Hospitality Offer of Youth Hostels in Poland as an Element of Tourism School. Theoretical-empirical Approach Cover Image

Oferta hotelarska schronisk młodzieżowych w Polsce jako element produktu turystyki szkolnej. Ujęcie teoretyczno-empiryczne
Hospitality Offer of Youth Hostels in Poland as an Element of Tourism School. Theoretical-empirical Approach

Author(s): Arkadiusz Mazurkiewicz, Marta Sidorkiewicz, Anna Tokarz-Kocik
Subject(s): Economy, Tourism
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: tourism school; hospitality; youth hostels

Summary/Abstract: This article focuses on the importance of tourism in the development of children and youth. It presents the role and functions of school tourism. In addition, an analysis of the accommodation offer dedicated to this form of tourism (ie. youth hostels). The article describes the legal requirements in this type of objects relating to the equipment and in service delivery. Furthermore they presented a quantitative structure of youth hostels in Poland in 2016. The content of the study results from using primarily, in the theoretical part, desk research in the form of an analysis of literature on the subject and, in the empirical part, an analysis of secondary materials provided by the institutions dealing with the analysis of tourist accommodation in Poland.

  • Issue Year: 37/2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 49-59
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish