Funkcja turystyczna jako inteligentna specjalizacja w kształtowaniu konkurencyjności regionów

Abstract

One of the priorities realized by the current European Union regional policy is the support for smart specialization. It is supposed to contribute to higher market competitiveness of regions. In case of the tourism market tourism municipalities represent the example of smart specialization. The purpose of this article is rating the level of tourism competitiveness presented by Lower Silesian municipalities which tourism function. The research was conducted in all municipalities of Lower Silesia region. Tourism competitiveness assessment of Lower Silesian municipalities was performed using the synthetic measure based on the model of development. The conducted research confirms that tourism values of a municipality can be referred to as typical smart specialization, which correlates with high regional competitiveness of a municipality. It also influences the living standard of residents inhabiting these municipalities.

Keywords

• smart specialization
• tourism function
• tourism competitiveness
• travel and tourism competitiveness index