DETERMINANTY ROZWOJU AGROTURYSTYKI W POLSCE (NA PRZYKŁADZIE WYBRANYCH REGIONÓW)

The paper presents results of survey on positive and negative determinants of agritourism activity in four chosen regions of Poland, namely in two regions in the Carpathian Mountains (Małopolska and Podkarpacie) and in two regions at the Baltic Sea coast (Pomerania and Western Pomerania). The owners of agritourism farms participated in the survey defined and estimated positive and negative determinates of agritourism development at the level of communes they function. According to the survey nature and landscape attractions, skills and knowledge of the entrepreneurs and personality characteristics of the entrepreneurs and their families are the most important and positive determinants of agritourism development in Poland.