Military facilities as tourists attractions on the example of fortress in Zamosc
Journal Title: Регіональна Економіка - Year 2016, Vol 80, Issue 2
Abstract
The subject-matter of this publication is military installations functioning as tourist attractions. The issues are crucial from the point of view of a new form of tourism which has been developing recently, namely military tourism. The great virtues of this tourism can been found in Poland. Tourists interested in this subject-matter can visit historical battle fields, routes of march-pasts, watch fortifications and exhibitions of numerous military museums, participate in reconstructions of great historic events because huge armies came across Poland situated between superpowers. Russians, Germans, Austrians and the French left fortifications and fortresses. There is probably no place in Poland where battles did not take place or defensive lines were not built. In our country there are more than 16 thousand fortification objects of different types. The aim of the publication is to show that military installations have huge tourist potential and they arouse huge interest of tourists, and to show tourist treasures of such places on the example of Zamosc Fortress.
Authors and Affiliations
Cezary A. Kwiatkowski, Piotr Maziarz
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