1 Barrier Effects of the Polish-German Border on Tourism and Recreation: The Case of Protected Areas. An Introduction |
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1.2 Theoretical Background and the State of Research: An Overview |
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1.3 Survey Area: The Polish-German Borderlands |
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2 Borders, (Protected Area) Tourism and Prejudices: Theoretical and Conceptual Insights |
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2.2 Borders and Boundaries as Objects of Research |
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2.2.1 Borders and Boundaries: Terms, Definitions and Discussion |
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2.2.2 Border Typologies, Types and Functions |
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2.2.3 Border Regions, Borderlands, Border Areas and Their Characteristics |
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2.3.1 Tourism as a Topic Disregarded by the Field of Border Studies |
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27 | (1) |
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2.3.2 The General Nexus Between Tourism and Borders/Boundaries |
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28 | (5) |
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2.3.3 Spatial and Temporal Relations Between Political Borders and Tourism |
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33 | (2) |
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2.3.4 Influence of (Political) Borders on Tourism |
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35 | (5) |
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2.4 Stereotypes and Prejudices as Barriers to Tourism and Their Spatial Context |
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40 | (7) |
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41 | (1) |
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2.4.3 Stereotypes and Prejudices in Tourism |
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2.4.4 Destination Image and Its Influence on Destination Choice/Travel Decisions |
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2.4.5 Effects of Tourism on Stereotypes and Prejudices and vice versa |
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2.5 (Cross-Border) Protected Areas and (Cross-Border) Tourism |
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2.5.1 Tourism in Protected Areas |
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2.5.2 Tourism in Transboundary Protected Areas |
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49 | (3) |
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52 | (1) |
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3 Cross-Border Politics and Development in the European Union with a Focus on Tourism |
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3.2 Objectives and Challenges of Cross-Border Cooperation in Tourism |
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3.3 Tourism Policy in Central and Eastern European Countries After the Fall of the Iron Curtain, 1989/90 |
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3.4 EU Cross-Border Policies and Tourism Development |
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3.4.2 The Schengen Agreement and Its Importance for Tourism |
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3.4.3 EU Funding Programs and Instruments |
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3.6 The Interreg Initiative |
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4 Characteristics of the Relations and Tourism Flows Between Poland and Germany |
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85 | (26) |
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85 | (1) |
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4.2 Polish-German Relations Post-World War II and Today's Mutual Country Images |
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4.2.1 Polish-German Post-war Relations and Features of a Shared Border |
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86 | (3) |
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4.2.2 Cultural Similarity and Mutual Country Images of Poles and Germans |
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89 | (2) |
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4.3 Determinants and Characteristics of International Tourism Between Poland and Germany |
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91 | (5) |
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4.4 Trip Organization, Expenditures and Accommodation of Polish and German Tourists |
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96 | (6) |
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4.5 The Role of Nature as an Attraction Factor for Polish-German Tourism |
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102 | (3) |
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105 | (1) |
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5 Tourism in Two National Parks: Lower Oder Valley, Germany, and Ujscie Warty, Poland |
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111 | (18) |
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111 | (1) |
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5.2 National Park Tourism in Germany and Poland |
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111 | (6) |
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5.3 Case Studies of Two National Parks: Lower Oder Valley, Germany, and Ujscie Warty, Poland |
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117 | (2) |
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5.4 Current State of Tourism in Two National Parks: Lower Oder Valley, Germany, and Ujscie Warty, Poland |
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119 | (3) |
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122 | (2) |
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124 | (5) |
6 Cross-Border Tourism to Protected Areas in Poland and Germany: Methodology |
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129 | (1) |
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6.3 The Web-Based Source Area Survey |
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6.4 Structure of the Questionnaire |
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6.5 Workshops, Conferences and Focus-Group Discussions as Pretests |
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6.6 Statistical Population and Sample Size |
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6.7 Elicitation and Data Preparation |
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136 | (1) |
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6.8 Data Analysis and Aggregation of Image Variables |
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137 | (20) |
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7 Mutual Attitudes, Stereotypes and Prejudices Towards the Neighboring Country and Perceptions of the Polish-German Border |
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7.2 Sociodemographic Characteristics of the Respondents |
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7.3 Mutual Attitudes and Perceptions of the Neighboring Country |
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7.3.1 Interest, Sympathy, Fascination and Knowledge of the Neighboring Country |
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7.3.2 Associations with the Neighboring Country |
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170 | (6) |
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7.3.3 Image of the Neighboring Country: Semantic Differential |
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176 | (3) |
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7.3.4 Stereotypes and Prejudices Between Poland and Germany |
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179 | (7) |
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7.3.5 Aggregated Image Variables |
