Aleksandra Łapko- PhD Eng
- Maritime University of Szczecin
Aleksandra Łapko
- PhD Eng
- Maritime University of Szczecin
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Aleksandra Łapko currently works at the Maritime University of Szczecin, Faculty of Economics and Transport Engineering, Department of Marine Economy and Transport Systems. Aleksandra does research in Port Management, Nautical Tourism, Transport Economics and Civil Engineering.
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Companies are not legally obliged to disclose their commitment to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Despite this, many decide to build their competitive position on the basis of marketing communications about sustainability practices. This paper investigates the landscape of sustainability communications practices within ferry operators in the...
This study discusses the results of research into changes in the tourist traffic in port cities, which may pose challenges
to the planning of city logistics. The analysis draws on the statistical data on tourism. The study sample
includes four cities located in Poland’s two coastal areas at the Baltic Sea: Szczecin and Świnoujście (West
Pomeranian...
1. SIWIEC DOMINIKA, PACANA ANDRZEJ - Model supporting the design and improvement of products in their life cycle considering sustainable development criteria 2. KAUF SABINA - Smart city: well-being city vs. surveillance city 3. KORBAN DMYTRO - Increasing the functionality of the ship’s radar systems 4. FALKOWSKI-GILSKI PRZEMYSŁAW, UHL TADEUS, DIVAK...
Motives: The choice of a transport route has long been the subject of research because it is regarded as one of the most crucial decisions in transport organizations. However, there is a lack of studies addressing this issue in the context of land-ferry supply chains, where two transport modes have to be integrated. Therefore, analyses of multimoda...
1. LIS ANNA: Thermal modernization of building resources in line with the transformation towards a climate-neutral economy in Polish conditions - 5
2. KORBAN DMYTRO: Polarization method for navigation object selection in ship radar systems - 17
3. ŁAPKO ALEKSANDRA: Categorization of marinas as a potential tool supporting the development of sustaina...
Marinas are of key importance in the development of sustainable marine tourism, whereas requirements posed by certification organizations can have a motivating effect and contribute to the implementation of environmentally and socially friendly solutions. The aim of this study is to analyze two world-leading marina categorization systems: the Gold...
Celem rozdziału jest przedstawienie wyników badań dotyczących wpływu pandemii COVID-19 na turystykę żeglarską w Chorwacji. Badania zostały przeprowadzone techniką CAWI w latach 2021–2022, odpowiednio po zakończeniu
sezonów żeglarskich w 2020 i 2021 roku, a obejmowały zarówno żeglarzy, jak
i operatorów portów jachtowych. Badania empiryczne uzupełnio...
Motives: Businesses rely on the Internet to facilitate marketing communication, attract customers, and build customer loyalty. The Internet can be used not only as an additional channel for distributing information about the company, but also as a means of interactive communication for commercial purposes or promotional activities. This is of great...
Education can be the first step towards sustainable tourism. This article discusses the use
of age simulation suits to educate university students majoring in nautical tourism. The research goal
was to verify whether using such suits in the process can sensitize students to problems that may be
faced by the elderly in marinas. The goal of the resea...
This paper presents the results of a study on city logistics in the urban tourist area as a research field. Both disciplines are developing intensively, and the research results have many implications for business practices, in particular for alternative fuel for transport, energy savings, waste management, and creating new business models that mee...
In 2020, tourism was highly affected by COVID-19 and its restrictions, such as tourist traffic. Decisions related to trips were made in a state of high risk and uncertainty. This article’s main aim is to present the results of research on decision making by people practising sailing tourism during COVID-19. The survey was conducted in the first qua...
The article aimed to show which of the restrictions and limitations imposed in connection with the pandemic were the most burdensome for the participants of nautical tourism. It presents the opinions of 580 sailors from six countries: Turkey. Research has shown that in the 2020 sailing season, sailors have observed many changes in the functioning o...
Purpose: The purpose of the article is to present the results of the analysis of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the behavior of German sailors in 2020.
Design/Methodology/Approach: The survey was conducted in February and March 2021 using the CAWI (Computer Assisted Web Interview) survey. The survey form was made available on German sailing...
Celem rozdziału jest przedstawienie wyników badań treści stron internetowych
nadbałtyckich portów jachtowych. Postawiono hipotezę badawczą, że narzędzie,
jakim jest strona internetowa, w bardzo niewielkim stopniu jest wykorzystywane
przez porty jachtowe, jednakże obserwuje się pozytywne zmiany w tym zakresie. Badaniu poddano polskie porty leżące wz...
Purpose: The purpose of the article is to present the results of the analysis of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on nautical tourism in Croatia, with particular emphasis on charter services. The structure of the article was subordinated to the research process carried out, in accordance with the presented methodology.
Design/Methodology /Approa...
Purpose: This article aims to determine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on nautical tourism of Polish sailors. The main focus was on decisions regarding tourist cruises to be carried out in 2020. Design/Methodology/Approach: For this article, a survey was conducted among Polish sailors using the CAWI technique. The survey forms were distributed...
