The Higher School of Tourism and Foreign Languages in Warsaw. Tourism in Poland. Elżbieta Puchnarewicz

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1 The Higher School of Tourism and Foreign Languages in Warsaw Tourism in Poland Editor Elżbieta Puchnarewicz Warsaw 2015

2 Cover photo: Dominik Orłowski (Barbacan in Warsaw) Reviewers: Professor dr hab. Barbara Gołębiewska Warsaw University of Life Sciences Professor dr hab. Bogusław Sawicki University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Poland Translated by Ewelina Startek & Anna Moskała The Higher School of Tourism and Foreign Languages in Warsaw Al. Prymasa Tysiąclecia 38a Warsaw, Poland ISBN

3 Table of contents Introduction 7 PART I HISTORY, SELF-IDENTITY AND TOURISM Elżbieta Puchnarewicz Geopolitics and tourism in Poland 11 Joanna Wyleżałek Why Poland? Culture and National Identity as National Attributes 27 Wojciech J. Cynarski Following the trail of cultural traditions travelling in the sphere of values and symbolism 35 Grzegorz Bieńczyk The History of Polish Tourism Organizations in Poland 47 PART II DIFFERENT TYPES OF TOURISM IN POLAND Bolesław Iwan Business Tourism in Poland 59 Włodzimierz Banasik Urban tourism in Poland 69

4 Henryk Legienis Spa tourism in Poland 81 Małgorzata Pasławska Incentive ski tourism in a Polish mode 93 PART III CULINARY TRADITIONS AND TOURISM Halina Makała Customs in Polish cuisine as tourist attractions 105 Dominik Orłowski, Magdalena Woźniczko Polish cuisine and its importance in culinary tourism 117 Jerzy Makowski, Joanna Miętkiewska-Brynda Wine tourism in Poland? 131 PART IV DIAGNOSIS ON FOREIGN TOURISTS AND THEIR SAFETY Hanna Borne-Januła Foreign Tourists in Poland 143 Wiesław Szczęsny Safety of tourists during their stay in the Polish mountains 157

5 Introduction The authors of the book are predominantly lecturers and researchers of the Higher School of Tourism and Foreign Languages HSTFL in Warsaw (Wyższa Szkoła Turystyki i Języków Obcych WSTiJO w Warszawie). The team was also joined by scientists in the field of tourism in Poland from the University of Warsaw and the University of Rzeszów. The idea of writing the book has been ripening for a long time. Our international contacts as well as students studying under the Erasmus scholarships have made the team to gather important issues from the field of tourism in Poland into a book aimed for foreign readers. We would like the Polish specificity of tourism development to be better comprehensible for lecturers, students and potential tourists, who do not know the reality of our country well enough. The authors are lecturers, researchers and explorers, they are also experienced practitioners working in tourist business and organizations. The final shape of the publication was affected not only by research interests of the authors but also their passions for travel, work in tourist organizations and other institutions connected with tourism industry. The works of the authors were collected into four thematic parts. The first one includes reflections on history, identity and their importance in tourism. Here the authors consider the influence of geopolitical turbulences on the sphere of tourism, culture and national identity as attributes of the country, as well as the history of tourism organizations in Poland. In the works collected in the second part various areas of tourism in Poland the authors presented their re- 7

6 introduction search on business tourism, urban tourism, health tourism, and incentive tourism in the Polish mountains. The third part includes the considerations of the authors concerning culinary traditions, starting from eating habits in old Poland, Polish regional cuisines and the use of national cuisine to create tourism products such as food fair, culinary feasts and festivals, and finishing with the characteristics of wine tourism in Poland. The last chapter gather two research problems diagnosis on foreigners coming to Poland and safety resolutions for tourists during their stay in the Polish mountains. The texts included in the collection are the material for further research studies which will be developed and published in the following volumes. Suggested additional literature to read and problems for discussion are a presupposition of the team aiming at encouraging considerations in a broader context than Polish issues. Jadwiga Moroz Chancellor Founder of HSTFL (WSTiJO) Elżbieta Puchnarewicz Editor