The Transformation of the Tourism Function of the Selected Jelenia Góra County Areas

Abstract

The Jelenia Góra county is located in the attractive tourist south-western part of Lower Silesia. The area includes four municipalities which can be classified as small towns, they are: Karpacz, Kowary, Piechowice and Szklarska Poręba. The paper focuses on the analysis of the functional structures transformation of these towns, with particular emphasis on the changes in the scope of their tourism functions. The research includes the size, structure and changes in the employment. The study has been made on the basis of the theory of economic base, using two indicators – the Indicator of Labor Surplus (ILS) and the Florence’s Coefficient of Specialization (FCS). The research may be useful in planning the development and management of the town.

Keywords

• towns
• tourism functions
• evaluation methods of function of settlement units