The Development of the Tourism Economy in Poland Compared to Europe in 2010–2018

Abstract

<jats:p>In article shown the problem with the assessment of the importance of tourism was recognized, and the first initiatives to develop the so-called tourism satellite in the 1990s. The aim of research is to answer the question: what is the share of the tourism economy in generating GDP in Poland and in Europe? The second goal was to answer the question: how has the Polish tourism economy responded to the global economic crisis and has this reaction been similar to European markets? The following hypotheses were adopted: first, the share of the tourism economy in Poland is smaller than the average for Europe, and, second, the Polish tourism economy reacted better to the global economic crisis than other European economies. The article uses data from the satellite tourism account for Poland and World Tourism and Travel Council (WTTC) data showing the multiplier effect of tourism in Europe. The data analysis shows that share of tourism economy in Polish GDP is 6% and the share of tourism industry in Europe in GDP is 8% in the end of second decade of twenty-first century.</jats:p>

A Study on the Spatial Differentiation of the Socio-Economic and Tourist Situation of Selected Municipalities of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship

“…At the state level, tourism is one of the main sources of income in the balance of payments [Panasiuk, 2011, Szopa andSzczerbowski 2013]. Health tourism is a relatively new phenomenon that has developed over the past two decades [García-Altés 2005, Szromek 2012, Bąk-Filipek et al 2019. Previous research on health tourism has been limited to a small range of medical tourism topics.…”