Profil współczesnego turysty pielgrzymkowego = The profile of the contemporary pilgrimage tourist

Ropińska Aleksandra Katarzyna, Podgórski Zbigniew. Profil współczesnego turysty pielgrzymkowego = The profile of the contemporary pilgrimage tourist. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2015;5(9):227-244. ISSN 2391-8306. DOI10.5281/zenodo.30535http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.30535http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/2015%3B5%289%29%3A227-244https://pbn.nauka.gov.pl/works/619938Formerly Journal of Health Sciences. ISSN 1429-9623 / 2300-665X. Archives 2011–2014http://journal.rsw.edu.pl/index.php/JHS/issue/archive Deklaracja.Specyfika i zawartość merytoryczna czasopisma nie ulega zmianie.Zgodnie z informacją MNiSW z dnia 2 czerwca 2014 r., że w roku 2014 nie będzie przeprowadzana ocena czasopism naukowych; czasopismo o zmienionym tytule otrzymuje tyle samo punktów co na wykazie czasopism naukowych z dnia 31 grudnia 2014 r.The journal has had 5 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Poland parametric evaluation. Part B item 1089. (31.12.2014).© The Author (s) 2015;This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland and Radom University in Radom, PolandOpen Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium,provided the original author(s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited.This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercialuse, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited.The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper.Received: 25.08.2015. Revised 05.09.2015. Accepted: 06.09.2015. Profil współczesnego turysty pielgrzymkowegoThe profile of the contemporary pilgrimage tourist Aleksandra Katarzyna Ropińska, Zbigniew Podgórski 1 Instytut Historii i Stosunków Międzynarodowych, Wydział Humanistyczny, Uniwersytet Kazimierza Wielkiego, 85-067 Bydgoszcz, ul. Jagiellońska [email protected] 2 Instytut Geografii, Wydział Kultury Fizycznej, Zdrowia i Turystyki, Uniwersytet Kazimierza Wielkiego, 85-428 Bydgoszcz, ul. Mińska [email protected] treści: Celem niniejszego opracowania jest charakterystyka profilu współczesnego turysty pielgrzymkowego. W pracy zasygnalizowano podstawowe kwestie i zagadnienia związane z turystyką pielgrzymkową. Do celów badawczych, użyto metody sondażu diagnostycznego, którego podstawowym narzędziem była ankieta. Badanie przeprowadzono w formie kwestionariusza ankiety internetowej, co pozwoliło na dotarcie do szerokiego grona respondentów. Przyjrzano się dokładnie podstawowym motywom oraz celom podejmowania turystyki pielgrzymkowej. Wskazano najpopularniejsze destynacje turystów pielgrzymkowych w Polsce. Zgodnie z wyznaczonym celem opracowano profil współczesnego turysty pielgrzymkowego. Profil ten, ukazuje swoją przydatność dla organizatorów pielgrzymek, jako obraz oczekiwań potencjalnych klientów.Słowa kluczowe: turystyka kulturowa, turystyka pielgrzymkowa, profil turysty, główne destynacje pielgrzymów, ankieta.Abstrakt: This thesis aimed at creating the profile of the contemporary pilgrimage tourist. The thesis discussed basic issues and questions connected with pilgrimage tourism. The research used the method of diagnostic survey with a questionnaire as a research tool. The research was conducted in a form of an Internet survey questionnaire which enabled the author to reach a great number of respondents. The main reasons for and purposes of making a pilgrimage were scrutinized. The most popular pilgrimage destinations in Poland were mentioned. According to the set objective, the profile of a contemporary pilgrimage tourist was created. The profile may prove useful to pilgrimage organizers as a picture of potential clients' expectations.Keywords: culture tourism, pilgrimage tourism, tourist's profiles, main pilgrimage destinations, questionnaire

Turystyczne wykorzystanie krajobrazu kulturowego w gminie Koronowo = Tourist use of the cultural landscape in Gmina Koronowo

