Constant increase of number of tourists, development of tourist accommo-dation and services in the village of Białka result in an increased anthropopression on areas which have so far not been developed and which are characterised by high natural values. Spatial policy of the communes is an important element in the crea-tion of sustainable development. The authorities of the commune of Bukowina Tatrzańska struggle with investors who want to introduce changes to the spatial policy. New areas meant for investment include large areas of agricultural land as well as of forest areas.
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Srebrna Góra is a village with a population of ca. 1500 inhabitants located in Ząbkowice poviat. From the year 1536 it was a town with town rights. In the post-war Poland, Srebrna Góra was not qualified as a town. It is still a village, but with its urban design, it looks like a small town. The analyses, site inspections, inventory-taking and interviews with the inhabitants made it possible for the author to get acquainted with the village and its general potential as well as to come to certain conclusions, esp. in the context of unused touristic potential of this special place. The biggest tourist attractions of Srebrna Góra include: The Srebrna Góra Fortress, Old Town, Sowia Góra railway and medieval silver mine adits. ...
In the elaboration attention has been paid to Szczawnica, a town in Mało-polskie province, Nowy Targ poviat, located in one of the most beautiful spots in the South Poland, where Pieniny Mountains meet Beskid Sądecki, in the valley of Grajcarka stream, tributary of Dunajec. Since the half of 19th century it has been a famous spa, functioning for almost 200 years. In 2005 by court's ruling the spa returned to its prewar owners - the family of Stadniccy counts. Carried out anal-yses, on-site visits, stocktaking, local surveys enabled learning more about the place, bringing closer its general potential, enabled drawing proper conclusions, especially in the context of tourist potential including spa potential of this special place, taking into consideration first of all unique natural environment. ...
Spa town are usually areas highly attractive with regard to country lore and their natural environment. The environmental values of each spa influence their efficiency. Environmental values include: elements of tourist infrastructure, tourist attractions, tourist services which are in demand on the tourism market. Two spas from the Kotlina Jeleniogórska have been the subject of the study: Świeradów-Zdrój and Cieplice Śląskie-Zdrój. One may consider them to be the more efficient spas in the Lower Silesia region. To a certain degree, they owe the high level of curative services they provide, as well as the standard of their spa infrastructure, to the basic determinants of the area, which influence the spatial features of the spas. These determinants include: sources of therapeutic natural resources (the climate, mineral springs, peats, peloids); green patterns which are unique with regard to their aesthetic, historical and compositional values; the presence of neighbouring large forest complexes, which influence the climatic and therapeutic conditions and which provide an aesthetic background for the spa establishment; the spa's localisation within or in the vicinity of legally protected areas; its localisation in areas traditionally used for leisure; its localisation in ar-eas accessible through public transport (efficient communication routes).
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Mountain areas are rural areas characterized by difficult conditions and orographic, geographical altitude zoning and corresponding volatility indices of hydrological , meteorological and landscape . Relief and climate are the basic criteria for determining membership in the village to the list of mountain resorts in Ukraine. These resorts have significant recreational potential , which can be used for different types of tourism and recreation, especially the rural developing actively in recent years in the villages of Ukraine. Recreational potential of the study area requires an objective assessment of proper planning in order to promote tourism in the territory and optimal use of facilities. This article attempts to identify and analyze the recreational potential of rural areas in the mountainous region of Rozhniatow of Ivano - Frankivsk , taking into account the specificity of the natural region , social facilities and infrastructure , historical and cultural heritage and the state of the surrounding environment as factors affecting the sustainable development of rural areas. For the analysis method was applied points. The aim of the study was to identify and group the rural communities of the degree of development of recreational potential . On this basis the map. Described monuments in the ...
The survey carried out among university students has proved that they choose the forest as a place to spend their leisure time mostly in the spring (13.2%) and in the summer (21.2%). Students declare that they relaxed in the forest even a few times a week. Apart from recreation (walking - 61.6%, picking mushrooms - 37%), they engage in health improving activities, including sport (29.4%). Young people (especially town dwellers - 40.2%) decide go to the forest to get away from everyday routine (33.9%) in search of peace and quiet surroundings (40.5%). They do not have any specific preferences for the type of forest (50.1%), they feel good in mixed forests (31.9%), however. Since the forms of activity most frequently indicated by students are hiking and biking, they notice poor infrastructure of forest areas (lack of marked hiking routes - 14.3% and bicycle lanes - 12.5%). Respondents are familiar with the condition of forests in the proximity of the place of their residence (81.6%), considering it as basically good (75.9%). However, their knowledge of the natural environment protection forms and fire protection rules is definitely insufficient. ...
The paper aims at demonstrating the importance of tourism meant as an activity and economic activity in the multifunctional development of mountain rural areas. Multifunctional development of mountain rural areas appears as a composition of other, nonfarm functions, connected with agriculture and its environment. Taking over nonfarm functions by rural areas, including tourist function, enables decreasing agrarian unemployment and, furthermore, the emigration of local population. Approximating living standards of rural communities and city dwellers is connected with modernizing and development of technical-economic and social infrastructure, which has a stimulating impact on the development of off-farm activities in rural areas, which in turn positively affects economic development and increases the number of new jobs. Mutlifunctionality of mountain rural areas is therefore necessary not only from the economic perspective but also from the social point of view. ...
