MISCELLANEA GEOGRAPHICA-REGIONAL STUDIES ON DEVELOPMENT Analysing the tourist function of spatial units is one of the most common research topics in Polish tourism geography (Kurek, Mika 2007; Włodarczyk 2009). Tourist function is understood here as a socioeconomic activity pursued by a given area and its inhabitants, aimed at tourist services. The scale and nature of the tourist function can be presented by means of various measures and numerous qualitative features. In the literature, the development of tourist function is usually determined by measures based on the size of accommodation (e.g.

In the context of emerging markets, restaurant food choice needs to be better architected in order to minimize the negative societal and environmental implications. For effective consumer choice architecture the determinants of restaurant food choice need to be first established. This study explores the determinants of restaurant food choice in Poland, a transitional economy in East-Central Europe with a rapidly growing pattern of out-of-home food consumption. It finds that the low level of public environmental awareness in Poland translates into low consumer recognition of the environmental implications of restaurant food choice. Although customer preference for locally-produced and organic food is recorded, this preference is not associated with public environmental awareness, but attributed to possible media effect. In contrast, the level of public awareness of the health repercussions of restaurant food choice is higher in Poland, especially among younger consumers, which is reflected in the desire to see the nutritional and calorific values of food to be displayed on restaurant menus. Implications for policy-making and hospitality management are discussed.

The paper presents the main trends in the development of seaside resorts worldwide and in Poland. Particular attention is called to the spatial aspects of this development. Based on their morphological differentiation, two forms of seaside resort in Poland can be distinguished: locations with a clearly heterogeneous spatial-functional structure, in which areas used for tourism are adjacent to others; and locations with a heterogeneous spatial-functional structure in which the tourism function is, to a certain extent, spatially isolated.

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