The Role of Lodz Festivals in Promoting Adventure Tourism

Abstract

This article discusses the role of two Lodz festivals (the Explorers Festival and the Wreck Diving Festival) in promoting adventure tourism and developing tourism in a postindustrial city such as Lodz.

Festivalisation of Urban Spaces

“…The latter is a festival for the lovers of diving among ship wrecks. It is a small event, attracting tourists from different regions of Poland and guests from abroad (see Cudny and Rouba 2011a).…”

Potentials and Constraints of Fairs and Festivals Tourism: A Study on Bangladesh

“…Besides, the multi-cultural countries such as United States, New Zealand, and Australia, are arranging popular and multi-cultural fairs and festivals of multi-ethnic minorities usually (Lee et al, 2012). Furthermore, fairs and festivals also help people to experience other culture, curiosity and to meet people of similar interests (Cudny & Rouba, 2011). Bangladesh can be an attractive destination because of ethnic minority people dwelling in many regions.…”

The Influence of The „KOMISARZ Alex“ TV Series on The Development of Łódź (Poland) in The Eyes of City Inhabitants

“…The study used structured interviews, with the person conducting the survey reading questions to respondents from a questionnaire. The respondents' answers are then written down, and if they needed further clarification, it is possible to ask additional questions (Cudny et al, 2011). For this study trained interviewers (The University of Łódź students, supervised by the author) conducted the survey at public places, in the centre of Łódź, mostly in Piotrkowska Street and at the Manufaktura Centre, on 15 and 22 May 2012 in the afternoons.…”