The profile of tourist visiting Zakopane and Tatra National Park

• Authors: Urbaniak, Anna , Mazur, Bartosz

Abstracts

EN

Mountain tourism has lately become a more and more popular way of spending free time. One of the reasons for this is the constantly developing infrastructure. The Podhale Region and Tatra Mountains are very popular travel destination. However, the forms of tourism and the profile of a typical tourist have changed over the years. First, Zakopane had become a health resort, where it was hiking in the mountains which brought people here. Afterwards, it was artists coming here looking for the perfect atmosphere. Finally, it was a place to visit for skiing and cycling. The main goal of this research was to characterize the typical, contemporary, tourist visiting Zakopane and Tatra National Park. Finding out the profile of tourists will be helpful in understanding the visitors and, at the same time, it will pave the way for offering services which those visitors expect. This will have a positive influence on the development of tourism in the region, bringing benefits for both the tourists and the local community. During the research, the following methods and tools were used: a diagnostic survey and participant observation. The research took place in Zakopane and Tatra National Park in September 2013.

Keywords

EN

tourism; mountain tourism; tourist profile; Zakopane; Tatra National Park

• Publisher: Wyższa Szkoła Bankowa w Poznaniu
• Journal: Studia Periegetica
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 12(2)
• Pages: 25-36

Dates

published

2019-11-14

Contributors

author

Urbaniak, Anna

author

Mazur, Bartosz