Summary

Andrzej Kowalczyk, Cultural tourism – how to understand it? Culturaltourism istheresult of specifichumanneeds thatcan generally becalledleisure andtourist needs and which (according to the classification of needs developed by T. Kocowski, 1978) include the needs of: rest, freedom, driving, culture reception, aesthetic, active recreation and ludic. It can be assumed that in the cae of people interested in cultural tourism, the needs of cultural reception, aesthetic and ludic are particularly important. Another very important feature of cultural tourism is its vulnerability to change over time. In particular historical periods, the significance and nature of the behaviors constituting cultural tourism varied. This, in turn, means that cultural tourism is associated with a cultural model occurring (generally dominant) in a given historical era. Another feature of cultural tourism is the multiplicity and diversity of its forms, which can sometimes interpenetrate. This is due to the fact that human needs are rarely separated and the visitor to the La Scala opera house in Milan can at the same time admire its interiors and have the satisfaction of watching the spectacle. It should also be noted that cultural tourism is often practiced simultaneously with other types of tourism. It is very often difficult to clearly determine whether a given form of tourism falls under cultural or recreational tourism. For example, visiting monuments, which undoubtedly falls within cultural tourism, can also be a rest. Often, even people undertaking a given tourism and leisure behavior may have significant problems in determining what types of motivations dominated when making decisions about their implementation. The last statement in this argument is to emphasize that cultural tourism can be practiced both during vacation trips, during weekends, as well as during everyday human behavior related to spending free time. It can also be implemented in very different sceneries (regions, landscapes, places). Karolina Buczkowska-Gołąbek, Armin Mikos von Rohrscheidt, Contribution of researchers and activists to the development of cultural tourism – with particular emphasis on the environment of Greater Poland. The aim and content of the study is a short presentation of what has happened over the last decade, both in the area of scientific research and their implementations, as well as in the practical organization of cultural tourism in our country, with a particular territorial focus on Greater Poland. Parts of the text come from a previously published joint article by both authors titled Ten years of cultural tourism in Poland. Successes and failures, which appeared in 2018 in the scientific journal “Cultural Tourism”. Joanna Śniadek, Cultural tourism as a priority for development of tourism in Greater Poland. Cultural tourism is widely considered to be one of the key subsets of tourism – particularly in Europe, as it is a major destination for international travel. In order to sustain a balanced development, it requires adopting a suitable tourism policy, based on strategic planning. When aiming to boost tourism in the region, developing cultural tourism is a priority. Therefore, since 1999 local authorities have been commissioning researchers for tourism development strategies for the Greater Poland Voivodeship – the currently ongoing strategy is their second one. Alina Zajadacz, Accessibility of the Piast Trail in Greater Poland from the perspective of the needs of people with mobility disabilities. The article discusses the results of research related to the assessment of accessibility of tourist attractions for people with mobility disabilities on one of the leading cultural routes in Greater Poland – the Piast Trail. The first part explains key concepts such as accessibility, the social model of disability and accessible tourism. The second part includes a synthetic summary of the results of the audit carried out in 33 attractions located on the Piast Trail in the Greater Poland province between July and August 2019. These studies were a part of the project entitled “Analysis of the accessibility