The role of rural tourism in sustainable rural development using the example of Kashubia
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.34767/GAT.2023.11.05Keywords:
sustainable development, agrotourism, ecotourism, rural tourism, Kashubia, PolandAbstract
The Kashubia region is characterized by its rich history and unique folklore, beautiful landscape, natural wealth, clean lakes and magnificent beaches of the Polish coast. Kashubia is also known for its unique language, cuisine, historical sites and music and art. It is undoubtedly, one of the most beautiful corners of Poland. The purpose of the study was to present and characterize the role of rural tourism in the sustainable development of rural areas and to assess the degree of its development in a sustainable direction. The study showed the forms and types of rural tourism and its functions. An important element of the study was the evaluation of tourism development, including accommodation and accompanying facilities in accordance with the concept of green economy, which has a special role in the development of rural areas, due to the fact that it is based on natural resources. The spatial scope concerns the area of historic Kashubia within the administrative boundaries of the three counties of Pomorskie Voivodeship (i.e., Koscierzyna, Chojnice and Kashubia counties). The paper uses a spatial analysis based on data from the Central Statistical Office (CSO) and a survey conducted in 2021-2023. The results of the study clearly indicate that there has been significant progress in the development of tourism infrastructure during the period under review. Rural tourism can contribute to the development of sustainable rural areas of Kashubia, in line with the current of the green economy concept. Of particular importance is folklore and folk art, including folklore events; harvest festivals, festivals, folk concerts and the activities of agrotourism farms, which combine the tradition of the farming profession with environmental protection and promotion of the Kashubian region.
References
Augustyniak R., Serafin A. 2021. Use of different adsorption models for characterizing Padsorption by the bottom sediment of four degraded urban lakes (Kashubian Lakeland, northern Poland). Desalination Water Treat 218, 63-79. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5004/dwt.2021.26926
Balińska A. 2011. Produkt turystyki wiejskiej. [In:] I. Ozimek (Ed.) Turystyka i rekreacja na obszarach niezurban¬izowanych: wybrane zagadnienia. Wydawnictwo SGGW, Warszawa, Polska, 240 [In Polish].
Bański J., Mazur M. 2016. Classification of rural areas in Poland as an instrument of territorial policy. Land Use Policy 54, 1-17. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2016.02.005
Biczkowski M., Jezierska-Thöle A. 2012. Agri-Environmental Program And Rural Area Ecological Development Processes. Annals of The Polish Association of Agricultural and Agribusiness Economists 14(5), 18-23 [In Polish with English summary].
Belias D., Velissariou E., Kyriakou D., Varsanis K., Vasiliadis L., Mantas C., Koustelios A. 2018. Tourism con¬sumer behavior and alternative tourism: the case of agrotourism in Greece. In Innovative Approaches to Tour¬ism and Leisure: Fourth International Conference International Journal of Cultural and Digital Tourism, 25-27 May, Athens, Greece 2017. Springer International Publishing, 465-478.
Czapiewska G. 2021. Wybrane metody badań i oceny jakości atrakcji turystycznych. Studies of the Industrial Geography Commission of the Polish Geographical Society 35(3), 7-23 [In Polish with English abstract].
Durydiwka M. 2013. Tourist function in rural areas of Poland. Spacial diversity and changing trends. Mis¬cellanea Geographica – Regional Studies On Development 17(3), 5-11. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ v10288-012-0041-2
Earl B. 2008. Literary tourism: Constructions of value, celebrity and distinction. International Journal of Cultural Studies 11(4), 401-417. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1367877908096003
Essing-Jelonkiewicz P. 2022. The use of Kashubian regional architecture in the creation of a cultural heritage tourism offer in the rural areas of selected communes of the Pomeranian Voivodeship. Geography and Tourism 1(10), 35-48. DOI: https://doi.org/10.34767/GAT.2022.10.04
Galluzzo N. 2022. The relationship between agritourism and social capital in Italian regions. Journal of Rural Studies 94, 218-226. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2022.06.010
Gaworecki W.W. 2007. Turystyka. Polskie Wydawnictwo Ekonomiczne, Warszawa, Polska, 635 [In Polish].
Glapa Z., Jezierska-Thöle A., Goraj S. 2021. Tourist routes as a tourism product stimulating the development of tourism in Poland. Geography and Tourism 9(2), 17-31. DOI: https://doi.org/10.34767/GAT.2021.09.10
Gonia A., Podgórski Z. 2019. Ocena stanu rozwoju funkcji turystycznej gmin województwa kujawsko-pomor¬skiego. Czasopismo Geograficzne 90(1), 88-104 [In Polish with English summary].
