An attempt at an integrated assessment of the tourism attractiveness of a region: the example of North Karelia (Finland)

• Published in: Turyzm/Tourism
• Main Author: Kowalska, Katarzyna
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego 2012
• Subjects: tourism attractiveness; ‘point bonitation’; methods of assessment of tourism attractiveness; integrated assessment of tourism attractiveness; North Karelia (Finland); karelia*
• Online Access: https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/tourism/article/view/7601; https://doi.org/10.2478/v10106-012-0003-2

The article presents a proposal for an integrated assessment of the tourism attractiveness of a region. The holistic approach used in the author's master's thesis is given as an example. The article presents the results of a survey and ‘point bonitation’ (a ranking method) for the North Karelia region. In the summary, there is an attempt to assess the methods which were applied in the research.