Abstract
The article discusses transformations of the tourist function in Polish voivodeship capital cities in the period between 2005–2015. The first research stage was carried out through the background of the theory of city economic base using two indicators: index of surplus workers (ISW) and Florence specialisation coefficient (FSC). The conducted research covered employment size, structure, and changes, with a particular emphasis on employment in tourism. In the second stage of the study, based on a group of diagnostic characteristics describing the tourist functions performed by cities, taxonomic measures were constructed to determine the level of these functions’ development.
Highlights
The purpose of the article is to determine the level of development and the scope of tourist function implementation in Polish voivodeship capital cities
A question arises: to what extent was tourism forming the economic base of regional capitals? It is interesting whether this function is gaining significance and becoming increasingly important for the entire economies of these capitals, i.e., against the background of other functions
In the first step, based on the theory of economic base, following an in-depth analysis of employment size, the more expensive role of tourism function in city economies was specified. This stage allowed determining the scope of the analysed function realisation in capital cities against the background of the national economy
Summary
The purpose of the article is to determine the level of development and the scope of tourist function implementation in Polish voivodeship capital cities. City authorities should consider why other entities presenting similar characteristics, having similar development potential and development factors, and frequently competing in a traditional way, can develop this economy sector dynamically. How do they do it; can the existing solutions be applied?. Striving for the sustainable development of urban areas requires balancing the city functions [25], which is important in the context of the dominating approach, presented in the subject literature, about the existence of a Sustainability 2018, 10, 2095 close correlation between the level of tourist function and the dynamics of city development [26,27,28,29]. The described threats can be eliminated by placing emphasis on ensuring a coherent social structure and urban planning along with adopting the paradigm of balancing the interests of current and future city space users [39]
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