Topics of 1st round thesis of the Geography Olympiad in Poland vs. the idea of sustainable development

For over 40 years, the Geography Olympiad has been spreading geographic knowledge among school students in Poland. The initiator of organising multi-level geography competitions for high school students, under the name of the Geography Olympiad, was Prof. Anna Dylikowa. Her novel idea met with the approval of the Polish Geographical Society (Polskie Towarzystwo Geograficzne, PTG). In 1974, following the proposal of the Central Board of the PTG, the Minister of Education approved the creation of the Geography Olympiad and appointed its Central Committee, which was entrusted all issues related to the organisation of the competitions. The Olympiad obtained financial support from the Ministry of Education (Dylikowa 1975). In 1991 the scope of the Olympiad was extended by the inclusion of maritime topics to the Geography Olympiad. As a result of these changes, until 2010 the final competitions of the Geography Olympiad (36th in 2010) and Nautological Olympiad (19th) had been taking place simultaneously (Szmyd & Uroda 2010). For years, various geography olympiads and olympic style competitions have been promoting geographical and other earth sciences knowledge and skills in the world. Such competitions are organized in many countries. In Russia (former USSR) soon after World War II Faculty of Geography of Lomonosov State University (MGU) started to organize annually Geography Olympiad, firstly only for students from Moscow region and after some years also for the secondary school students from other Russian provinces (Naumov 2007). In Estonia since the 1965/1966 academic year there have been 43 Geography Olympiads organized (Liiber & Roosaare 2007; Liiber et al. 2014). In Mexico geography olympiad started in 1987 (García-García 2007). The Australian Geography Competition (AGC) was established in 1995 by the Royal Geographical Society of Queensland (RGSQ) and the Australian Geography Teachers’ Association (Childs & Berg 2015, www.geographycompetition.org.au). In the Czech Republic various school geographic competitions have been taking place since the 1960s. However, the competitions were organized regionally and on the basis of teacher volunteerism. In 1998 Zeměpisná olympiáda was established (www.zemepisnaolympiada.cz/historie.phtml, Hanus 2016). In China geography contest is organized was established in 2005 as China National Geography Competition – CNGC – and first edition took place in January of 2006(Min & Dongying 2007) In Turkey Scientific Project Competitions in geography are held since 2011 (Meydan 2017). The geography Olympiads are organized also in New Zealand – Maatangi Whenua Geography Olympiad (Mark 1999) and since 2012 in USA as well (www.geographyolympiad.com/). The Polish Geography Olympiad has been disseminating geographical knowledge among school students since 1974. Its main objectives are: • fostering interest in geography and geographical sciences among school students; • detecting and and working with gifted students; • stimulating creative thinking; • raising the level of geographical knowledge and using it in practice; • ensuring better preparation of candidates for higher education; • raising the level of education and popularisation of the latest achievements of science among teachers working with gifted students; • selecting students for international competitions. Popularising geographical knowledge also contributes substantially to disseminating sustainable development goals. This happens primarily during the preparation of 1st round theses by students, but also through the acquisition of knowledge and various skills necessary to successful solving Olympiad tests and completing fieldwork tasks. In the analysed period of 43 years a significant number of 1st round thesis topics included the content promoting sustainable development goals. Over 61 000 students participated in this round of the Geography Olympiad. As stated before, the amount and scope of the content related to sustainable development is now much greater than in the past. In the last 14 editions (Olympiads 30–43) 51.5% out of 22 394 submitted competition entries contained the characteristics referring to sustainable development goals. In the latest edition – 43rd Geography Olympiad – the percentage of this type of theses was 86.5%. It should be stressed that besides theoretical considerations, students include specific examples showing various aspects of the implementation of sustainable development, as well as examples of activities contrary to its purposes and principles. This proves high social maturity of the authors of the theses, but also their sensitivity in relation to complex environmental issues

Branding Spain as a top enotourist destination – Assessment of the resources and promotional activities

