Conditioning Activity and Tourist Destination of the Chicago Polonia in Light of Literature and Research

Journal Title: Folia Turistica - Year 2018, Vol 46, Issue

Abstract

Purpose. Presentation of activity and the choice regarding tourist destination of the Chicago Polonia. Discussing the determinants of the tourist activity in the light of literature and creating one’s own model of activity and tourist destination for the whole American population.<br/><br/>Method. Desk research – studies of foreign and Polish literature. Empirical research concerning tourist activity and the choice of destination by the Chicago Polonia in the form of a survey questionnaire. The research group included 1,014 people divided into 7 age sub-groups. The applied methods and statistical techniques: chi2, degree of freedom (df) and level of statistical significance (alpha).<br/><br/>Findings. In all age groups, the factors deciding about tourist activity of the respondents and the choice of tourist destination include: the price, the cost of the trip, in second place – development of tourist facilities and in the third– fashion. The largest barrier in undertaking tourist activity for the Chicago Polonia is lack of free time (37.6%), financial barrier (31.4%) and occupational work (17.4%). Individuals who form a single-person household do not travel more often than those who run multi-person households.<br/><br/>Research limitations and conclusions. The empirical research included only American Poles living in the Great Chicago Metropolitan Area and not the whole population of American Poles.<br/><br/>Practical implications. The research presents the level and nature of participation in tourism of the Chicago Polonia as well as characteristics of seven factors which mutually interact and influence activity and tourist destination of them.<br/><br/>Originality. There is a large research group. Creating one’s own model of tourist activity including internal (demographic, social, cultural, economic) and external factors (geographical, political and legal , organization of tourism).<br/><br/>Type of paper. The article presents the results of empirical research and contains a review nature of the tourist activity models known in the subject literature.<br/><br/>

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Kamila Ziółkowska-Weiss

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  • EP ID EP346497
  • DOI 10.5604/01.3001.0012.0847
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Kamila Ziółkowska-Weiss (2018). Conditioning Activity and Tourist Destination of the Chicago Polonia in Light of Literature and Research. Folia Turistica, 46(), 77-100. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-346497