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• the state of the municipal economy functioningin relation to tourist services,
including public transport, waste management, access to municipal media;
an appropriate level of security becomes a potential threat mainly in the
conditions of fluctuations in the volume of tourist traffic,
• condition of the natural environment, including the condition of air and water
purity (Łapko and Panasiuk 2019), as well as conditions resulting from the
functioning of the transport system in the city and the state of municipal waste
management.
3. Endogenous—related to the volume and structure of tourism in the city—i.e.
overtourism (Panasiuk 2019b).
The listed phenomena are of a diverse nature. Their causes are natural, social,
economic and political. The presented threats with varying severity may affect
the interest in the tourist offerings of urban tourist destinations. All of the above
phenomena, in relation to the processes taking place on the tourist market, bring
direct social and economic effects.
These threats directly affect the limitation of interest in tourist arrivals to cities
and their surroundings covered by the above-mentioned phenomena. However, they
can indirectly influence general decisions regarding tourist trips to neighbouring
urban destinations, tourist regions, countries or even to the continent. In extreme
cases they cause an almost complete limitation of global tourist mobility in which
large urban metropolises, especially airports, have a decisive role in reaching and
providing transit to tourist destinations. In practice, this is happening for the first
time in the history of modern tourism and concerns the COVID-19 pandemic.
Negative phenomena in tourism affect changes in the structure of demand, and
thus cause changes on the supply side of the tourist market, limiting the revenues
of tourism enterprises and at the same time determining the deterioration of the
economic situation of cities and people living in them, mainly those employed in the
tourism economy.
The most important premise regarding the recognition of threats affecting the
functioning of urban tourist destinations is related to the security of tourism economy
entities andabove all, the safety of tourists and residents in urban tourist destinations.
Sustainable tourism policy also plays an important role in this respect.
5 Empirical Examples of Potential Threats
to the Functioning of Urban Tourist Destinations
in the Context of Sustainable Tourism
For the purpose of empirical illustration of the undertaken problems, two research
studies on threats to the functioning of urban tourist destinations will be presented:
1. Water tourism transport service based on the example of a selected city.
A. Panasiuk
• the state of the municipal economy functioningin relation to tourist services,
including public transport, waste management, access to municipal media;
an appropriate level of security becomes a potential threat mainly in the
conditions of fluctuations in the volume of tourist traffic,
• condition of the natural environment, including the condition of air and water
purity (Łapko and Panasiuk 2019), as well as conditions resulting from the
functioning of the transport system in the city and the state of municipal waste
management.
3. Endogenous—related to the volume and structure of tourism in the city—i.e.
overtourism (Panasiuk 2019b).
The listed phenomena are of a diverse nature. Their causes are natural, social,
economic and political. The presented threats with varying severity may affect
the interest in the tourist offerings of urban tourist destinations. All of the above
phenomena, in relation to the processes taking place on the tourist market, bring
direct social and economic effects.
These threats directly affect the limitation of interest in tourist arrivals to cities
and their surroundings covered by the above-mentioned phenomena. However, they
can indirectly influence general decisions regarding tourist trips to neighbouring
urban destinations, tourist regions, countries or even to the continent. In extreme
cases they cause an almost complete limitation of global tourist mobility in which
large urban metropolises, especially airports, have a decisive role in reaching and
providing transit to tourist destinations. In practice, this is happening for the first
time in the history of modern tourism and concerns the COVID-19 pandemic.
Negative phenomena in tourism affect changes in the structure of demand, and
thus cause changes on the supply side of the tourist market, limiting the revenues
of tourism enterprises and at the same time determining the deterioration of the
economic situation of cities and people living in them, mainly those employed in the
tourism economy.
The most important premise regarding the recognition of threats affecting the
functioning of urban tourist destinations is related to the security of tourism economy
entities andabove all, the safety of tourists and residents in urban tourist destinations.
Sustainable tourism policy also plays an important role in this respect.
5 Empirical Examples of Potential Threats
to the Functioning of Urban Tourist Destinations
in the Context of Sustainable Tourism
For the purpose of empirical illustration of the undertaken problems, two research
studies on threats to the functioning of urban tourist destinations will be presented:
1. Water tourism transport service based on the example of a selected city.