The Dobczyce Reservoir on the Raba River makes the main source of drinking water for the city of Krakow. This function requires very good water quality, which consequently limits other functions. The debate whether to allow certain form or recreation has been taking place for a long time. The paper presents the results of the questionnaire among the visitors of the area. People asked about their way of spending time over the reservoir, the most often chose the option “other” (78%), among which the most often was walk (24%). Sunbathing was mentioned by 46%, water bathing by 32% (despite the ban), angling by 18%, and water sports by 12%. The numbers do not sum up to 100, because the visitors could choose more than one option. 68% respondents regarded the cleanness of water as very good, good or rather good. The management in the area was assessed much worse: 66% regarded it rather unsatisfactory or unsatisfactory. ...
The study constitutes the attempt at presentation the state of infrastructure for ecotourism in Malopolska Voivodeship. In the theoretical part of the article term “ecotourism” has been defined and its different forms have been detailed, too. Moreover infrastructure for ecotourism has been characterized, too. Agritourism and ecoagritourism as forms of ecotourism have been presented, too. Ecotouristic values in Malopolska Voivodeship, as region characterized by big protected area have been shown, too. Moreover, discussed Malopolska Voivode-ship is heritage of the old town and royal region and therefore this fact can be used for tourism development. Results of researches conducted in 57 districts in Malopolska Voivodeship have been presented. Researches related to local authorities’ politics of ecotour-ism development, mainly infrastructure for ecotourism. ...
Sustainable development is a preferred model of economy in which the most important assumption is social and economic development leading to civili-zation progress and economic development with maximum reduction of adverse impact on the natural environment. Regions where introduction and observation of ecodevelopment principles is particularly important are rural areas. Increasing costs of production and the lack of stable prices of agricultural products make many farmers abandon agricultural activity and search for additional sources of income outside of agriculture. Tourism can be an alternative for agriculture and an additional source of income. Development of agricultural tourism enables to create new jobs without emigration and complete abandonment of current agricul-tural activity. Linking agricultural and tourist agricultural may become the basis for an attractive tourist product. Polish country is perfect for sustainable tourism based on ecodevelopment principles of which are ideal for agrotourism and ecot-ourism. The complementary agrotourist and ecotourist offer provides additional opportunities for development of rural areas, forming the basis for cooperation between individual farms and create a tourist product typical for a given town or region. ...
