IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jagris/v12y2022i5p731-d821228.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Tourist Attractiveness of Rural Areas as a Determinant of the Implementation of Social Tourism of Disadvantaged Groups: Evidence from Poland and the Czech Republic

Author

Listed:
  • Michał Roman

    (Department of Tourism, Social Communication and Consulting, Institute of Economics and Finance, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Nowoursynowska 166, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland)

  • Josef Abrham

    (Department of Trade and Finance, Czech University of Life Sciences, Kamycka 129, 165 00 Praha-Suchdol, Czech Republic)

  • Arkadiusz Niedziółka

    (Department of Management and Economics of Enterprises, Faculty of Agriculture and Economics, University of Agriculture in Krakow, 31-120 Krakow, Poland)

  • Ewa Szczucka

    (Department of Tourism, Social Communication and Consulting, Institute of Economics and Finance, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Nowoursynowska 166, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland)

  • Lubos Smutka

    (Department of Trade and Finance, Czech University of Life Sciences, Kamycka 129, 165 00 Praha-Suchdol, Czech Republic)

  • Piotr Prus

    (Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology, Al. prof. S. Kaliskiego 7, 85-796 Bydgoszcz, Poland)

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to present the tourist attractiveness of rural areas as a factor of social tourism in Poland and the Czech Republic. The systematic literature review (SLR) research method was used to verify the aim. An extensive review of the literature has been made which has made it possible to present the importance of tourist attractiveness in the implementation of social tourism on the examples of Poland and the Czech Republic. This article presents a literature review and systematizes the terminology of social tourism. In addition, it shows the expectations and behavior of different groups of customers in the types and forms of social tourism. In the final part of the article the authors presented the opportunities and barriers to the development of social tourism in Poland and the Czech Republic.

