DETERMINANTS OF COOPERATION IN A TOURIST REGION

The aim of the article is to identify determinants of cooperation in tourism under Polish conditions and to present how—positively or negatively—they might impact this cooperation. The author builds a conceptual framework of classifying cooperation determinants in a tourist region. Within this framework, and using a case study approach (the example of a mountain tourist region in southern Poland), two broad groups of cooperation determinants are distinguished: exogenous and endogenous. These are further divided into economic, socio-cultural, demographic, legal, political and spatial factors. The author also finds that, within a Polish context, certain determinants are hindering rather than fostering stakeholder cooperation in a tourist region.

► Identified determinants of cooperation in a tourist region under Polish conditions.
► Presented how the determinants may impact cooperation in the tourist region.
► Built a conceptual framework of classifying tourism cooperation determinants.
► Identified activities needed to develop cooperation in Polish tourist regions.