The aim of this study was to examine the issue of waste collection from passenger ships in tourist port cities using the example of Świnoujście, Poland. This is an important issue from the perspective of sustainable development, including that of tourism, because an improperly organized waste collection process may endanger the natural environment...
Celem rozdziału jest przedstawienie procesu uczestnictwa w targach turystycznych oraz zaprezentowanie jak wydarzenia te mogą wspomagać proces budowania marki destynacji turystycznej związanej z żeglarstwem. W pierwszej części
rozdziału, bazując na przeglądzie literatury, przedstawiono podstawowe informacje dotyczące targów wraz z ich klasyfikacją....
Miasta są atrakcyjnymi destynacjami turystycznymi, pełniąc jednocześnie funkcję
ośrodków przemysłowych, administracyjnych oraz ważnych węzłów komunikacyjnych, co sprawia, że charakteryzują się wysokim stopniem zanieczyszczenia
powietrza. Celem opracowania jest próba ustalenia czy potencjalni turyści –
w ocenie atrakcyjności turystycznej miasta, do...
Trust has emerged as a key factor in any virtual transaction. Therefore, the protection of trustworthiness should be a central matter of concern in the online tourism sector, especially in emerging and, hence, more fragile markets such as nautical tourism. In this study, an exploratory investigation was conducted of four online sailing platforms us...
Purpose: The article aims to present the results of the analysis of the service offer addressed to sailing tourists in the Baltic Sea. The focus was on services available both in the marina and in its immediate vicinity. This offer was analyzed mainly in terms of quantitative purposes. The territorial scope of the research covers marinas located in...
In recent years, intensive development of sailing tourism has been observed in various regions of the world. This is a beneficial phenomenon from the point of view of sustainable tourism development because sailing yachts are powered by the wind and therefore do not emit exhaust gas into the atmosphere. Tourists usually travel in small groups, whic...
The purpose of the article is to determine whether potential tourists consider information about a city's air quality in their assessment of its tourist attractiveness and how this this information affects their travel decisions. Urban tourism is a common and dynamically developing form of tourism. Cities encourage tourists to visit them with vario...
Cities are multifunctional by definition, and an increasingly significant function is the tourist function. City tourism is one of the most dynamically developing forms of tourism. Tourists’ decisions regarding choosing a destination are influenced by a number of factors determining the subjective assessment of the tourist attractiveness of a given...
Trust has emerged as a key factor in any virtual transaction. Therefore, the protection of trustworthiness should be a central matter of concern in the online tourism sector, especially in emerging and, hence, more fragile markets such as nautical tourism. In this study, an exploratory investigation was conducted of four online sailing platforms us...
The main purpose of the article is to present issues of staff training for the purposes of marina management. Particular attention was paid to training as a way to improve and develop marina employees. The problem was presented using the example of specialized training for marina employees and operators. It was prepared according to a training proc...
The article focuses on yacht cruises treated as complex tourist products. For the purposes of the article, it was assumed that the measure of attractiveness of such products is the satisfaction of the tourist after the end of the consumption process. It is influenced by the ability to choose from among a wide range of individual products that are b...
The article presents and compares the functioning of the yacht charter market in Croatia and Poland. Croatia is the leading European tourist destination in which nautical tourism is one of the leading branches of the economy. There are very restrictive regulations regarding the conduct of charter activities. In Poland the dynamic development of nau...
Porty jachtowe świadczą rozmaite usługi przede wszystkim na rzecz ludzi, środków transportu lądowego, a przede wszystkim na rzecz jednostek pływających (głównie jachtów). Artykuł dotyczy wodowania i slipowania jachtów – usług, na które w polskich portach jachtowych występuje zapotrzebowanie sezonowe, charakteryzujące się dużą masowością. Ze względu...
The article aims to draw attention to the important role of data security in the functioning of online platforms. This phenomenon is an issue that is critically important to the growing popularity of these tools, which are now increasingly used for tourism purposes. The main focus of the article is on platforms related to nautical tourism. The firs...
The aim of the article is to present results of research on the use of internet platforms in nautical tourism. For the purposes of this article, a research hypothesis has been made that platforms can be a helpful tool for boaters and cruise planners.
For the needs of the study, research was conducted among representatives of yacht port operators op...
The purpose of this article is to present the concept of creating the yacht ports internet platform. Based on previous research conducted in selected yacht ports and marinas in Poland, the problem of the lack of unified information presented on the websites of yacht ports was formulated. The existing situation has a negative impact on the image of...
Monografia uzupełnia i aktualizuje znane i popularne opracowania z zakresu logistyki dystrybucji. W monografii omówiono zarówno podstawowe pojęcia, jak i bardziej złożone zagadnienia z tego obszaru. Książka porusza problematykę związaną z zadaniami logistyki dystrybucji, klasyfikacją kanałów dystrybucji i ich projektowaniem oraz logistyczną obsługą...
