Alina Zajadacz

Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań | UAM · Faculty of Geographical and Geological Sciences

Tourism is like fire, you can cook food on it, you can also burn down your house—says the proverb. On the one hand, it allows for the regeneration of physical and mental strength of visitors, as well as provides funds for the economic development of the destination, but on the other hand, it contributes to a lot of damage to the geographical enviro...

The research problem was related to the search for appropriate parameters relevant to the tools that support spatial orientation in large-scale building plans. This problem was addressed by selecting the optimal (1) observation perspective (passerby perspective, bird-eye view perspective, top–down view perspective) in a non-immersive virtual realit...

This article examines the contribution of solidarity tourism in war-affected countries, specifically Ukraine. It presents activities undertaken as part of solidarity tourism in Ukraine and Poland with the intent to help overcome the crisis caused by the armed conflict. The research methods were secondary data analysis and participant observation. R...

The subject addressed in the present paper is important for the current social and educational policy regarding persons with disabilities. The development of the accessible education concept should be based on the geographical model of disability, whose main principle is to focus on the varied social needs and adjust the conditions of the geographi...

Sensory gardens have been known since antiquity, but they are becoming more and more important in terms of smart city development. The article presents a literature review on the diverse functions of sensory gardens, the concept of a smart and green city, and the sensory garden as a new form of urban green spaces (UGS). The aim of the research was...

Managing cultural sites bring several issues and challenges, some are generally valid for most of the sites, some are given by a specific situation or location. UNESCO sites are the most important and significant cultural sites the world heritage embraces. The sites have unreplaceable value and the protection and sustainability are vital. Their pre...

The case studies come from V4 countries and bring the real problems waiting for solutions or even having no solutions in the short term. The case studies cover several areas of sustainable development and focus on smaller UNESCO sites. The smaller UNESCO sites suffer often from overtourism, low capacities in the high season, and seasonality. Managi...

Tourism is recognized as a priority sector for economic development in Rwanda. National parks are the main value of tourism development. The conditions of nature-based tourism were identified, and the development of tourism was presented, using statistical data on tourist arrivals, visits to national parks, and the development of tourist facilities...

This literature review shows that there is no up-to-date common approach to assess the recreational potential of forests. The aim of the study is to present methodological and practical aspects of the evaluation of forests in urban environments for recreational purposes based on the example of urban forests in Poznań (Poland). In this research, the...

Celem opracowania jest przedstawienie koncepcji szlaku turystycznego, opartego na autentycznych, lokalnych walorach, związanych z historią pracy organicznej w Śremie. W pierwszej części artykułu omówiono pojęcia autentyczności, pracy organicznej oraz tematycznego szlaku turystycznego w kontekście założeń zrównoważonego rozwoju. Część druga zawi...

Consumer intention to avoid food waste is determined by various socio-demographic and psychographic/psychological factors. While many of these factors have been well studied, some remain under-researched. This is the case for religious values and family upbringing that may represent strong antecedents of personal norms towards food waste avoidance....

The aim of the research was to check the possibility of using VR as a tool facilitating spatial orientation in large-scale buildings. The research took into account both the conditions of spatial orientation (e.g. individual level of orientation, type of geovisualisation) and the preferences of visitors to such buildings. The research was conducted...

The aim of the research was to define the criteria for assessing the availability of tourist attractions for elderly people and to check the adaptation of tourist attractions in terms of these requirements on a selected example. Testing the developed criteria in selected facilities allowed for their verification, taking into account the opinions of...

Urban forests are not only woodlands or groups of trees, but also individual trees, street trees, trees in parks, trees in derelict corners, and gardens. All of which are located in urban and peri-urban areas and diversify the landscape and provide a wide range of social benefits. Sensory gardens play a specific therapeutic and preventive role. Des...

Assessment of the adaptation of tourist supply of cultural heritage objects for the elderly in the context of accessible tourism. Case studies from Poland (Alina Zajadacz, Anna Lubarska, Aleksandra Minkwitz, Łukasz Szał, Weronika Terlecka) Activities related to adapting tourism supply to the needs of older people are associated with demographic (i...

Introduction The changes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic include both the work environment and the sphere of leisure. Many sectors of the economy are experiencing a crisis, the nature of work is changing, employers are increasingly using teleworking (ILO Global Business, 2020). Working conditions, as well as restrictions introduced by the governmen...

