The Planned Centre of Science and Technology ‘Energy’ in Karlino – a new tourist attraction of West Pomerania Cover Image

Projektowane Centrum Nauki i Techniki „Energia” w Karlinie – nowa atrakcja turystyczna na Pomorzu Zachodnim
The Planned Centre of Science and Technology ‘Energy’ in Karlino – a new tourist attraction of West Pomerania

Author(s): Zbigniew Głąbiński
Subject(s): Geography, Regional studies, Regional Geography
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: geotourism; Western Pomerania

Summary/Abstract: Western Pomerania is a region that is known among tourists mainly because of the sandy beaches of the Baltic Sea. Most of the more than 2 million tourists, who visit the region each year, come in summer and head straight for the beach resorts. This leads to a significant space-time concentration of tourism activity which is unfavorable in terms of the preservation of natural assets, as well as for socio-economic reasons. The region is perceived as not attractive for cognitive tourism, including geotourism.The eruption of oil and gas in Karlino in 1980 belongs to one of the most interesting events in the recent history of the region. This event has inspired the Karlino municipal authorities to create a modern educational museum that would commemorate the event and creatively present the formation processes of energy fuels throughout the geological history of the Earth. The creation of this facility would be an excellent opportunity to popularize geological knowledge among numerous tourists visiting the nearby beach resorts and would contribute to the socio-economic activation of the residents of the Karlino municipality.

  • Issue Year: 30/2015
  • Issue No: 04
  • Page Range: 43-59
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish