Tourist Attractiveness of Rural Areas as a Determinant of the Implementation of Social Tourism of Disadvantaged Groups: Evidence from Poland and the Czech Republic
Michał Roman,
Josef Abrham,
Arkadiusz Niedziółka,
Ewa Szczucka,
Lubos Smutka,
Piotr Prus
Affiliations
Michał Roman
Department of Tourism, Social Communication and Consulting, Institute of Economics and Finance, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Nowoursynowska 166, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland
Josef Abrham
Department of Trade and Finance, Czech University of Life Sciences, Kamycka 129, 165 00 Praha-Suchdol, Czech Republic
Arkadiusz Niedziółka
Department of Management and Economics of Enterprises, Faculty of Agriculture and Economics, University of Agriculture in Krakow, 31-120 Krakow, Poland
Ewa Szczucka
Department of Tourism, Social Communication and Consulting, Institute of Economics and Finance, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Nowoursynowska 166, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland
Lubos Smutka
Department of Trade and Finance, Czech University of Life Sciences, Kamycka 129, 165 00 Praha-Suchdol, Czech Republic
Piotr Prus
Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology, Al. prof. S. Kaliskiego 7, 85-796 Bydgoszcz, Poland
The purpose of this article is to present the tourist attractiveness of rural areas as a factor of social tourism in Poland and the Czech Republic. The systematic literature review (SLR) research method was used to verify the aim. An extensive review of the literature has been made which has made it possible to present the importance of tourist attractiveness in the implementation of social tourism on the examples of Poland and the Czech Republic. This article presents a literature review and systematizes the terminology of social tourism. In addition, it shows the expectations and behavior of different groups of customers in the types and forms of social tourism. In the final part of the article the authors presented the opportunities and barriers to the development of social tourism in Poland and the Czech Republic.
