INLAND TOURISM AS A CHANCE TO GAIN COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE FOR REGIONS

Abstract

The aim of the article is to diagnose the condition of the infrastructure of the inland transport, based on its use in the inland tourism in Poland during the 1995–2009. Data concerning, among others, the length of inland waterways, the number of Polish passenger vessels in inland traffic and the passenger traffic volume in inland transport as well as revenues from sale of inland waterway transport companies has been analyzed. In the analyzed period there has been an increase both in the number of passenger vessels in the inland transport, and in the revenues per unit in inland waterways vessel and per passenger. This creates favorable conditions for new investments in the infrastructure and promotes the importance of the inland tourism.