<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Further tourism development in the Polish-Slovak borderland, as well as its overall economic development, depends on the construction of a motorway and expressway network. This paper analyses the impact of selected planned motorways and expressways (D1, A4, D3/S69, R1/R3/S7, and R4/S19) on the potential accessibility of the Polish-Slovak borderland with respect to the development of tourism. The most important investment project in Slovakia is the completion of the (started) D1 motorway. The R4/S19 and the R1/R3/S7 expressways and the D3 motorway/S69 expressway are expected to contribute to improved cross-border connections.</p></abstract>

Further tourism development in the Polish-Slovak borderland, as well as its overall economic development, depends on the construction of a motorway and expressway network. This paper analyses the impact of selected planned motorways and expressways (D1, A4, D3/S69, R1/R3/S7, and R4/S19) on the potential accessibility of the Polish-Slovak borderland with respect to the development of tourism. The most important investment project in Slovakia is the completion of the (started) D1 motorway. The R4/S19 and the R1/R3/S7 expressways and the D3 motorway/S69 expressway are expected to contribute to improved cross-border connections.

The impact of selected planned motorways and expressways on the potential accessibility of the Polish-Slovak borderland with respect to tourism development

Institute of Geography, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia

Polish Academy of Sciences, Scientific Center in Paris, Paris, France

Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland

Moravian Geographical Reports

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Further tourism development in the Polish-Slovak borderland, as well as its overall economic development, depends on the construction of a motorway and...

The impact of selected planned motorways and expressways on the potential accessibility of the Polish-Slovak borderland with respect to tourism development

Published Online: Apr 27, 2015

Page range: 13 - 20

Received: Jul 14, 2014

Accepted: Jan 20, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/mgr-2015-0002

Keywords
transport infrastructure, motorway and expressway network, potential accessibility, tourism development, Polish-Slovak borderland

© Daniel Michniak et al.

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

The impact of selected planned motorways and expressways on the potential accessibility of the Polish-Slovak borderland with respect to tourism development

Published Online: Apr 27, 2015

Page range: 13 - 20

Received: Jul 14, 2014

Accepted: Jan 20, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/mgr-2015-0002

Keywordstransport infrastructure, motorway and expressway network, potential accessibility, tourism development, Polish-Slovak borderland

© Daniel Michniak et al.

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

Keywords
transport infrastructure, motorway and expressway network, potential accessibility, tourism development, Polish-Slovak borderland