The article focuses on a private museum of a hybrid character, Parco Museo Jalari, as an example of reception and understanding of the cultural heritage of Sicily. Trinkaria, with its historical, cultural, natural and climatic background, has been a valued destination of educational and artistic trips for ages. These factors made an impact on the Sicilians’ awareness, significantly influencing the ways of expressing and understanding their identity. The analysis of the park structure, of the creation history, as well as that of the exhibition and festival activity, shows the way in which it reflects the island’s history and culture, the way in which it defines itself or the extent in which it caters for the needs of different cultural tourists. The starting point of the elaboration is an attempt to capture Sicilian individuality reflected in the trip accounts written by the great ones of this world as well as in the meanders of history. Next, after introducing the museum context of Jalari, the profile of the park is presented: its history, structure and activity. The summary of the article exposes the extent to which the theoretical assumptions have been fulfilled and to which they are useful for the protection and promotion of the region’s culture. It also presents the value of the park’s offer in the context of cultural tourism. As for the complete lack of texts in Polish describing the park, the primary aim of this article is to bring the idea, the stages of creation and the functioning of the park closer to Polish cultural, and museum, tourism researchers as well as Polish reads interested in the subject.
After reviewing and briefly analyzing the contents and scope of several definitions of cultural tourism used in the official classification, in scientific considerations and in teaching practice, the author of the article presents a proposal of the phenomenon functional definition referring to the commonly used term of tourism as a primary concept. The proposal considers both current (broad) understanding of culture and itineraries (goals and contents) of tourist expeditions on the one hand, while on the other hand it considers the tourists’ cultural motivation aspect. The author’s goal is to make available and spread a useful tool to classify tourist offers and, consequently, to lead to the standardization of Polish professional terminology in the cultural tourism field. The proposal should be treated as a starting point for a discussion in professional circles on the subject of defining cultural tourism, with the option of considering tourism organizers and their needs in it.
The study refers to a specific type of products offered in tourism, popular in cultural tourism, among others. After suggesting a precise and complying with Polish law definition of a tour package, the author isolates and describes a specific sub-type of this product: an individual tour package. Next, the most-frequently offered types of individual packages and their organizational structure are presented. On the basis of the case study of several existing offers, their essential and complementary modules are extracted, which enables the author to draw conclusions regarding the process of adapting individual packages to the needs of cultural tourists.
The author makes the analysis of the historical reenactment phenomenon in the context of its essential meaning for cultural tourism, especially for “living history” tourism. After organizing the terminology and presenting the sources and literature of the subject, all kinds of historical reenactment are presented and the levels of professionalization are described in more detail. The last part of the article attempts to analyze the scale of the phenomenon in Poland and presents the societies, main subjects of interest and the kinds of activities its representatives undertake.
The article is about content and intention of international documents related to cultural tourism (Bruxelles, Mexico) and national legislative. It points at possible chances of using cultural-geographical marks of water mills in Europe and in Slovakia, together with historical, economical, ethnical and social relations of expansion of mills. It introduces a basic mill typology (animal powered, wind, water: classical, pile water, floating), visual and audial signification of mills as well as explains some faults in the mill presentation in open-air museums and as technical monuments 'in situ'. It also introduces some positive examples of private initiatives in Slovakia (Kolárovo, Vráble) and in other countries (Slovenia, Poland).
The main recipients of this list are the people involved in scientific and cultural tourism and cultural aspects of travel, in particular, the authors extensive scientific trials and studies, including doctoral students, but also the authors of the tourism project and the students who wrote their works. Using the bibliography is arranged thematically enable them to obtain the orientation in the studies and the existing sources and studies.
The author presents in her article the history and vale of the calendars of Wielkopolska Region from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, and the potentiality of using them as a source for cultural tourism development in the region. Calendars can enrich the research skills of not only guidebook or other travel publication authors, but also that of cultural tourism popularizers, including tour guides and teachers. Thanks to their cognitive, literary, educational, patriotic and Christian values, the calendars have a chance to diversify tourist offer aimed at the enthusiasts of the city of Poznań and of Wielkopolska Region.
Cemeteries and graves have been the travel goal for centuries. However, the goals differed. In recent years, more and more often cemeteries have been mentioned in the context of cultural tourism. They have become the travel goals of different kinds: cognitive (sightseeing), religious (pilgrimage), ethnical (sentimental), and even leisure. The aim of the article is to draw reader’s attention to the issue of study of cemeteries’ position in cultural tourism and their meaning in tourist space.
The article discusses the subject from Polish professional literature relatively well-described and gradually widely known within professional circles, that is ‘theme tourist routes which use historic and cultural buildings and themes. Considering earlier publications referring to the subject of tourist routes in general [e.g. Kruczek 2007, Szewczyk 2008] and to cultural tourist routes in particular [Mikos v. Rohrscheidt 2008], it is not necessary to repeat the information about the routes and their descriptions. Therefore, the author – apart from presenting the idea of cultural routes in the perspective of Polish and foreign professional literature – focuses reader’s attention on two issues. They are both vital for proper functioning and development of the cultural tourist routes offer in Poland. Moreover, the issues can especially influence the extent to which these products are used by tourism organizers and individual tourists. The first issue regards proper classification of cultural tourist routes, and the problem of consequent use of correct terminology in professional literature, information materials and in setting up the trails. The second one is a set of requirements for creating new and developing the existing cultural tourist routes in Poland.