Opracowanie odnosi się do funkcjonowania człowieka w jego najbliższym otoczeniu, a dokładniej w środowisku przyrodniczym. Może zainteresować projektantów krajobrazu i architektów, ale też samych użytkowników. Przybliżono wielorakie rozwiązania, które mogą poprawić komfort funkcjonowania osób niewidomych i słabowidzących, podkreślając możliwości b...

Opracowanie „porusza niezwykle ważny i aktualny problem wpływu pandemii COVID-19 na aktywność w czasie wolnym mieszkańców polskich miast. Praca stanowi raport z badań empirycznych przeprowadzonych wśród 71 mieszkańców wybranych dużych ośrodków miejskich. Podczas realizacji badań zastosowano złożone metody zbierania danych: arkusz samo raportowania,...

The category of green areas which intensify feelings using a small area includes sensory gardens. They also have major potential for eliminating stress symptoms and stimulating sensory feelings among people with disabilities. Sensory gardens, as an element of universal recreational development in urban and suburban conditions, can perfectly fulfill...

The purpose of the article is to present the geographical diversity of four national parks in Rwanda (Volcanoes National Park, Akagera National Park, Nyungwe National Park, Gishwati-Mukura National Park), as well as a diversified approach to the ways of sharing them as centers of nature-based tourism. The first part attempts to define nature-based...

In the category of green areas which on a small area intensify feelings are sensory gardens. They also have great potential for eliminating stress symptoms and stimulating sensory feelings among people with disability. Sensory gardens, being an element of universal recreational development in urban and suburban conditions, can perfectly fulfill soc...

Academic tourism of university staff has been developing in a large part within the Erasmus programme, now known as Erasmus Plus (Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013) since its renaming on the 1st of January 2014. Such trips have been beneficial both for the travelling staff and the destination institutions that host programme participants. The benefits h...

The aim of the article is to present a system of improving the quality of education in studies in the field of tourism and recreation (TiR) conducted at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (AMU). Based on twenty years of experience in conducting general-academic studies in the field of TiR, a developed system for improving the quality of educa...

The purpose of the article is to present the concept of using social media (SM) as data sources and communication tools, useful at the various stages of planning, implementing, and monitoring the effects of tourism development on a local level. The first part discusses the stages of planning, then presents the characteristics of SM, along with a di...

W artykule omówiono wyniki badań związane z oceną dostępności dla osób z niepełnosprawnością ruchową atrakcji turystycznych na jednym z wiodących szlaków kulturowych w Wielkopolsce – Szlaku Piastowskim. W pierwszej części wyjaśniono kluczowe pojęcia, takie jak dostępność, społeczny model niepełnosprawności oraz turystyka dostępna. Natomiast część d...

The article introduces the concept of accessibility of museums, as tourist attractions, from the point of view of the needs of a few social groups: disabled people, elders and visitors with children. Defined accessibility is an effect of synergy of three basic factors (the so-called pillars of accessibility): physical/technical preparation, system...

The article addresses the question of adapting public spaces, including parks and gardens, to the needs of people with disabilities for the purpose of outdoor recreation. According to the principles of universal design, public spaces should enable social inclusion, which implies respect for current needs of diverse populations. The study described...

Wykład poświęcony jest przedstawieniu walorów turystycznych parków narodowych w Rwandzie (Volcanoes National Park, Akagera National Park, Nyungwe National Park, Gishwati National Park). Walory te omówione zostaną na tle współczesnego ruchu turystycznego w Rwandzie oraz unikatowych komponentów środowiska przyrodniczego, stanowiących przyrodniczy pot...

The main purpose of the study was to collect and analyse opinions of young people concerning the organization of school trips, with special emphasis on factors that discourage them from participating in such trips. The research cycle was conducted in the years 2013-2017 using quantitative (survey) and qualitative (focus group interviews, participat...

The article presents the postulates of developing a catalogue of criteria for assessing the accessibility of cultural heritage sites as tourist attractions from the point of view of the needs of several social groups: persons with disabilities, elderly people and visitors with children. In this catalogue three basic components are of key importance...

The aim of the study was to define the conditions that have to be met to ensure that a sensory path or a sensory garden is a universal space, which supports well-being in the outdoor sites to the blind and partially sighted. There were two methods used: field inventory of parks as well as interviews with blind and partially sighted people. The rese...

Pierwsza część monografii obejmuje artykuły związane z wpływem globalizacji, polityki Unii Europejskiej oraz uwarunkowań regionalnych na rozwój i proces planowania rozwoju turystyki. Kolejne rozdziały odnoszą się do subiektywnych odczuć turystów: doświadczeń, satysfakcji, wrażeń, kształtujących także re-putację odwiedzanych destynacji. W części dru...