Nowicka Ewa, Podgórski Zbigniew, Gonia Alicja. Turystyczne wykorzystanie krajobrazu kulturowego w gminie Koronowo = Tourist use of the cultural landscape in Gmina Koronowo. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2015;5(5):413-426. ISSN 2391-8306. DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18035http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/2015%3B5%285%29%3A413-426https://pbn.nauka.gov.pl/works/562072http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18035Formerly Journal of Health Sciences. ISSN 1429-9623 / 2300-665X. Archives 2011 – 2014 http://journal.rsw.edu.pl/index.php/JHS/issue/archive Deklaracja.Specyfika i zawartość merytoryczna czasopisma nie ulega zmianie.Zgodnie z informacją MNiSW z dnia 2 czerwca 2014 r., że w roku 2014 nie będzie przeprowadzana ocena czasopism naukowych; czasopismo o zmienionym tytule otrzymuje tyle samo punktów co na wykazie czasopism naukowych z dnia 31 grudnia 2014 r.The journal has had 5 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Poland parametric evaluation. Part B item 1089. (31.12.2014).© The Author (s) 2015;This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland and Radom University in Radom, PolandOpen Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited.This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercialuse, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited.The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper.Received: 20.03.2015. Revised 18.04.2015. Accepted: 24.05.2015. Turystyczne wykorzystanie krajobrazu kulturowego w gminie KoronowoTourist use of the cultural landscape in Gmina Koronowo Ewa Nowicka, Zbigniew Podgórski, Alicja Gonia Instytut Geografii, Wydział Kultury Fizycznej, Zdrowia i Turystyki, Uniwersytet Kazimierza Wielkiego, 85-428 Bydgoszcz, ul. Mińska [email protected]  Słowa kluczowe: krajobraz kulturowy, turystyka, gmina Koronowo, metoda inwentaryzacji krajoznawczej, szlaki turystyczne. Key words: cultural landscape, tourism, Gmina Koronowo, sightseeing inventory method, hiking trails. Zarys treści Gmina Koronowo jest powszechnie uznawana za teren atrakcyjnego krajobrazu, cenną i interesującą przestrzeń turystyczną. Predyspozycje obszaru do uprawiania różnych form turystyki potwierdza wynik oceny atrakcyjności wizualnej krajobrazu.W artykule scharakteryzowano zasoby krajobrazu kulturowego gminy Koronowo. Uzyskane wyniki wskazują, że niemal każda miejscowość posiada obiekt o dużej wartości historycznej bądź kulturowej oraz walory krajoznawcze. Znaczna ich część znajduje się w Koronowie, z uwagi na wielkość miasta i jego bogatą historię. Powszechna opinia dowodzi, że Zalew Koronowski stanowi największy walor turystyczny gminy Koronowo. Nie ulega wątpliwości, iż jest on najmocniejszym atutem oraz marką turystyczną. Świadczy o tym m.in. wzrost intensywności ruchu turystycznego w sezonie letnim. Na podstawie wyników analizy SWOT stwierdzono, że gmina Koronowo ma nadal nie w pełni wykorzystany potencjał turystyczny. Fakt ten ze względu na przeciętną wielkość presji turystycznej potwierdza potrzebę dalszych działań na rzecz rozwoju turystyki na analizowanym obszarze. AbstractThe gmina (third tier administrative unit) of Koronowo is widely regarded an area of attractive landscape, as well as valuable and interesting tourist space. Its suitability for various forms of tourism is confirmed by the assessment of visual attractiveness of the landscape. The article describes the resources of the cultural landscape of Gmina Koronowo. The results indicate that almost every locality has an object of high cultural or historical value as well as sightseeing potential. Most of those objects, however, are located in Koronowo itself, given the size of the town and its rich history. The common opinion proves that the Koronowo Reservoir is the biggest tourist value of Gmina Koronowo. Undoubtedly, it is the strongest asset and a tourist brand. This is evidenced by e.g. intensification of tourist traffic in the summer. Based on the results of the SWOT analysis it was found out that Gmina Koronowo is not fully exploiting its tourism potential. Due to the average size of the tourist pressure, this confirms the need for further action to develop tourism in the analysed area. Translated by Aleksandara Zaparucha

