<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><bold>Subject and purpose of work:</bold> The article presents the diversity of the use of EU funds for tourism in Poland in the region of Eastern Poland in the years 2014–2020. The focus was on indicating the regional differentiation of the size and type structure of projects.<bold>Materials and methods:</bold> The information base was data on projects co-financed from EU funds, collected in the National Information System (KSI SIMIK 2014-2020).<bold>Results:</bold> In all voivodships, both in terms of the number of projects and their values, projects in the field of culture (cultural heritage, cultural institutions, cultural events) definitely dominated. They constituted over 50% of the total number of all projects and 65% of their total value.<bold>Conclusions:</bold> In the years 2014-2020 tourism was included in the Regional Operational Programs indirectly, which impacted on the nature of implemented projects. Between them dominated projects related to the modernization and preservation of tourism resources, especially cultural projects.</abstract>

Subject and purpose of work: The article presents the diversity of the use of EU funds for tourism in Poland in the region of Eastern Poland in the years 2014–2020. The focus was on indicating the regional differentiation of the size and type structure of projects.Materials and methods: The information base was data on projects co-financed from EU funds, collected in the National Information System (KSI SIMIK 2014-2020).Results: In all voivodships, both in terms of the number of projects and their values, projects in the field of culture (cultural heritage, cultural institutions, cultural events) definitely dominated. They constituted over 50% of the total number of all projects and 65% of their total value.Conclusions: In the years 2014-2020 tourism was included in the Regional Operational Programs indirectly, which impacted on the nature of implemented projects. Between them dominated projects related to the modernization and preservation of tourism resources, especially cultural projects.

Support for the Development of Tourism from European Funds in the Eastern Poland Region in the Years 2014-2020

Economic and Regional Studies / Studia Ekonomiczne i Regionalne

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Subject and purpose of work: The article presents the diversity of the use of EU funds for tourism in Poland in the region of Eastern Poland in the years...

Support for the Development of Tourism from European Funds in the Eastern Poland Region in the Years 2014-2020

Published Online: Sep 30, 2019

Page range: 265 - 274

Received: Aug 01, 2019

Accepted: Sep 01, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ers-2019-0024

Keywords
Eastern Poland region, EU funds, tourism projects

© 2019 Katarzyna Gralak, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Support for the Development of Tourism from European Funds in the Eastern Poland Region in the Years 2014-2020

Published Online: Sep 30, 2019

Page range: 265 - 274

Received: Aug 01, 2019

Accepted: Sep 01, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ers-2019-0024

KeywordsEastern Poland region, EU funds, tourism projects

© 2019 Katarzyna Gralak, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Eastern Poland region, EU funds, tourism projects