Abstract:
The paper presents the problems of tourism in terms of its relationship with
the social as well as cultural environment. The purpose of the article was
to examine how tourism affects the socio-cultural environment in the Gorce
National Park and its vicinity. I examined whether tourist traffic in the Park
brings about more benefits or problems, and whether changes taking place
in communities visited by tourists are positive or negative? The impact of
tourism on the socio-cultural environment has been analyzed on the basis of
a questionnaire I conducted. At the end I present a balance of benefits and
costs of tourism in the Gorce National Park and its surroundings in the social
and cultural contexts.