Conditions for Tourist Development in the Tri-border Area of Poland, Belarus and Ukraine

Abstract

The article discusses conditions for the development of tourism within the countries forming the Polish–Belarusian–Ukrainian tri-border zone and the surrounding areas. The research focused on the Brest raion and the city of Brest in Belarus, the Shatsk raion in Ukraine, and Włodawski poviat in Poland, which is in fact directly adjacent to the border. What is more, this article features socio-economic determinants of tourism development, including transport location. Other than that, it also examines the tourist values, facilities, and traffic in said areas. Particular attention was paid to border infrastructure and the possibility of crossing the border as a necessary factor for the development of cross-border tourism.