism geography. The analysis showed considerable differences between the communes in the region examined.…”

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Spatial Diversity of Tourism in the Countries of the European Union

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Niedziółka

2020

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The aim of the article is to present the spatial diversity of tourism in the countries of the European Union (EU). The main objective of the article can be divided into three immediate goals, each of which is to determine countries that are similar by means of: (1) accommodation base; (2) tourism traffic; and (3) tourism-related expenditures and revenues. In order to group countries, Ward’s cluster analysis method is used. The aim is verified with the use of 2017 United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and Eurostat data. The analysis covers all EU member states. The research conducted confirms, inter alia, the key role of the accommodation base in the development of tourism in those countries.

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Spatial Diversity of Tourism in the Countries of the European Union

Roman

Niedziółka

2020

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“…As a novelty, our research intends to provide an actual picture about the exact measure of seasonality in the highlighted spas of Hungary, due to the overall actuality of this issue and also because no relevant literature background was dealing with this problem yet. Although, several types of indexes could be used in measuring the numerical performance of tourism or its segments, such as the tourism index (Aubert, A. et al 2013) or tourist function index (Borzyszkowski, J. et al 2016). However, for our seasonality analysis we used the commercial accommodation statistics of the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (for 2018) and to estimate the Gini index we applied the monthly dataset of the guest nights.…”

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Measuring seasonality at the major spa towns of Hungary

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One of the leading tourism products of Hungary is health tourism, where the certain supply segments are influenced by seasonality in different scales. The primary aim of our paper is to survey the seasonality of the 9 spas with the greatest turnover in Hungary with the help of the Gini index. Our research intends to provide an actual picture about the exact measure of seasonality in the highlighted spas of Hungary, due to the overall actuality of the problem and also because no such relevant quantitative research has been dealing with this issue in Hungary yet. The objective reason why these spas were chosen and surveyed is because first of all they are mono profile health tourism centres, where tourists are visiting the settlement exclusively because of the spas, and on the other hand the visitor turnover of the mentioned settlements are significantly higher than the following Hungarian spa towns. We believe that the more we understand seasonality the more we can face with its challenges concerning tourism development. For our seasonality analysis we used the commercial accommodation statistics of the Hungarian Central Statistical Office and to estimate the Gini index we applied the monthly dataset of the guest nights.

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“…On the other hand, it ranges from 1.52 to 1.83 within the territory of the City of Užice (Figure 3). If Defert-Baretje's index is less than four, it could be sad that it is a destination with low tourist activity (Borzyszkowski et al, 2016).…”

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“…However, this index is also widely used in contemporary studies. Thus, Borzyszkowski, Marczak and Zarębski (2016) determined the impact of tourism on the local population in the West Pomerania Province (Poland). Bӑnicӑ and Camarӑ (2011) showed the level of tourism development on the group of 215 small towns in Romania within their study.…”

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Application of tourist function indicators in tourism development

Marković¹,

Perić²,

Mijatov³

et al. 2017

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Tourism development planning requires consideration of indicators regarding the intensity of tourist activity within destination and measure that should not be exceeded in further improvement of this activity, in order to prevent disturbing the needs of local community and sustainability of local environment. The village Zlakusa is located within the territory of the City of Užice and it represents an important tourism destination of Southwestern Serbia. Rural tourism of Zlakusa is characterized by its authenticity and recognition, regarding the pottery and ethnopark called "Terzića avlija". Accordingly, tourist function indicators were used in this research: tourist accommodation density, Defert Baretje's index, Charvat's index and Schneider's index, with the aim of emphasizing the importance of rural potentials of Zlakusa for tourism development within this village, but also within the whole territory of the City of Užice. Research results showed that tourism is important industry within Zlakusa, with necessity of its further affirmation on tourist market and its adaptation to contemporary needs of modern tourists. Also, research results showed that Zlakusa participates in total tourist arrivals with 18%, as well as in total tourist overnights with 13% and it comprises 1.9% of accommodation capacities of the overall tourism development within the City of Užice for observed period (2008-2016). Therefore, results of this study actually show that Zlakusa is highly oriented towards tourism industry, which is the main reason of necessity for further improvement of conditions for its development, especially in the case of rural tourism, without threatening the local community and local environment.

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Spatial diversity of tourist function development: the municipalities of Poland’s West Pomerania province

Cited by 14 publications

References 10 publications

Spatial Diversity of Tourism in the Countries of the European Union

Spatial Diversity of Tourism in the Countries of the European Union

Measuring seasonality at the major spa towns of Hungary

Application of tourist function indicators in tourism development

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