Satisfaction of German citizens with the tourist offer of Poznań Satisfaction of tourists, as feedback information on the satisfaction of the tourist offer is a basic measure of its quality. Residents of Germany belong to the main group of tourists in the structure of foreign incoming tourism to Poznań. Their opinion on this offer is therefore cruc...

The aims and methods of research The aim of the study is to present the ways of creating universal gardens and sensory paths as outdoor sites which are also attractive for the visually impaired, in various types of environment in both urban and rural areas, as well as in areas of natural value. The key question is: which features of universal desig...

Volume XX Social aspects of tourism The volume includes articles on various subjects concerning both the history of tourist travels as well as its current problems, including the system of motivating employees of the tourist services sector and creating the image of tourist destinations. Many articles are of a review nature, focused on barriers in...

THE PROBLEM OF ENSURING THE QUALITY OF SERVICES IN TOURIST DESTINATIONS. FRENCH, SPANISH AND GERMAN SOLUTIONS Abstract: Ensuring a high quality of services in tourist destinations requires creating a flexible system, capable of being continuously improved. In order to create such a system, the first step is to define its scope and function, as well...

In the context of emerging markets, restaurant food choice needs to be better architected in order to minimise the negative societal and environmental implications. For effective consumer choice architecture, the determinants of restaurant food choice need to be first established. This study explores the determinants of restaurant food choice in Po...

Między swobodą a zakazem w organizacji wycieczek szkolnych 1. Wprowadzenie Dążenie do poczucia swobody, uwolnienia się od czynności rutynowych, bez-troskiego odpoczynku, nowych doświadczeń należy do znamiennych cech po-dróży turystycznych. Podróże te cechuje także pewien poziom ryzyka związa-ny ze zmianą codziennego otoczenia. Ryzyko to jest minima...

The dissatisfaction in space tourism. Negative feedback of the TripAdvisor users on the main tourist attractions of selected cities in Poland Research related to tourist dissatisfaction, according to the concept of Service Recovery Paradox (SRP), by recognizing the extent and causes of negative user reviews of the tourist offer, allow for the ver...

The aim of the article is to present the concept of using social media (SM) as sources of information useful in the various phases of development, implementation and monitoring of plans for the development of tourism on a regional scale. The first part presents a review containing a synthetic overview of research topics related to the use of SM in...

SITur and SITex are multimedia programs addressed to Deaf tourists, whose main communication means is Polish Sign Language (PJM). In this article we present the background and main assumptions for the development of the programs, conducted experiments and conclusions regarding further development directions. By assumption, creating programs was car...

The aim of this paper is to show a theoretical approach to the evolution of concepts perceiving disability, taking into account the medical, social, and geographical models, as the basis for the development of principles concerning the organisation of accessible tourism for people with disabilities (PwD). The main research objective was to identif...

Streszczenie. Obserwowane od lat tendencje związane z coraz większym zainteresowaniem miastami jako destynacjami turystycznymi, a także dominacją mieszkańców Niemiec wśród tu-rystów zagranicznych odwiedzających Polskę skłoniły do podjęcia badań, których celem było rozpoznanie cech turystyki przyjazdowej mieszkańców Niemiec do Poznania, z uwzględnie...

Volume XIX series TiR-SiP is dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the birth of prof. Zygmunt Młynarczyk, who significantly contributed to tourism and recreation field of study at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań and the Centre for Tourism and Recreation (CTiR), transformed into the Department of Tourism and Recreation (KTiR). The first part of...

The development of the Tourism and Recreation – Studies and Papers series The paper focuses on the development of the publications contained in the Tourism and Recreation – Studies and Papers series published by the Department of Tourism and Recreation, Faculty of Geographical and Geological Sciences, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan. It synthe...

The presented publication is a result of a project commissioned by the Sieraków Commune Office and carried out by a team of researchers from the Institute of Socio-Economic Geography and Spatial Management and the Chair of Tourism in the Faculty of Geographical and Geological Sciences of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. Its purpose was to draw...

Университет им. Адама Мицкевича в Познани, Польша Мотивация как движущая сила имеет основное значение для эффек-тов работы. Знание факторов, которые имеют на нее влияние является предметом исследований как с точки зрения индивидуальных интересов (развитие самосознания, индивидуального пути карьеры), так и интересов кадров управляющих работниками....

Volume XVII of TiR-SiP series presents selected issues related to the organization and development of the tourism market, which is a complex system of relationships between service providers (vendors) and service users (buyers) of the tourist offer, creating demand for diversified products and services. The paper presents the current trends in tour...

