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Rola turystyki kulturowej w poznaniu dziedzictwa społeczności żydowskiej w Krakowie

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Abstract

The main aim of the article is to present tourism focusing on learning about the cultural heritage of the Jewish community in Krakow. The article presents and discusses several important issues. The importance of cultural tourism, which plays an increasingly important role in the city’s tourism sector, has been considered. In the article there are also included some remains of Jewish culture in the Kazimierz district of Cracow, which are very popular among the visitors. A significant increase in the number of Jewish communities coming to Poland, including Krakow, has been observed since the early 1990s, which was caused by favourable political changes and a desire to learn about Polish history. The article pays special attention to the characteristics of Jewish culture and the arrival of Jewish communities in the city of Krakow. The analysis of this tourist market was possible thanks to the research carried out from December 2017 to May 2018. The research also allowed us to select a number of factors, important from the point of view of Jewish culture, which determine the decisions of guests to stay in a given hotel facility. The article may become a motivation for further deliberations covering the indicated issues.

Keywords

dziedzictwo; Kraków; społeczność żydowska; turystyka kulturowa