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Festival Tourism of Folk Group Dancers from Selected Countries of the World

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  • Bochenek Marcin

    (The Josef Pilsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport in Bia³a Podlaska, Department of Tourism)

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Introduction. Artistic trips and tourism are inseparable parts of the activity of folk groups associated in CIOFF® . Folk festivals organised around the world give folk groups a chance to learn about traditions and customs and to come into close contact with indigenous people. The correlation between tourism and activity of folk groups is visible mainly with regard to selected forms of cognitive tourism. The aim of the work was to present the destinations and frequency of artistic trips of CIOFF® folk groups from selected countries of the world. Trips to dance festivals abroad and their connection with heritage tourism were analysed. Material and methods. The study with the use of a diagnostic poll including a questionnaire, interview and document analysis was carried out in July and August 2010. 243 dancers and 16 instructorschoreographers of dance groups from 12 randomly selected countries of the world participated in the study. Results and

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  • Bochenek Marcin, 2013. "Festival Tourism of Folk Group Dancers from Selected Countries of the World," Polish Journal of Sport and Tourism, Sciendo, vol. 20(2), pages 95-99, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:vrs:spotou:v:20:y:2013:i:2:p:95-99:n:2
    DOI: 10.2478/pjst-2013-0009
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