Volume XVIII of TiR-SiP series describes the current problems of nature tourism (relating to the circumstances of its development and management of tourist traffic in the environmentally valuable areas). Individual articles are focused on such topics as: geotourism and nature tourism in towns, lakes, areas of unique natural beauty, national parks (...

The presented volume contains seven articles on the socio-economic problems of development of tourism. They include the following topics: (1) processes for the planned development of the tourism system and managing it, including the concept of multilevel co-governing (Multi-Level Governance) and tourism clusters; (2) accessible tourism (especially...

Artykuł przybliża podstawowe założenia, dotyczące planowania rozwoju " turystyki dostępnej ", związane z: rozpoznaniem jej uwarunkowań (społeczno-demograficznych, ekonomicznych, prawnych), czynników ograniczających (barier) oraz doborem narzędzi polityki wspierającej ten rozwój. Materiały źródłowe stanowią dane zaczerpnięte z literatury, dokumentów...

Celem artykułu jest przedstawienie w zarysie ewolucji badań geografii niepełnosprawności (od lat 30. XX w.), z uwzględnieniem zarówno tematyki istotnej dla tworzenia podstaw teoretycznych, jak i działań praktycznych w zakresie „turystyki dostępnej”. Opracowanie ma charakter przeglądowy. W oparciu o analizę literatury w pierwszej części przedstawion...

The article presents an outline of the evolution of the geography of disability (since the 1930s) taking into account significant issues in the creation of theoretical foundations as well as practical action in ‘accessible tourism’. It may be considered a review. Based on an analysis of literature, the first section presents a definition of ‘access...

Alina Zajadacz, (2015) "Evolution of models of disability as a basis for further policy changes in accessible tourism", Journal of Tourism Futures, Vol. 1 Iss: 3, pp.189-202. Abstract Purpose The article presents the results of a critical analysis of the disability models developed to date and of how they function in practice. Furthermore, it aims...

Problemy rozwoju turystyki w skali regionalnej – studium przypadku Wielkopolski Streszczenie. Artykuł prezentuje wyniki badań przeprowadzonych w Wielkopolsce wśród przedstawicieli władz samorządowych urzędów powiatowych, ponadto przegląd problemów za-wartych w dokumentach istotnych w toku tworzenia strategii rozwoju turystyki. W pierwszej części op...

Prezentacja ukazuje zmiany pierwotnych cech turystyki, zachodzące w świecie współczesnym, na tle teorii "płynnej nowoczesności" przedstawionej m.in. przez Z. Baumana.

Media społecznościowe stwarzają możliwości rozwoju głównych trendów, obserwowanych współcześnie na rynku turystycznym, do których należy generowanie treści (na temat odwiedzanych miejsc i związanych z nimi cech) przez samych turystów, jako konsumentów czy użytkowników oferty turystycznej (consumer generated content – CGC; user-generated content – U...

The volume contains articles dedicated to research in the field of geography of tourism in Poland, ranging from the history of its development in different national geographic centers to the current research challenges. The problems of research conducted at selected universities, such as the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, University of Lodz, Ad...

The volume includes articles on various subjects with a common theme of references to the tourist area: its imaging as a system of signs – ideograms (tourist maps), methods of assessment, environmental, social and economic factors influencing its diversity, and also a change of attitude towards its use associated with the change of style of travel,...

Celem opracowania jest przedstawienie w ujęciu historycznym głównych nurtów badań geograficznych z zakresu krajoznawstwa, turystyki i rekreacji, realizowanych na Uniwersytecie im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu, oraz ich prekursorów. Badaniami objęto okres od powstania pierwszego Instytutu Geograficznego (1919 r.) do przełomu XX i XXI w. Materiały źr...

Tourist assets of Lake Baikal: problems and prospects for development The aim of the paper is to present the unique values of Lake Baikal as the potential for the development of tourism based mainly on environmental resources. The studies included two destinations: Irkutsk Oblast and the Republic of Buryatia. Based on secondary data, and on the re...

Th main aim of the article is to present the conclusions of a series of studies performed over a period of twelve years, dedicated to the tourism of Deaf people who are users of sign language. Th synthesis of the research results (including, amongst others, a comparative analysis of the demand for tourism of Deaf people [n=292] and hearing people [...

This volume contains a diverse collection of articles that relate to social and human aspects of tourism such as: " Accessible tourism " for people with different disabilities, cultural tourism (based on literary, film and theatre fiction) and address many other problems, such as: diversification of tourist values of Wielkopolska, tourist activity...

