The Role of the Krakow Airport in the Development of a Knowledge-based Economy. An example of Changes in the Transport Infrastructure – Implications for the Development of Tourism

Authors

  • Kamila Ziółkowska-Weiss Uniwersytet Pedagogiczny w Krakowie, Instytut Geografii

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24917/20801653.24.6

Keywords:

airplane, airport, Krakow, trips

Abstract

Thanks to the development of technology, the twentieth century witnessed a rapid increase inthe mobility of society: it facilitated and made changing the place of stay faster. This progress broughtabout the increase in the number of airplanes and airlines, increased the availability, speed, comfortand safety of journeys, and also caused the decrease in costs. Building new regional airports and modernizing the already existing ones shortens the time of journeys and lengthens the relaxation time. Thedevelopment of airports makes many accompanying traveller facilities come to existence as well.The Kraków Airport airport is the second biggest airport in Poland. It’s connected to 90 cities in 28countries. It serves about 3 million passengers annually. In the first six months of 2012, 1,606,861passengers were served by the Kraków Airport. It’s 18% more than in the first six months of 2011.The purpose of the article is to show - on the example of the Kraków Airport - how the meaning andfunctions of regional airports in Poland, as well as the current changes in the infrastructure of airbornetransport, can add onto the development of tourism. This article also shows the number of passengersusing the airport, the current directions of national, European and charter connections. The airport inBalice is described in comparison to other Polish regional ports and the prognoses for the future andthe plans to expand of the depicted airport will be mentioned. In the summary, the implications for thedevelopment of tourism are shown.

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Author Biography

Kamila Ziółkowska-Weiss, Uniwersytet Pedagogiczny w Krakowie, Instytut Geografii

Kamila Ziółkowska-Weiss, graduate of Culture studies at the Jagiellonian University and of Geographyon the Pedagogical University of Cracow. She has graduated from postgraduate studies in internationaltourism management at the Cracow University of Economics. Since 2011 she has been a doctoratestudent of Geography at the Pedagogical University of Cracow. Since 2012 she has been a researchworker, acting as an assistant in the department of Tourism and Regional Studies on the PedagogicalUniversity of Cracow. An active tourist guide. The author of several academic publications. Her mainacademic interests are in cultural tourism and ethnic groups in Małopolska.

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Published

2013-10-01

How to Cite

Ziółkowska-Weiss, K. (2013). The Role of the Krakow Airport in the Development of a Knowledge-based Economy. An example of Changes in the Transport Infrastructure – Implications for the Development of Tourism. Studies of the Industrial Geography Commission of the Polish Geographical Society, 24, 91–105. https://doi.org/10.24917/20801653.24.6

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