Ekonomiczne Problemy Turystyki (Dec 2018)

Party space in Cracow and Warsaw: partying and conflicts

  • GRZEGORZ IWANICKI,
  • ANNA DŁUŻEWSKA

DOI
https://doi.org/10.18276/ept.2018.4.44-11
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 44

Abstract

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Central European cities became popular party tourism destinations after the enlargement of the European Union in 2004. Cracow and Warsaw became one of the most popular such destinations among Polish cities. With the increase in the number of tourists in both cities the incomes of local entrepreneurs increased, especially owners of restaurants, bars and clubs, but over time the presence of many drunken, behaving improperly tourists from abroad became the cause of conflicts with the local population and other tourists. These conflicts occur mainly in public spaces, near places with the highest concentration of bars and clubs. Such spaces can be called a before party zones (for bars and pubs) and party or clubbing zones (for clubs). This paper presents such zones in Cracow and Warsaw.

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