The accessibility of tourism space is becoming an increasingly significant issue in geographical research due to, amongst other things, demographic changes (an ageing population, growing numbers of people with disabilities) alongside guaranteeing a universal right of access to tourism. The nature of geographical research (physical, socioeconomic) a...

Zarys treści: Dostępność przestrzeni turystycznej stanowi coraz istotniejszy problem badań geograficznych z uwagi m.in. na zachodzące zamiany demograficzne (starzenie się społeczeństwa, wzrost liczby osób niepełnosprawnych) przy równoczesnym zagwarantowaniu powszechnego prawa dostępu do turystyki. Specyfika badań geograficznych (przyrodniczych, spo...

Disability models as the determinants of structure changes of the tourism market supply side available for the disabled Abstract: The research aims to answer a fundamental question: which of the disability models currently in use is optimal for creating “accessible tourism-oriented” amenities, as well as more detailed problems: (1) what is disabil...

TOURISM AND RECREATION DEVELOPMENT AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF RESIDENTS: ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE CITY OF LESZNO Summary The quality of life (QOL) is currently one of the main fields of study for researchers around the world. Its complex nature makes it a topic of interest for many different fields, such as philosophy, ethics, medicine, economics, s...

Publikacja: • porządkuje pojęcia i definicje związane ze szlakami turystycznymi, • przybliża klasyfikacje szlaków wg różnych kryteriów, • jest bogatym źródłem wiedzy na temat szlaków turystycznych oraz inspiracją do podejmowania nowych inicjatyw, • wskazuje zasady tworzenia (projektowania, wytyczania, znakowania) oraz zarządzania szlakami turystyc...

Abstract: The tourism sector is failing to fully provide for the needs of disabled people. The purpose of the research was to identify the needs of Deaf individuals with regard to provision of tourist information (TI), and its main focus was on sources of TI used by Deaf people. The study has shown that the primary sources of TI for Deaf individual...

The chief aim of the research was to identify tourism activities of Deaf Poles. The study was conducted in 2007, and it included 191 Deaf adult Poles. The research data was collected mainly on the basis of questionnaire surveys conducted with the assistance of a sign language interpreter, individual interviews, and participant observation during to...

The research work presents various aspects of studies in the field of tourism. First, they are discussed by presenting a biography of Karol Bohdanowicz – geologist, explorer and precursor of tourism. The following chapters refer to a development of tourist enterpris - es and spatial distribution of hotels in Poznań. Moreover, methodic solutions in...

The research work presents the author’s conception of the course of tourist routes for visually and physically disabled persons in the area of the Sierakowski Natural Landscape Park. First, conditions and problems of tourism of disabled persons as well as attempts of its solving through introduction of various improvements were presented. Moreover,...

The tourism sector is still failing to fully provide for the varied needs of people with a disability. If the current situation is to change, then the characteristics of these needs must be better identified. This paper presents the results of a study on sources of tourist information used by Deaf people, for whom the basic form of communication is...

VARIOUS FORMS OF CYCLING TOURISM IN SOUTH‐WESTERN REGION OF WIELKOPOLSKA AND IN SOUTHERN AUSTRALIA Abstract: The paper presents the results of research aimed at identifying various forms of contemporary cycling tourism. The main research problems included indentifying the aims and motives of cycling trips and those characteristics of tourist desti...

Presented publication includes the articles, whose authors are members of the “Warta 2009” expedition. Its goal was both simple and eccentric: to walk over 800 km along the Warta River from its spring to the mouth. Time, space and place define its scope. The wide range of topics is reinforced by the fact that the work is a compilation of content fr...

The publication is a collection of articles addressing a broad range of socio-economic aspects of the development of tourism and recreationas well as their spatial dimensions: world-wide, national and local. The issues discussed cover present-day determinants and factors of development of tourism management, including the crucial question of the ef...

Abstrakt Celem badań było rozpoznanie biografii turystycznych osób niesłyszących, dla których podstawowym sposobem komunikowania się jest język migowy. Analizie poddano autobiografie spisane przez cztery kobiety i trzech mężczyzn, mieszkańców Poznania, powyżej pięćdziesiątego roku życia. Wyniki badań wykazały, iż: rodzaj niepełnosprawności osób nie...

The social policy of many countries is moving towards preventing the social exclusion of people with a disability (PwD) through increasing social integration. In order to form this process (likewise within the sphere of leisure time) correctly it is first necessary to become acquainted with the opinions of PwD and the non-disabled section of societ...