One of the functions of cities is the tourist function. The importance of this function increases, which results from the fact that cities are more and more often chosen as destinations for tourist trips. However, because cities are by definition multifunctional, there is a system of dependencies between the tourist function and the other functions...
Water transportation can play important role in urban logistic system as an alternative to car transportation. Although to contribute to the improvement of environmental conditions, as in the case of cars, the possibility of using alternative drives should be considered. The primary aim of the article is to analyze the possibility of using electric...
Celem artykułu jest przeprowadzenie badań treści stron internetowych nadbałtyckich
portów jachtowych. Na potrzeby artykułu postawiono hipotezę badawczą, że narzędzie,
jakim jest strona internetowa, jest w bardzo niewielkim stopniu wykorzystywane przez
porty jachtowe. Prowadząc badania, skoncentrowano się na 18 polskich portach leżących
wzdłuż wybrz...
The article concerns the issue of building a tourist destination brand, which was discussed on the example of the SOUTH COAST BALTIC brand created as part of the international SOUTH COAST BALTIC project.
The first part of the study has a theoretical character and presents a review of the litera-ture on the subject concerned. This part was used to d...
This article deals with the issue of waste collection from yachts and tall ships that is important from the perspective of sustainable tourism. There are, of course, procedures that regulate the passing of waste by vessels, which also apply to tourist vessels. However, the authors made an attempt to analyze the process of waste collection carried o...
The aim of the article is to diagnose the basic problems faced by disabled tourists in marinas. For the needs of the study, a research hypothesis has been made that marinas are only slightly adapted to serve this group of tourists. The conducted research in West Pomeranian marinas in Poland has shown shortcomings of organizational and infrastructur...
The main aim of the article is to present the current situation on the market of sailing training services in the West Pomeranian Province and to answer the question whether entities that provide such services are necessary when sailing courses are not obligatory anymore.
The first part of the article presents the current regulations on the conditi...
There are more and more people interested in nautical tourism in Poland the consequence of which is the growing demand for charter services. Their development is important for the Polish tourism economy, but, similarly to the other attractions related to sailing tourism, they are rarely the subject of scientific research. The main purpose of the ar...
The aim of this article is to analyze the services provided at the yacht ports and marinas
belonging to the West Pomeranian Sailing Route. The first stage involved the analysis of
services and their classification. The analysis covered the number of objects offering the particular
service. Furthermore, the article presents the results of analyzing...
The aim of the article is to identify and analyze selected factors affecting the number of services provided in yacht ports. For the purposes of this study, the research hypothesis is made that the number of services provided is related to the number of residences available at each port. Residents of yachts in yacht ports may generate demand for a...
The paper applies to the safety of practicing nautical tourism. Authors assumed that the security of
water area influence attractiveness and popularity of the area with tourists.
The article presents a proposal of classification of factors affecting the safety of navigation on the
water body. Chosen of them were described. Also rescues system in th...
The main aim of the article is to present the results of the analysis concerning the role of territorial cooperation in the development of nautical tourism in the Southern Baltic rim. The Member States of the European Union have the opportunity to obtain financial support for the implementation of various types of projects. Many projects are realiz...
This article aims to present the results of the analysis of selected aspects of transport accessibility (from the
land and water) of two coastal areas situated on the Baltic coast of the Western Pomeranian region. It was assumed
that transport accessibility affects the number of tourists visiting the selected areas – Kołobrzeg County
(mainly the ci...
The first part of the paper gives basic information concerning nautical tourism in Croatia. The significance of nautical tourism for the economy of the country is presented, as well as model of tourism management. Also an offer for sailors including natural assets and infrastructure (mainly marinas) is presented here. The second part of the article...
With the growing environmental awareness and popularization of the idea of sustainable development in various areas of the economy, it becomes popular to promote solutions beneficial for the environment. This trend can also be observed in the nautical tourism. Electric motors become increasingly popular sources of the main or auxiliary drive in yac...
The first part of the article provides basic information about disabled people in Poland. It defines and discusses characteristic needs of this group and the resulting potential restrictions in practicing tourism. Attention is drawn to the positive impact of nautical tourism on the health of disabled people. The second part of the article analyzes...
Turystyka jest dynamicznie rozwijającą się dziedziną gospodarki. Od połowy XX wieku obserwowany jest stały wzrost liczby uczestników zarówno turystyki krajowej jak i zagranicznej. Od początku XXI wieku, na skutek m.in. postępującej urbanizacji, obserwuje się na świecie zwiększone zainteresowanie aktywnymi formami turystyki uprawianymi w bliskim kon...
Urban tourism becomes one of the main functions of the cities and its importance is still growing. This is the result of, among others, increasing prosperity, as well as improvement of the mobility of societies. The cities offer a number of products aimed at tourists, the quality and attractiveness of which often determine the competitiveness of ci...
The article analyzes the elements of tourist offer of marinas operating in Western Pomerania. The presented data were collected as a result of research conducted by the years 2012–2013 in 24 marinas. Their results are significant in view of the strategic importance that development of nautical tourism has for Western Pomerania.
The first part of th...
