Events as an Element Differentiating the Tourism Product of Cities. The Case of Pistoia (Italy)

Authors

  • Renata Rettinger Uniwersytet Pedagogiczny im. Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie Instytut Geografii Zakład Turystyki i Badań Regionalnych
  • Małgorzata Bajgier-Kowalska Krakowska Akademia im. Andrzeja Frycza Modrzewskiego Wydział Prawa, Administracji i Stosunków Międzynarodowych

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24917/20833296.14.20

Keywords:

authenticity, cultural tourism, events tourism, urban tourism

Abstract

The dynamic development of tourism in many regions of the world causes competition boost which, in turn, leads to a variety of changes in tourist offers. Tourism is an alternative for other types of economic activity, this relates to spatial units of diverse area, including cities. The tourist function can become the mechanism of local development for cities and the protection of the cultural and natural heritage. Festivals and public celebrations, together with a variety of other special events are increasingly seen as unique tourist attractions and as destination image makers. The main goal of the article is to present the tourist potential of a historical city and the possibilities of further development of tourist movement in light of the current tendencies of the world tourist market. The paper also includes an attempt to analyse the structure of a tourist product of the city of Pistoia basing on its location as a neighbour of such large tourist centers as Florence or Pisa.

Author Biographies

Renata Rettinger, Uniwersytet Pedagogiczny im. Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie Instytut Geografii Zakład Turystyki i Badań Regionalnych

Renata Rettinger, PhD, assistant professor in Institute of Geography, Department of Tourism and Regional Studies at the Pedagogical University of Cracow. In her research, the author concentrates on the problems of tourism development in the Caribbean region. The research issues on the size and spatial differentiation of tourist infrastructure and tourism volume itself together with the directions of the tourism development dominate. The research topics also include the issue of tourist enclaves as a dominating form of tourist infrastructure in the Caribbean in the light of sustainable development and pro-poor tourism.

Małgorzata Bajgier-Kowalska, Krakowska Akademia im. Andrzeja Frycza Modrzewskiego Wydział Prawa, Administracji i Stosunków Międzynarodowych

Małgorzata Bajgier-Kowalska, PhD, assistant professor at the Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University, Faculty of Law, Administration and International Relations, Department of International Tourism and Sociological Geography. Research issues as well as publication themes are concentrated on geomorphology problems and the issues concerning regional geography. Author’s research concentrates also on the problem of tourism and recreation growth, especially on development conditions and functioning of tourist regions in the world including the analyses of spatial differentiation of tourist infrastructure and size of tourism itself.

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Published

2018-12-26

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Rettinger, R., & Bajgier-Kowalska, M. (2018). Events as an Element Differentiating the Tourism Product of Cities. The Case of Pistoia (Italy). Entrepreneurship – Education, 14, 270–281. https://doi.org/10.24917/20833296.14.20

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Vol. 14 (2018): The role of entrepreneurship in socio-economic development

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