Warmia and Mazury Region has one of the most identifiable images in Po-land. Very strongly associated with three attributes: a clean environment, beauti-ful nature and the perfect place to relax. The name of the region is almost syn-onymous with the land of lakes and forests.The paper presents branded tourism products the Warmia and Mazury voivodship and the results of research aimed at: the effect of branded tourism products on the operation of tourist facilities located in rural areas, to examine their impact on natural and cultural landscape and identification and opinion about the element of Warmia and Mazury tourism products.The results showed that the branded tourist products may be an opportu-nity for rural development of the Warmia and Mazury, but must be correlated with the sustainable development of the region. Currently, branded products do not fully satisfy the expectations of the tourist market.
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For several years in Poland there is offensive windmills. Wind turbines are formed in the areas with a beautiful landscape where people live mainly from tourism. The Warmia and Mazury has one of the best Polish conditions for wind energy development. Socio-economic situation in the region contributes to seek additional sources of financing municipal expenditure. Use are foreign corpora-tions that run more wind farms in the region. Local government is only waiting and dreaming of millions from investors for the most-needed investment in communities.The paper contains a discussion on wind energy development in the context of the landscape protection of the Warmia and Mazury region. ...
Tourism is one of the fastest growing industries in the Warmia and Mazury voivodship. However, unsustainable tourism is not environmentally neutral. The increasing trend in the tourism industry to obtain the maximum benefit from tourism industry to fight for each area of interest for tourists. Very rarely remembers the obligation to care for the preservation of the environment. Are caused by damage, which often have irreversible consequences.The attention to maintaining high environmental values requires a coherent and consistent policy environment. It is also important to ensure access to environmental information and environmental education. Degradation caused by the escalation in tourism, should be an incentive for action in the areas of forecasting and environmental planning and setting tools that enforce implementation of sustainable tourism development. Control impacts of tourism on the environment should take into account the behavior of small scale tourism, especially in the areas of high natural value.The study contains the determinants of tourism development area and the risks to the environment arising from the implementation of tourism and non-compliance with the principles of sustainable development. Based on the analysis of available literature sources has attempted to identify strategic objectives were identified in the tasks to be performed, for ...
