Bulletin of Geography. Socio–economic Series / No. 37 (2017): 7–23 BULLETIN OF GEOGRAPHY. SOCIO–ECONOMIC SERIES DE journal homepages: http://www.bulletinofgeography.umk.pl/ http://wydawnictwoumk.pl/czasopisma/index.php/BGSS/index http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/bog ISSN 1732–4254 quarterly G The local community perception of tourism development. The case study of Gryfino County – Western Pomerania, Poland Zbigniew Głąbiński1, CDFMR , Tomasz Duda2, CDFR University of Szczecin, The Faculty of Geoscience, Department of Tourism and Recreation, Mickiewicza 16, 70-383 Szczecin, Poland; 1phone +48 914 443 858, e-mail:
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[email protected] How to cite: Głąbiński, Z. and Duda, T., 2017: The local community perception of tourism development. The case study of Gryfino County – Western Pomerania, Poland. In: Środa-Murawska, S. and Szymańska, D. editors, Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series, No. 37, Toruń: Nicolaus Copernicus University, pp. 7–23. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/bog-2017-0021 Abstract. An increasing number of people from various countries have seen tour- Article details: ism as a chance to develop local economy and quality of life. The article presents Received: 14 January 2016 the results of the analysis of tourism potential of Gryfino County in Western Po- Revised: 02 December 2016 merania in Poland and confronts them with how it is perceived by the residents. Accepted: 22 June 2017 Although the county abounds in great tourist attractions, both of natural and cul- tural nature and is favourably located in geographic terms, tourism is developing very slowly.