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ofpost-socialistcitiesinseveralcountriesinthecentralandeasternregionof
Europe.Theobjectofthestudypresentedinthisbookisthedevelopmentof
thetouristfunctioninthesecities,causedbythetransformationprocessafter
thefallofsocialism.Thespatialrangeoftheworkincludescitiesinselected
countriesofCentralandEasternEurope(Fig.1.1):LodzinPoland,
BratislavainSlovakia,KaliningradinRussia,MinskinBelarus,andLvivin
Ukraine.Theanalysispresentedinthisbookconcernsthecitieswithintheir
administrativeborders,isdynamicandshowsthetransformationswhich
tookplaceintheperiodbetweenthefallofsocialismandthepresenttimes.
Themainaimofthebookistoverifyaresearchhypothesis,according
towhich:
Oneoftheconsequencesofthefallofsocialismwasthepoliticaland
socio-economictransformation,includingrapiddevelopmentofthetourist
functioninlargecities,inthecountriesofCentralandEasternEurope.Due
totheadvancingdeindustrialization,aswellasthegrowingimportanceof
thethirdeconomicsector,thesignificanceoftouristservicesincreased
considerably.Thetouristsectorofferinghotel,cateringandentertainment
servicesdeveloped,theaccessibilityofthestudiedareasincreased,the
urbanspacewasrevitalized,andthelocalauthoritiesimplementedanumber
oftourismdevelopmentprograms.Asaresult,touristtrafficandthenumber
anddiversityoftouristarrivalsincreased.
Figure1.1.CentralandEasternEurope
Source:Author3scompilation
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