Ski touring in Poland: Who takes part in this form of specialised tourism? How do they take part and why?

The article presents a description of ski touring by Polish tourists. The author is looking for answers to the following questions: Who goes on this form of tourism? How and why? How experienced are the tourists? Are they aware of the risks involved? Are they theoretically and practically prepared f...

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Main Author: Iwona Jażdżewska
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Lodz University Press 2016-06-01
Series:Tourism
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Online Access:https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/tourism/article/view/5336
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spelling doaj-6fe4d57654b14e9c9508cc85cadb05d92020-11-25T01:38:30ZengLodz University PressTourism0867-58562080-69222016-06-01261616910.1515/tour-2016-00055336Ski touring in Poland: Who takes part in this form of specialised tourism? How do they take part and why?Iwona Jażdżewska0University of Lodz, Institute of Urban Geography and Tourism Studies, GIS Regional LaboratoryThe article presents a description of ski touring by Polish tourists. The author is looking for answers to the following questions: Who goes on this form of tourism? How and why? How experienced are the tourists? Are they aware of the risks involved? Are they theoretically and practically prepared for the danger of avalanches? The author compares their social features and tourist-recreational behaviour to research conducted by the Central Statistical Office in 2012.https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/tourism/article/view/5336ski touringtourist behaviourtourist motivationssafetypoland
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author Iwona Jażdżewska
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Ski touring in Poland: Who takes part in this form of specialised tourism? How do they take part and why?
Tourism
ski touring
tourist behaviour
tourist motivations
safety
poland
author_facet Iwona Jażdżewska
author_sort Iwona Jażdżewska
title Ski touring in Poland: Who takes part in this form of specialised tourism? How do they take part and why?
title_short Ski touring in Poland: Who takes part in this form of specialised tourism? How do they take part and why?
title_full Ski touring in Poland: Who takes part in this form of specialised tourism? How do they take part and why?
title_fullStr Ski touring in Poland: Who takes part in this form of specialised tourism? How do they take part and why?
title_full_unstemmed Ski touring in Poland: Who takes part in this form of specialised tourism? How do they take part and why?
title_sort ski touring in poland: who takes part in this form of specialised tourism? how do they take part and why?
publisher Lodz University Press
series Tourism
issn 0867-5856
2080-6922
publishDate 2016-06-01
description The article presents a description of ski touring by Polish tourists. The author is looking for answers to the following questions: Who goes on this form of tourism? How and why? How experienced are the tourists? Are they aware of the risks involved? Are they theoretically and practically prepared for the danger of avalanches? The author compares their social features and tourist-recreational behaviour to research conducted by the Central Statistical Office in 2012.
topic ski touring
tourist behaviour
tourist motivations
safety
poland
url https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/tourism/article/view/5336
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