The Role of Lodz Festivals in Promoting Adventure Tourism

• Authors: Waldemar Cudny , Rafał Rouba
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This article discusses the role of two Lodz festivals (the Explorers Festival and the Wreck Diving Festival) in promoting adventure tourism and developing tourism in a postindustrial city such as Lodz.

Keywords

EN

adventure tourism; Lodz; festivals

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Polish Journal of Sport and Tourism
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 18
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 264-268

Dates

published

1 - 12 - 2011

online

1 - 3 - 2012

Contributors

author

Waldemar Cudny

• Institute of Tourism, University of Lodz, Branch of the University of Lodz in Tomaszów Mazowiecki

author

Rafał Rouba

• Institute of Tourism, University of Lodz, Branch of the University of Lodz in Tomaszów Mazowiecki

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10197-011-0021-7