The paper defines the meaning and scope of the term enotourism by presenting various related aspects. It also describes the status of contemporary enotourism in Spain overviewing enotourist offers of the regions. Their further growth is considered to lie in raising the quality of the enotourist regions’ offers and implementing the sustainable development as well as in purposeful branding that will contribute to the establishment of a brand related to enotourism in Spain. Using the method of diagnostic survey, the Poles’ (n = 150) awareness of the enotourism meaning was determined, along with their knowledge of enoregions in Spain and preferences when it comes to wine consumption. It was also assessed whether Spain is branded as the top enotourism destination

Polscy biro- i enoturyści – wstępna charakterystyka komparatystyczna

Turystyka piwna i turystyka winiarska są najczęściej traktowane jako formy turystyki kulinarnej. Stają się one z każdym rokiem coraz bardziej popularne w Polsce. Liczba publikacji poświęconych charakterystyce biroturystów zarówno w literaturze światowej, jak i polskiej jest niewielka, natomiast studia poświęcone enoturystom są liczniej obecne w literaturze turystycznokulturowej. Prace przedstawiające profil enoturysty pojawiły się w latach 90. XX wieku. Celem podjętych badań było określenie profilu polskiego eno- i biroturysty (turysty winiarskiego i piwnego), a także ustalenie wspólnych i rozłącznych cech osób uprawiających te rodzaje aktywności. Materiał do porównania w niniejszym opracowaniu pozyskano drogą analizy odpowiedzi respondentów, uczestniczących w badaniach ankietowych przeprowadzonych w latach 2011-2014. Dobór prób był celowy. Do analizy zakwalifikowano ankiety wypełnione przez 170 biroturystów oraz88 enoturystów . Otrzymane wyniki wskazują, że zarówno biroturystyka, jak i enoturystyka cieszą się większym zainteresowaniem mężczyzn niż kobiet. Statystyczny turysta piwny jest młodszy od turysty winiarskiego, a największą tego typu aktywność turystyczną wykazują osoby z wyższym wykształceniem. Biroturyści częściej niż enoturyści podróżują do miejsc wiążących się z ich kulinarnymi zainteresowaniami degustacją napojów.Beer and wine tourism are most often considered as a subtypes of culinary tourism. Popularity of this activities in Poland is increasing. The number of publications focusing on the characteristics of birotourists is scarce, both in Polish as well as foreign scientific literature, while enotourist profile studies are more numerous. Works presenting an enotourist profile appeared in the 90s of the twentieth century. The purpose of this research was to establish a demographic and psychographic profile of Polish eno- and birotourist, as well as to identify the common and contrasting features of people who practice these types of activities. The material for comparison in this study was obtained by analyzing the data from surveys conducted in 2011-2014. The survey included 88 questionnaires completed by enoturists and 170 by birotourists. The results show that both birotourism and enotourism are more popular among men than women. The statistical beer tourist is younger than wine tourist, and in both aforementioned groups people with higher education prevail. Birotourists more often than enoturists travel to places related to their culinary interest in tasting drinks

Culinary tourism in the Cuiavian-Pomeranian Province, Poland

Poland, as one of the European Union country, saves and promotes regional goods of high quality. One of the basic way of quality policy realization is giving a high quality sign to regional farm and food products which come from different regions and are traditionally made (Internet source no 2). More and more often, products made in a traditional way attract tourists, who come to the places where the products are prepared. Jęczmyk and Sammel (2012) believe that regional products of the traditional method of manufacturing, may be the main motive for traveling to the particular region. In the Cuiavian-Pomeranian Province 54 regional products was registered (Internet source no 3). They are: dairy, meat, confectionery, bakery products, oil, fat, honey, alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks, prepared dishes. A special attention in the article is paid to some of the products which help to develop the culinary tourism in the Cuiavian-Pomeranian Province

Raising territorial awareness of the students from Gorzów Wielkopolski county (Poland) as part of geographical and historical education

