<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The objective of the paper is to determine the characteristics and components of the Warsaw image residing in the consciousness of three investigated groups: metropolitans, entrepreneurs and tourists. A public opinion poll indicated that the prevailing features of respondents’ associations with Warsaw were related to the city particularity as the capital of Poland. Metropolitans and entrepreneurs’ conscious imagination of War-saw were observed to be very suggestive, while tourists’ were observed to be weak. The respondents regarded the city of Warsaw as the most attractive in Poland to run a business in and to visit, and as possessing many historical and cultural assets. The research showed that the majority of the investigated metropolitans, entrepreneurs and tourists judged the living conditions in the capital as good or very good.</p></abstract>

The objective of the paper is to determine the characteristics and components of the Warsaw image residing in the consciousness of three investigated groups: metropolitans, entrepreneurs and tourists. A public opinion poll indicated that the prevailing features of respondents’ associations with Warsaw were related to the city particularity as the capital of Poland. Metropolitans and entrepreneurs’ conscious imagination of War-saw were observed to be very suggestive, while tourists’ were observed to be weak. The respondents regarded the city of Warsaw as the most attractive in Poland to run a business in and to visit, and as possessing many historical and cultural assets. The research showed that the majority of the investigated metropolitans, entrepreneurs and tourists judged the living conditions in the capital as good or very good.

Image of Warsaw in the Consciousness of Its Inhabitants, Entrepreneurs and Tourists

Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies – Department of Urban Geography and Spatial Organization

Miscellanea Geographica

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

The objective of the paper is to determine the characteristics and components of the Warsaw image residing in the consciousness of three investigated groups:...

Image of Warsaw in the Consciousness of Its Inhabitants, Entrepreneurs and Tourists

Pubblicato online: 25 nov 2018

Pagine: 177 - 185

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2008-0018

Parole chiave
city image, components of the image, Warsaw

© 2008 Sylwia Dudek-Mańkowska, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Image of Warsaw in the Consciousness of Its Inhabitants, Entrepreneurs and Tourists

Pubblicato online: 25 nov 2018

Pagine: 177 - 185

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2008-0018

Parole chiavecity image, components of the image, Warsaw

© 2008 Sylwia Dudek-Mańkowska, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Parole chiave
city image, components of the image, Warsaw