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186 | (3) |
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7.3.6 Influencing Factors on the Perception and Image of the Neighboring Country |
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189 | (2) |
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7.4 Perceptions of the Polish-German Border in Its Surroundings |
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191 | (2) |
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193 | (7) |
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8 Cross-Border Tourism and Recreational Behavior in the Polish-German Border Region: Empirical Evidence from a Representative Online Survey |
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201 | (38) |
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201 | (1) |
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8.2 Interest in Other Countries and International Travel Behavior |
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201 | (5) |
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8.3 Respondents' Holiday Preferences |
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206 | (3) |
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8.4 Frequency of Border-Crossings in the Polish-German Border Region |
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209 | (3) |
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8.5 Reasons for Border-Crossings Between Poland and Germany |
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212 | (4) |
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8.6 Reasons for not Visiting the Neighboring Country and Barrier Effects of the Border |
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216 | (9) |
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8.7 Influencing Factors for Border-Crossings in the Polish-German Border Area |
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225 | (7) |
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232 | (5) |
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237 | (2) |
9 Images of and Visitation to Protected Areas Along the Polish-German Border with a Special Focus on Two National Parks: Lower Oder Valley, Germany, and Ujscie Warty, Poland |
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239 | (1) |
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9.2 Environmental Worldview and Knowledge About Protected Areas in General |
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239 | (8) |
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9.2.1 Environmental Worldview |
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239 | (1) |
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9.2.2 Aggregate Environmental Worldview |
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240 | (3) |
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9.2.3 Membership in Nature/Environmental Protection Organizations |
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243 | (1) |
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9.2.4 Knowledge About Protected Areas in General |
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244 | (3) |
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9.3 Top-of-Mind Associations with Protected Areas in Poland and Germany |
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247 | (4) |
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9.4 Knowledge of and Visitation to Protected Areas in the Polish-German Borderlands |
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251 | (12) |
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9.4.1 Knowledge of Protected Areas |
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251 | (4) |
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255 | (8) |
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9.5 Preferences for Tourism Infrastructure Facilities in National Parks |
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263 | (3) |
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9.6 Visitation to the NPLOV and NPUW Among the Representative Sample |
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266 | (6) |
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9.6.1 Sociodemographic and Attitudinal Profile of NPUW and NPLOV Visitors |
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266 | (1) |
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9.6.2 Evaluation of, and Feedback on, NPUW and NPLOV Visits |
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267 | (4) |
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9.6.3 Information Sources About the NPUW and NPLOV |
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271 | (1) |
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272 | (5) |
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277 | (2) |
10 Revealed and Stated Preferences for Cross-Border Tourism to Protected Areas in Poland and Germany |
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279 | (56) |
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279 | (1) |
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10.2 Revealed Preferences I: Visits to a Protected Area in the Neighboring Country |
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280 | (7) |
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10.3 Revealed Preferences II: Share of Protected Areas in the Neighboring Country Visited by Respondents |
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287 | (3) |
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10.4 Stated Preferences: Results of the Choice Task |
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290 | (28) |
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10.4.1 Protected Area Choices for Day and Weekend Trips |
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291 | (7) |
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10.4.2 Sociodemographic and Attitudinal Profile of Respondents with a Stated Preference for Protected Areas in the Neighboring Country |
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298 | (8) |
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10.4.3 Distances and Travel Times to the Chosen Protected Areas |
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306 | (4) |
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10.4.4 Influences of Distance, Time and Knowledge Variables on Stated Day and Weekend Trip Decisions to Protected Areas |
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310 | (2) |
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10.4.5 Regression Models to Explain the Choice of a Protected Area Destination in the Neighboring Country |
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312 | (6) |
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318 | (16) |
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334 | (1) |
11 Cross-Border Tourism in Protected Areas Along the Polish-German Border: A Synthesis |
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11.2 Summary of Main Results |
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11.3 Discussion of the Results |
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345 | (4) |
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11.4 Comparison with Existing Studies |
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349 | (2) |
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11.5 Critical View of Our Methodology, and Avenues for Future Research |
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351 | (2) |
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11.6 Practical Implications |
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353 | (4) |
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11.7 Final Remarks and Outlook |
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357 | (2) |
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359 | (4) |
Index |
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