Participation in international robotics competitions as a new form of student travel

Luiza Wieczorek; Wiktor Piech; Bartłomiej Cybulski; Mateusz Kujawiński; Agnieszka Węgierska

doi:10.2478/tour-2018-0016

Tourism (Dec 2018)

Participation in international robotics competitions as a new form of student travel

Luiza Wieczorek,
Wiktor Piech,
Bartłomiej Cybulski,
Mateusz Kujawiński,
Agnieszka Węgierska

Affiliations

Luiza Wieczorek: University of Lodz, Institute of Earth Science, Department of Meteorology and Climatology
Wiktor Piech: University of Lodz, Institute of Earth Science, Department of Geomorphology and Palaeogeography
Bartłomiej Cybulski
Mateusz Kujawiński
Agnieszka Węgierska: Bartłomiej Cybulski, Mateusz Kujawiński, Agnieszka Węgierska - Lodz University of Technology, Institute of Automatic Control

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/tour-2018-0016
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 28, no. 2
pp. 63 – 72

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The article presents opportunities for foreign travel by students based on trips to international competitions, in particular robotic competitions. As the data collected show, these have attracted several thousand participants in recent years. The article presents an additional effect of participation in such competitions which is tourism during the trips.

Published in Tourism

ISSN: 0867-5856 (Print); 2080-6922 (Online)
Publisher: Lodz University Press
Country of publisher: Poland
LCC subjects: Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Recreation. Leisure
Website: https://wydawnictwo.uni.lodz.pl/redakcje-czasopism/tourism/

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