Towards synergy between tourism and nature conservation. The challenge for the rural regions: the case of Drawskie lake district, Poland

Adamowicz Joanna
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Adamowicz Joanna: Department of Resource Management, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Hildesheim/Holzminden/Göttingen, Büsgenweg 1a, 37077 Göttingen, Germany

European Countryside, 2010, vol. 2, issue 3, 118-131

Abstract: Sustainable tourism is seen as one of the ways to improve the socio-economic situation in lagging behind rural areas while maintaining high natural values and attractiveness. Whether and how it could be done was studied in the Drawskie Lake District in North-western Poland via document analysis and expert interviews. The biggest impediments are: inconsistent legal framework, incompatible infrastructure for increased number of tourists where there are no long-term strategies for development because of the instability of local authorities which hampers the co-operation of tourism management, nature conservation and municipalities as the responsibilities are not clearly agreed. Yet, local initiatives have found innovative ways to combine tourism, nature conservation and generate income.

Keywords: Sustainable tourism; ecotourism; nature conservation; local co-operation; Poland; Sustainable tourism; ecotourism; nature conservation; local co-operation; Poland; turystyka zrównoważona; ekoturystyka; ochrona przyrody; współpraca lokalna; Polska (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.2478/v10091-010-0009-1

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