Eastern part of "Krzywińsko-Osiecki" Landscape Protected Area is located in central part of Wielkopolska. The land use of analyzed area is dominated by arable lands, smaller area is covered by forests. The aim of present study was to determine the current state of tourism development in Borek Wielkopolski and Piaski communes, as well as to evaluate the nature-cultural values of eastern part of "Krzywińsko-Osiecki" Landscape Protected Area. Afterwards the possibilities of tourism management were designed based on above mentioned analyses. For this purposes the calculation of tourist function's indexes, creation the map of valorization and the concept of tourism and recreation development with the aid of GIS tools were performed. The obtained results revealed, that tourist activity at Borek Wielkopolski and Piaski communes area is very low. However, eastern part of "Krzywińsko-Osiecki" Landscape Protected Area is characterized by a diversity of natural-landscape values. The proposed activities would influence on better recognition of natural values and increase of tourism attractiveness of analyzed area. Two tourist trails were proposed, as well as recreation development of water reservoir in Jeżewo and improvement of existing tourist infrastructure. ...
Witkowo commune is located in the eastern part of Wielkopolska region at Gniezno county. This is typical agricultural commune with some tourism infrastructure. The aim of the work was to evaluate of an existing tourism potential of Witkowo commune based on comparison analysis of indexes describing its tourism potential and other communes located in administration boundaries of the same county. For this purpose the multidimensional comparison analysis of synthetic measures was performed. Afterwards the concept of tourism potential enrichment was proposed based on aforementioned analysis. The obtained results revealed, that the highest synthetic measure was noted for Witkowo commune, where the highest tourism potential was observed. The lowest level was recorded for Niechanowo commune, which revealed the lowest values almost in every analysed group of indexes. The proposed tourist trail contributes to tourism enrichment potential of Witkowo commune. The trail goes through Powidzko-Bieniszewski Landscape Protected Area. This is in agreement to the goal of tourism management for the development of the tourism at a protected area with considering the protection rules and local features. Simultaneously the tourist trail designation does not disturb ecological balance and create consistent tourist infrastructure. ...
