Sustainable tourism in the activities of city authorities. Poland – case study
Sustainable tourism in the activities of city authorities. Poland – case study

Summary/Abstract: Sustainable development is a priority challenge for the contemporary world, just like sustainable tourism. The purpose of this article is to present the activities of self-governments’ administration which support sustainable tourism development in selected Polish cities. The hypothese was formulated that the attitude of city authorities in Poland towards sustainable tourism development is not homogenous. The purpose of the article was achieved by subject literature review. The empirical part of the work consists of the primary research carried out in 2017 and 2018 among the units of local governments’ administration in Poland. Relevant statistical analyses of primary data were carried out by means of non-parametric tests. The results of the analyses allowed proving the hypothese. It is concluded that the cities do not conduct homogenous sustainable tourism policy. However, the more significant sustainable tourism becomes in the strategies of cities development, the more developed the activities in this area become.

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