Tourism on a motorcycle: an attempt to describe motorcycle tourism in Poland based on the results of an internet survey conducted before the COVID-19 pandemic

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  • Sławomir Dorocki Pedagogical University of Kraków, Institute of Geography

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24917/20801653.353.20

Keywords:

motorcycle, motorcycle tourism, PTW, two-wheelers

Abstract

Motorcycle tourism is a segment that has seen a substantial increase in interest in Poland and globally. Factors that encourage users of Powered Two-Wheelers (PTW) to set off on a journey, although largely convergent with other types of tourism, differ in terms of the method of travel and destination. The article attempts to describe domestic motorcycle tourism based on an internet survey. The text attempts to define the profile of a person engaged in such tourism and the destination of motorcycle tours in Poland and the world. An attempt is also made to clarify the concept of “motorcycle tourism”.

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Author Biography

Sławomir Dorocki, Pedagogical University of Kraków, Institute of Geography

Sławomir Dorocki, PhD, Pedagogical University of Kraków, Institute of Geography, Department of Entrepreneurship and Spatial Management. He graduated from the Pedagogical University of Kraków with an MA degree in Geography and obtained a PhD in History (Institute of European Studies of the Jagiellonian University). He is an associate professor at the Pedagogical University of Kraków, Institute of Geography. His research interests are connected to regional problems and processes of socio-economic regionalisation, with particular emphasis on the diversity of Europe, processes of European integration, historical conditions and application of computer and statistical methods in the study of the diversity of space.

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Published

2021-09-30

How to Cite

Dorocki, S. . (2021). Tourism on a motorcycle: an attempt to describe motorcycle tourism in Poland based on the results of an internet survey conducted before the COVID-19 pandemic. Studies of the Industrial Geography Commission of the Polish Geographical Society, 35(3), 320–332. https://doi.org/10.24917/20801653.353.20

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