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

Development and Activity of the Institute of Geography, Kazimierz Wielki University in 1995-2016

The Institute of Geography of Kazimierz Wielki University, founded in 1996, initially as the Chair of Geography, is the youngest geography research and didactic unit in Poland. The Institute runs two-cycle studies in two fields: Geography as well as Tourism and Recreation (bachelor’s and complementary master’s studies), and two engineering courses: Inland Waterways Revitalization and Crisis Management in the Natural Environment. After twenty years of student education, graduates of the Institute of Geography have an impact on the natural environment management on a local and national scale, by taking positions at various levels, including managerial positions in local authorities’ units, institutions connected with environmental protection as well as private enterprises. The academic research of the Institute of Geography focuses on issues related to physical geography and socio-economic geography as well as tourism and recreation. Currently, the most important topics are: the impact of human activity on fluvial systems, problems related to revitalization of waterways and riverside areas, geodiversity of selected areas in Poland, contemporary socio-economic processes in Poland and other transition countries, tourism development and economics. The scientific research and expert activities of the Institute’s employees in the indicated fields include research works both worldwide, nationwide, as well as on a local scale – the Kujavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship and the city of Bydgoszcz. The research is carried out within the framework of cooperation with Polish and foreign academic institutions, as well as in the scope of implementation works with local authorities’ units, landscape parks and private enterprises. Since 2013, the Institute of Geography has published the “Geography and Tourism” academic journal, which popularizes the results of theoretical and empirical research in the fields of geography and tourism

Beaver ponds and mill ponds. History and water retention function. The Polish Plain study

This paper presents the results of studies on small-scale water retention in beaver ponds and mill ponds locatedwithin the Polish Plain in the catchments of the Brda and Wda Rivers. Findings regarding small-scale retention in the Holocene were based on geological surveys and archival materials in the presence of beaver ponds and mill ponds. Traces of Holocene and contemporary beaver colonisation in this area have been documented. We collected data on the location of mill ponds during various developmental periods of the millers’ trade. The potential maximum retention in Holocene beaver ponds, contemporary beaver ponds and mill ponds was estimated and compared in both examined catchments at various stages of the development of the miller’s trade. It was established that retention in mill ponds at the peak of the development of the miller’s trade in the catchments of Brda and Wda was four times lower than the potential retention in beaver ponds during the pre-anthropogenic stage of the Holocene. Current small-scale retention in beaver ponds is variable and definitely smaller than natural and anthropogenic retention in the past. It did not compensate for the water loss associated with irrigation practices in this area

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

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

Spatial analysis of hillfort locations in the Chełmno Land (Poland) using digital terrain analysis and stochastic data exploration

Abstract The location of hillforts is an extremely important issue in terms of understanding the functioning of the Middle Ages community. The multifaceted nature of hillfort localization factors requires an interdisciplinary approach. In this study we propose a methodology based on a detailed digital terrain analysis and the application of a predictive modelling procedure. The delineated terrain indices and present day landuse information allow for a characterization of hillfort locations in terms of strategic, climatic, and water related aspects. The study area is covering the Chelmno Landscape east of Bydgoszcz, Poland, where in total 59 settlements are known. We used the Maximum Entropy Model which defines the predictive power of the above mentioned topographic and environmental indicators to derive the spatial distribution of hillfort location suitability. The results show that morphometric and hydrological factors have the highest impact on the probability to be a location of settlement. Climatic and strategic factors were less important. Furthermore, we illustrate that there are distinct differences in the topographic and environmental characteristics between early and late medieval hillforts. These differences indicate changes in the functional type of settlements as a result of population growth. Generally, our study shows that site characteristics strongly influences the spatial distribution of hillfort locations

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