The aim of the article is to present journalist genre called the feuilleton, developing since the Enlightenment period, as a precious source of knowledge which is useful in historical research and in cultural tourism for both cultural tourism organizers and tourists themselves. The subject was described with the use of excellent 19th century series of feuilletons by Marceli Motty called the “Letters of Wojtuś from Zawady”, which are a treasury of information about Poznań and its inhabitants in the 19th century. Marceli Motty draws the picture of the Greater Poland’s capital in the 1860s. Rich language and unusual timeliness of the feuilleton makes them an interesting completion of the guiding commentary meant for inquisitive cultural tourists who are not satisfied only with general or guiding publications. The “Letters of Wojtuś from Zawady”, as well as feuilletons of other authors from that period, can enrich Poznań’s biographical, literary, museum, urban, educational offer, as they constitute an excellent material for designing new tourist-cultural routes around the city of Poznań. The routes can consider a widely-understood cultural theme (visual arts, literature, theater, music), biographical-literary (outstanding citizens of Greater Poland as well as famous culture creators), socio-traditional (everyday lives of the city inhabitants in the period of annexation, fashion, bon ton, language uniqueness, the activity of societies and organizations, education), etc.
Continuing the initiated in spring 2008 process of establishing the principles for assessing Polish tourist and cultural potential, the author presents the criteria and research methods with regard to the evaluation of Polish cultural tourist routes. The proposals of the unified research standards, presented in the article, and the precise description of the subsequent research stages, are supposed to allow to undertake them independently in many centers throughout the country and, as a result, to lead to creating a map of potential cultural tourism destinations in Poland.
Tourism is considered to be the strongest sector of the economy in the world. In regional development it serves as a tool of economic, social, environmental and cultural increase. Today tourism becomes not only an economic system but also a cultural phenomenon. Tourism as a way of life or as a product of human plays an important role in cultural science, specifically in culturology. The article bears a complex view on the issue of the relationship between tourism and culture in which the bilateral effect is stressed. While the impact of culture in tourism is regarded as positive, even further fundamental for tourism realisation, the opinion of a tourism impact on culture are different. On one hand tourism is considered to be a starter of globalisation and other negative cultural values. On other hand positive effects as an increase of cultural identity and conservation of cultural heritage is emphasized. In article the main view is dedicated to balance between cultural and economic opinions where positive effects are spread to both areas.
This report presents results of research conducted within the project LINE, co-funded by the European Commission dealing with multilingualism in Europe.
The article presents how we can create a brand product of cultural tourism using the marketing mix tools. The authors created an example product called “The film track around Poland” relating to the popular film tourism and using the film locations which “played the roles” of other places in films. Moreover, the case study of this product allowed to describe the ideas of a brand, target segment and the product distribution methods, as well as to carry out the SWOT analysis.
In the article, the author focuses on showing the rich, yet little-known and disappearing, Polish cultural heritage in Latvia as a unique potential for cultural tourism. He presents some chosen buildings and places together with the evaluation of their availability and tourist attractiveness. The end of the article introduces an example tourist route which can be created in Latvia to attract Polish cultural tourist as well as to help to enliven and protect the facilities and places included in the route.
The article is about searching for cultural authenticity of the Moroccan society – “the country of setting sun” – in the perspective of booming tourism. The first part of the article presents a short characteristic of some chosen aspects of the unusually colorful Moroccan culture. Then, the most important reasons for the disappearance of the genuine face of the country, seized by tourist industry and striving for better future as well as for recognition on the world market, are shown. The attempt to adopt the rules imposed by “the modern times momentum” is often connected with some form of sacrifice as well as the loss of essence of identity and individuality. The next part of the article touches the issue of ethics in tourism. Certain examples help to picture the ethical attitudes visible in the relations between Moroccans and the arriving tourists. Next, the article presents the phenomenon of folclorization and the cultural “show” for tourists, which results from the cultural authenticity disappearance. In the last part of the article, the analysis of a survey carried out among Moroccans is presented. The survey studies the degree of tradition and identity disappearance, as well as the inhabitants’ attitude towards the booming tourism.
The article deals with participants of living history reenactments and their activity in the context of interests, needs and cultural tourism organization. After pointing out to the most important issues connected with historical reenactment and to Polish publications on the subject, the author presents, on the basis of a survey, the profile of the group members taking up this area of cultural activity and the range of their activity with regard to educational sphere and directly to tourism. In the last part of the study, the author shows the possibilities standing in front of Polish tourist-cultural offer, relying on the potential of the reenactment groups. Finally, suggestions concerning the integration of the possibilities with the offer are formulated.
This work provides an analysis of the IPSOS Report ‘Global citizens in 24 countries choose their primary pleasure trip/vacation type’ in relation to cultural tourism. The study being reported, is conducted every month in 24 countries around the world using online panel belonging to Ipsos. Between 4 and 22 November 2010 sample studied was 18 776 persons aged 18-64 in the U.S. and Canada and at the age of 16-64 in the other countries. On average, participation in the study included approximately 1,000 +
The article presents the issue of cultural tourism development in planning documents of some chosen European countries. The analysis is based on those countries which, in general, are not considered to be the top tourist destinations in Europe (the volume of inbound tourism in those countries does not exceed 10 million tourist arrivals annually). Several elements of strategic planning have been analyzed, e.g. the SWOT analysis, vision, strategic goals, basic tourist products and the institutions responsible for the cultural tourism development. It has been established that cultural tourism is strongly emphasized in national planning documents and, in some cases, it becomes (or is supposed to become) one of the main tourist products.
Tourism and culture are closely tied with each other. It is cultural tourism that enables us to relive history. With its help the textbook information on history takes a visible shape. Tourists have a chance to see for themselves the remnants of history, e.g. castle ruins, historical cities, battlefields, and they can feel “the spirit of the past”. However, the problem of delivering the historical space properly to the recipients arises. Nowadays, visitors are fed up and bored with traditional historical presentation. We need to seek new, innovative means which will help us reach “consumers” with the historical-tourist product.
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