Gonia A, Jezierska-Thöle A. 2022. Sustainable Tourism in Cities—Nature Reserves as a ‘New’ City Space for Nature-Based Tourism. Sustainability 14(3), 1581. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/su14031581
Paulina Mazur, Aleksandra Jezierska-Thöle, Monika Kozłowska-Adamczak77 The role of rural tourism in sustainable rural development using the example of Kashubia
Greinert A., Kostecki J., Vystavna Y. 2019. The history of viticultural land use as a determinant of contempo¬rary regional development in Western Poland. Land Use Policy 85, 249-258, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j. landusepol.2019.04.010
Hegarty C., Przezborska L. 2005. Rural and agri‐tourism as a tool for reorganising rural areas in old and new member states—a comparison study of Ireland and Poland. International Journal of Tourism Research 7(2), 63-77, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/jtr.513
Ivona A. 2021. Sustainability of rural tourism and promotion of local development. Sustainability 13(16), 8854. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/su13168854
Jepson D., Sharpley R. 2018. More than sense of place? Exploring the emotional dimension of rural tourism expe¬riences. [In:] Lane B., Kastenholz E. (Eds.) Rural Tourism - New Concepts, New Research, New Practice. Routledge, London, UK, 296. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315111865
Jezierska- Thöle A., Biczkowski M. 2013. Importance and determinants of innovation in agriculture in Poland. Annals of The Polish Association of Agricultural and Agribusiness Economists 15(2), 124-131 [In Polish with English summary].
Jezierska-Thöle A., Biczkowski M., Thöle M., 2018. Importance and role: “The way of Saint James” in the devel¬opment of international tourism in border-adjacent areas of Poland and Germany. Ekonomiczne Problemy Turystyki 2(42), 195-207 [In Polish with English abstract].
Jezierska-Thöle A. 2018. Development of rural areas of Northern and Western Poland and Eastern Germany. Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika, Toruń, Polska, 555 [In Polish with English abstract].
Kamiński R. 2015. Care Farms as an Alternative Path of Agriturist Farms Development. Studia komitetu prz¬estrzennego zagospodarowania kraju PAN 162, 109-125 [In Polish with English abstract].
Kozak M.W. 2009. Tourism, tourist policy and development: between old and new paradigm. Wydawnictwo Nau¬kowe Scholar Sp. z oo., Warszawa, Polska, 328 [In Polish with English summary].
Kozłowska-Adamczak M. 2017. Walory turystyczne środowiska geograficznego historycznej Krajny i próba ich oceny. [In:] M. Kozłowska-Adamczak, M. Rurek (Eds.), Zrównoważony rozwój Pojezierza Krajeńskiego: wybrane aspekty. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Kazimierza Wielkiego, Bydgoszcz, Polska, 79–107 [In Polish].
Kozłowska-Adamczak M. 2019. The process of shaping tourist facilities development in peripheral areas in the context of leisure tourism. Case study of the Krajna Region (Poland). Czasopismo Geograficzne 90(1), 123–147 [In Polish with English abstract].
Król K., Hernik J. 2022. Digital folklore of rural tourism in Poland. Sustainability 14(3), 1165. DOI: https://doi. org/10.3390/su14031165
Lane B., Kastenholz E. 2018. Rural tourism: the evolution of practice and research approaches–towards a new generation concept? [In:] Lane B., Kastenholz E. (Eds.) Rural Tourism - New Concepts, New Research, New Practice. Routledge, London, UK, 296. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315111865
Liu A. 2006. Tourism in rural areas: Kedah, Malaysia. Tourism Management 27(5), 878-889. DOI: https://doi. org/10.1016/j.tourman.2005.05.007
Mysiak K. 2000. Ekologiczne uwarunkowania rozwoju agroturystyki na Pojezierzu Kaszubskim. Roczniki Nau¬kowe Stowarzyszenia Ekonomistów Rolnictwa i Agrobiznesu 2(02) [In Polish with English abstract].