Suggested Citation

  • Michał Roman & Josef Abrham & Arkadiusz Niedziółka & Ewa Szczucka & Lubos Smutka & Piotr Prus, 2022. "Tourist Attractiveness of Rural Areas as a Determinant of the Implementation of Social Tourism of Disadvantaged Groups: Evidence from Poland and the Czech Republic," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 12(5), pages 1-26, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jagris:v:12:y:2022:i:5:p:731-:d:821228
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/12/5/731/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/12/5/731/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Jiří Vystoupil & Martin Šauer & Ondřej Repík, 2017. "Quantitative Analysis of Tourism Potential in the Czech Republic," Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, Mendel University Press, vol. 65(3), pages 1085-1098.
    2. Maryam Mahmoodi & Michał Roman & Piotr Prus, 2022. "Features and Challenges of Agritourism: Evidence from Iran and Poland," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(8), pages 1-20, April.
    3. Michał Roman & Monika Roman & Piotr Prus, 2020. "Innovations in Agritourism: Evidence from a Region in Poland," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(12), pages 1-21, June.
    4. repec:ers:journl:v:vi:y:2018:i:1:p:61-89 is not listed on IDEAS
    5. Michał Roman & Monika Roman & Piotr Prus & Małgorzata Szczepanek, 2020. "Tourism Competitiveness of Rural Areas: Evidence from a Region in Poland," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 10(11), pages 1-19, November.
    6. Aleksander Panasiuk & Ewa Wszendybył-Skulska, 2021. "Social Aspects of Tourism Policy in the European Union. The Example of Poland and Slovakia," Economies, MDPI, vol. 9(1), pages 1-25, February.
    7. Mastronardi, Luigi & Giannelli, Agostino & Romagnoli, Luca, 2021. "Detecting the land use of ancient transhumance routes (Tratturi) and their potential for Italian inner areas’ growth," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 109(C).
    8. McCabe, Scott & Qiao, Guanghui, 2020. "A review of research into social tourism: Launching the Annals of Tourism Research Curated Collection on Social Tourism," Annals of Tourism Research, Elsevier, vol. 85(C).
    9. Michał Roman & Monika Roman & Emilia Grzegorzewska & Piotr Pietrzak & Kamil Roman, 2022. "Influence of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Tourism in European Countries: Cluster Analysis Findings," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(3), pages 1-17, January.
    10. Petr Cech & Irena Jindrichovska & Jiri Neubauer, 2018. "Corporate Social Responsibility in Hotel Industry: Empirical Analysis of Transitional Market," International Journal of Economics & Business Administration (IJEBA), International Journal of Economics & Business Administration (IJEBA), vol. 0(1), pages 61-89.
    11. Morgan, Nigel & Pritchard, Annette & Sedgley, Diane, 2015. "Social tourism and well-being in later life," Annals of Tourism Research, Elsevier, vol. 52(C), pages 1-15.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Yen E. Lam-González & Carmelo J. León & Javier de León & Chaitanya Suárez-Rojas, 2022. "The Impact of Degradation of Islands’ Land Ecosystems Due to Climate Change on Tourists’ Travel Decisions," Land, MDPI, vol. 11(10), pages 1-16, September.
    2. Pedro Carvalho, 2023. "Revitalizing Business Tourism in the European Union: Strategies for Growth," Administrative Sciences, MDPI, vol. 13(8), pages 1-12, August.
    3. Dian Yulie Reindrawati & Upik D. E. Noviyanti & Tamara Young, 2022. "Tourism Experiences of People with Disabilities: Voices from Indonesia," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(20), pages 1-21, October.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Mirosław Biczkowski & Aleksandra Jezierska-Thöle & Roman Rudnicki, 2021. "The Impact of RDP Measures on the Diversification of Agriculture and Rural Development—Seeking Additional Livelihoods: The Case of Poland," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 11(3), pages 1-26, March.
    2. Adis Puška & Dragan Pamucar & Ilija Stojanović & Fausto Cavallaro & Arturas Kaklauskas & Abbas Mardani, 2021. "Examination of the Sustainable Rural Tourism Potential of the Brčko District of Bosnia and Herzegovina Using a Fuzzy Approach Based on Group Decision Making," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(2), pages 1-23, January.
    3. Maryam Mahmoodi & Michał Roman & Piotr Prus, 2022. "Features and Challenges of Agritourism: Evidence from Iran and Poland," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(8), pages 1-20, April.
    4. Prakash Kumar Sarangi & Akhilesh Kumar Singh & Rajesh Kumar Srivastava & Vijai Kumar Gupta, 2023. "Recent Progress and Future Perspectives for Zero Agriculture Waste Technologies: Pineapple Waste as a Case Study," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(4), pages 1-26, February.
    5. Michał Roman & Piotr Grudzień, 2021. "The Essence of Agritourism and Its Profitability during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 11(5), pages 1-25, May.
    6. Martina Zámková & Stanislav Rojík & Ladislav Pilař & Martina Chalupová & Martin Prokop & Radek Stolín & Paweł Dziekański & Mansoor Maitah, 2021. "Customer Preferences for Organic Agriculture Produce in the Czech Republic: 2016 and 2019," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 11(10), pages 1-16, October.
    7. Jaeseok Lee & Jooa Baek, 2021. "Sustainable Growth of Social Tourism: A Growth Mixture Modeling Approach Using Heterogeneous Travel Frequency Trajectories," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(10), pages 1-17, May.
    8. Prakoso Havidz Ageng & Syahputri Gusti C. A. & Roziqin Ali & Syaprin Zahidi M., 2023. "Research trajectory on tourism policy: a bibliometric overview," European Journal of Tourism, Hospitality and Recreation, Sciendo, vol. 13(1), pages 56-66, December.
    9. Hunter-Jones, Philippa & Sudbury-Riley, Lynn & Al-Abdin, Ahmed & Menzies, Laura & Neary, Katie, 2020. "When a child is sick: The role of social tourism in palliative and end-of-life care," Annals of Tourism Research, Elsevier, vol. 83(C).
    10. Ruhet Genç & Eda Aylin Genç, 2017. "Promotion of Social Inclusion through New Steps in Tourism," Acta Universitatis Danubius. OEconomica, Danubius University of Galati, issue 13(3), pages 194-201, JUNE.
    11. Stoffelen, Arie, 2024. "A REVIEW OF TOURISM AND BORDERING PROCESSES: Launching the Annals of Tourism Research Curated Collection on tourism and territorial borders," Annals of Tourism Research, Elsevier, vol. 105(C).
    12. Abang Zainoren Abang Abdurahman & Syerina Azlin Md Nasir & Wan Fairos Wan Yaacob & Serah Jaya & Suhaili Mokhtar, 2021. "Spatio-Temporal Clustering of Sarawak Malaysia Total Protected Area Visitors," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(21), pages 1-19, October.
    13. Gabriela Popescu & Cosmin Alin Popescu & Tiberiu Iancu & Ioan Brad & Elena Peț & Tabita Adamov & Ramona Ciolac, 2022. "Sustainability through Rural Tourism in Moieciu Area-Development Analysis and Future Proposals," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(7), pages 1-23, April.
    14. Huong T.T. Hoang & Quang Hai Truong & An Thinh Nguyen & Luc Hens, 2018. "Multicriteria Evaluation of Tourism Potential in the Central Highlands of Vietnam: Combining Geographic Information System (GIS), Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Principal Component Analysis (PCA," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(9), pages 1-20, August.
    15. Vento, Elli & Tammi, Timo & McCabe, Scott & Komppula, Raija, 2020. "Re-evaluating well-being outcomes of social tourism: Evidence from Finland," Annals of Tourism Research, Elsevier, vol. 85(C).
    16. Celal Cevher & Bulent Altunkaynak & Meltem Gürü, 2021. "Impacts of COVID-19 on Agricultural Production Branches: An Investigation of Anxiety Disorders among Farmers," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(9), pages 1-18, May.
    17. Gorka Zamarreño-Aramendia & Elena Cruz-Ruiz & Elena Ruiz-Romero de la Cruz, 2021. "Sustainable Economy and Development of the Rural Territory: Proposal of Wine Tourism Itineraries in La Axarquía of Malaga (Spain)," Economies, MDPI, vol. 9(1), pages 1-21, March.
    18. Olena Pimenowa & Serhii Pimenov & Halyna Fyliuk & Maksym W. Sitnicki & Vasylyna Kolosha & Dmytro Kurinskyi, 2023. "Sustainable Business Model of Modern Enterprises in Conditions of Uncertainty and Turbulence," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(3), pages 1-23, February.
    19. Rachel Germanier & Niccolò Moricciani, 2023. "Perceiving and Adapting to Climate Change: Perspectives of Tuscan Wine-Producing Agritourism Owners," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(3), pages 1-14, January.
    20. Paz Rico & Bernardí Cabrer-Borrás & Francisco Morillas-Jurado, 2021. "Seasonality in Tourism: Do Senior Programs Mitigate It?," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 9(16), pages 1-27, August.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jagris:v:12:y:2022:i:5:p:731-:d:821228. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.