This article contains selected results of research on the course of geographical regional education and the territorial awareness of pupils in Gorzów county (Western Poland), a region situated on the border with Germany (the Land of Brandenburg). The paper defines the basic concepts and terms, and describes a research tool. Students' knowledge about their own region, the source of this knowledge and the means of its acquisition were set as outcomes. The state of territorial awareness of pupils including its spatial extent and the nature and strength of ties were established. While analyzing the results, the authors highlighted the differences between the declared attitudes of the students of each school, differentiating them due to the stage of education (middle school and high school) and the place (Gorzów Wielkopolski, Kostrzyn nad Odrą and Witnica). It was found, that lessons on regional issues implemented within geography lessons and educational trail such as Regional education – cultural heritage in the region (Edukacja regionalna – dziedzictwo kulturowe w regionie) play an important role and contribute significantly to the mastery of complex knowledge about the region. Beside the formal education about the region a family home is of great importance, especially in terms of shaping forces of territorial ties. Deficiencies in terms of regional education were also highlighted. Due to the nature of this article and its small size authors focuses only on the selected parts of research, in particular the analysis of the diversity of geographical and historical knowledge resources of the surveyed students was omitted

Fieldwork on selected educational paths

The paper concerns the possibilities of using educational paths as one form of fieldwork for activating learning. Educational paths, also fostering informal education of a wider society, allow for conducting direct observations and measurements, and are a great source of knowledge about the immediate environment. This form of learning enables interdisciplinary education, combining geography with other school subjects. To become a useful tool in education, however, an educational path needs to be carefully designed and built and accompanied by teacher’s materials (guide and handouts). All the examples of educational paths given in the paper come from the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodeship (Poland)

Potencjał rozwoju turystyki kulinarnej w Korei Południowej

Culinary tourism, which is discovering the world through the senses of taste and smell, is currently one of the most fashionable trends in tourism. The promotion of Korean culture, and as a result, also Korean cuisine, thanks to e.g. movies and dramas increases interest in this part of the world. Korean cuisine, as well as cuisine of any other region in the world, is associated with geographical conditions. The diverse climatic conditions and a long and turbulent history caused regional differences in Korean dishes. Korean cuisine is considered one of the healthiest in the world. In order to obtain information regarding the perception of Korean cuisine by tourists survey was carried out. Respondents (160 in total) were foreign tourists staying in Porto (Portugal), including 82 women (51%) and 78 men (49%). Questionnaire, in addition to the questions that make up the socio-demographic characteristics of respondents, consisted of aspects of knowledge of Korean cuisine: dishes and its ingredients, flavors, and also evaluation the level of knowledge about the Korean cuisine. The results of the survey showed that Korean cuisine is not yet well recognized by tourists, only about 13% of people were able to name a single Korean dish. However, it has great potential for growth as ethnic cuisine and as a magnet for culinary tourists, especially because is intensively promoted.Obserwowana ostatnio promocja kultury koreańskiej, a w konsekwencji i kulinariów dzięki m.in. filmom i dramom powoduje wzrost zainteresowania tą częścią świata, tym bardziej, że turystyka kulinarna, jest jednym z najmodniejszych obecnie trendów w turystyce. Kuchnia koreańska, podobnie jak w przypadku każdego innego regionu na świecie, jest związana z warunkami geograficznymi. Różnorodny klimat oraz długa i burzliwa historia sprawiły, że koreańskie potrawy różnią się od siebie, zależnie od regionu. Kuchnia koreańska uważana jest za jedną z najzdrowszych na świecie. W celu pozyskania informacji dotyczących postrzegania koreańskiej kuchni przez turystów przeprowadzono badania ankietowe. Grono respondentów stanowiło 160 turystów zagranicznych przebywających w Porto (w Portugalii), w tym 82 kobiety (51%) i 78 mężczyzn (49%). Zakres kwestionariusza ankiety, poza pytaniami składającymi się na charakterystykę społeczno-demograficzną respondentów, obejmował kwestie znajomości kuchni koreańskiej: dań i składników, walorów smakowych, oceny stopnia opanowania wiedzy na temat kulinariów itp. Wyniki ankiety pokazały, że koreańska kuchnia nie została jeszcze dobrze rozpoznana przez turystów, zaledwie około 13% osób potrafiło wymienić choć jedną potrawę kuchni koreańskiej. Posiada ona potencjał rozwoju jako kuchnia etniczna i magnes dla turystów kulinarnych, zwłaszcza, że jest intensywnie promowana