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Procesy integracyjne w turystyce europejskiej
The process of integration in the European tourism

Author(s): Barbara Ostrowska
Subject(s): EU-Approach / EU-Accession / EU-Development, Tourism
Published by: Oficyna Wydawnicza AFM Uniwersytetu Andrzeja Frycza Modrzewskiego w Krakowie
Keywords: tourist integration of Europe; development of tourism; globalization of tourism; international tourist arrivals

Summary/Abstract: The modern tourism profits from the international processes of integration and globalization. The main factors of tourism development is political stability, economic growth and the increase in wealth of societies, the increase in leisure time, as well as advances in technology. Tourism is considered to be an important sector of the European economy. Percentage of Europe in global tourism was 51.2% in 2015. Europe is the most visited region of the world, which reached 35.8% of global world revenue from tourism in 2015. The integration of the European countries in the field of policy and economy as well as in the social, ecological and educational area has a significant impact on the functioning and development of the tourist economy

  • Issue Year: XIII/2016
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 157-174
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish
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