Olimovich S. 2020. Agrotourism as one of the prospective directions of the tourist industry. The American Journal of Social Science and Education Innovations 2(09), 254-259. DOI: https://doi.org/10.37547/tajssei/ Volume02Issue09-39
Ozturk S., Isinkaralar O. 2018. New Trends in Tourism: A Research on Farm Tourism. Journal of Current Researches on Social Sciences 8(4), 537-546. DOI: https://doi.org/10.26579/jocress-8.4.30
Panasiuk A. 2010. Uwarunkowania polityki turystycznej w Polsce w aspekcie globalizacji, kryzysu ekonomicznego oraz prezydencji Polski w Unii Europejskiej. Acta Scientiarum Polonorum. Oeconomia 9(4), 379-388 [In Polish].
Roman M., Prus P., Szczepanek M. 2020. Tourism competitiveness of rural areas: Evidence from a region in Poland. Agriculture 10(11), 569. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture1011056978
Rurek M., Krupa A., Hojan M., Giętkowski T. 2013. Wpływ działalności bobrów na rzeźbę małych dolin na przykładzie doliny Gajdówki, południowe Bory Tucholskie, Polska. Journal of Health Sciences 3(15), 257-266 [In Polish with English abstract].
Rurek M. 2021. Characteristics of Beaver Ponds and Landforms Induced by Beaver Activity, S Part of the Tuchola Pinewoods, Poland. Water. 2021, 13(24), 3641. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/w13243641
Sadowski A., Wojcieszak M.M. 2019. Geographic differentiation of agritourism activities in Poland vs. cultural and natural attractiveness of destinations at district level. PLOS One, 14(9), e0222576. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0222576
Sikora J. 2014. Rural Tourism and Agritourism in the Context of Prospects for Rural and Agricultural Develop¬ment in Poland: Anaysis of the Results Obtained from Empirical Survey. Zeszyty Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szc¬zecińskiego. Ekonomiczne Problemy Turystyki 3(27) Krajowy i międzynarodowy rynek turystyczny, 114-126 [In Polish with English abstract].
Studzieniecki T., Palmowski T. 2019. Delimitation of a Tourist Destination — A Case Study of the Baltic Sea Region. Przedsiębiorczość i Zarządzanie 20(2), 91-107 [In Polish with English abstract].
Szczęsna J., Wesołowska M. 2018. Rural revitalization for the development of tourism on the example of the Lubel¬skie Voivodeship. Studia obszarów wiejskich 49, 121-138 [In Polish with English summary].
Szpilko D., Ziółkowski R. 2010. Tourism infrastructure of the protected areas of podlaskie province. Economics and Management 2(1), 52-73 [In Polish with English abstract].
Szumińska D. 2009. Wpływ dziewiętnastowiecznych systemów irygacyjnych na stosunki wodne w wybranych rejonach Borów Tucholskich. [In:] A.T. Jankowski, D. Absalon, R. Machowski, M. Ruman (Eds.) Przeobraże¬nia stosunków wodnych w warunkach zmieniającego się środowiska. Wydawca Uniwersytet Śląski, Polskie Towarzystwo Geograficzne, Regionalny Zarząd Gospodarki Wodnej w Gliwicach, Sosnowiec, Polska, 269-278 [In Polish with English abstract].
Włodarczyk B. 2014. Space in tourism, tourism in space: on the need for definition, delimitation and classification. Tourism 24(1), 25-34. DOI: 10.2478/tour-2014-0003
Woźniak N., Jezierska-Thöle A. 2022. Educational paths as an environmentally friendly form of sustainable tourism in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship. Geography and Tourism 10 (1), 49-59. DOI: https://doi.org/ 10.34767/ GAT.2022.10.05
Zieniukowa J. 2015. The Kashubian Language–a minority language spoken in borderlands as it was and as it is today. Český LID 102(1), 43-54. DOI: https://www.jstor.org/stable/24570454
Zeppel H. 2012. National parks as cultural landscapes: Indigenous peoples, conservation and tourism. [In:] W. Frost, C.M. Hall (Eds.) Tourism and National Parks - International perspectives on development, histories and change. Published by Routledge, New York, USA, 259-281.
Internet sources
https://stat.gov.pl/ (Date of access: 08.02.2023)
https://najlepszemorze.pl/kaszuby/ (Date of access: 02.04.2023)
https://pl.wikipedia/ (Date of access: 04.03.2023)
https://najlepszemorze.pl/kaszuby/ (Date of access: 02.03.2023)
https://www.noclegowo.pl/ (Date of access: 05.04.2023)
Downloads
Published
Versions
- 2024-04-05 (2)
- 2023-06-30 (1)
Issue
Section
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
