Religious and museum tourism to Museum of the Holy Father John Paul II Family Home in Wadowice

The research was aimed at identifying changes in tourist traffic – religious tourism and museum tourism to the Museum of the Holy Father John Paul II Family Home in Wadowice in 1996–2019. The museum was opened in 1984 in the house where Karol Wojtyła, Pope John Paul II, was born in 1920. The thoroug...

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Main Authors: Franciszek Mróz, Alfred Krogmann, Magdaléna Nemčíková, Daša Oremusová
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Language:English
Published: Uniwersytet Pedagogiczny im. Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie 2021-12-01
Series:Prace Komisji Geografii Przemysłu Polskiego Towarzystwa Geograficznego
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Online Access:https://prace-kgp.up.krakow.pl/article/view/8518
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author Franciszek Mróz
Alfred Krogmann
Magdaléna Nemčíková
Daša Oremusová
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description The research was aimed at identifying changes in tourist traffic – religious tourism and museum tourism to the Museum of the Holy Father John Paul II Family Home in Wadowice in 1996–2019. The museum was opened in 1984 in the house where Karol Wojtyła, Pope John Paul II, was born in 1920. The thorough reconstruction between 2010 and 2014 resulted in the establishment of a museum with a modern multimedia narrative exhibition. In recent years, the museum has been visited by more than 200 thousand tourists a year, including 40 thousand foreigners from more than 100 countries worldwide. During the years 1996–2019 the number of international tourists rose more than twice. The greatest boom in the visits to the museum was noted in 2005 and was associated with the disease, death, funeral, and increasing worship of Pope John Paul II. Following decreased interest in visits to the museum during the period of 2010–2014, which was due to the museum renovation, a revival and increase in visits to the museum was observed again. Changes that were observed in the museum during the last twenty-five years were identified, among other things, thanks to field research involving observations and interviews with museum curators and staff. Analyses of tourist visits to the museum were based on detailed data provided by the museum managers. In the elaboration of the collected research results descriptive-analytical, dynamic-comparative and cartographic methods were used.
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spelling doaj.art-2c700961b3224f5999a1b6609d4098192022-12-21T21:10:32ZengUniwersytet Pedagogiczny im. Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w KrakowiePrace Komisji Geografii Przemysłu Polskiego Towarzystwa Geograficznego2080-16532449-903X2021-12-0135410.24917/20801653.354.9Religious and museum tourism to Museum of the Holy Father John Paul II Family Home in WadowiceFranciszek MrózAlfred Krogmann0Magdaléna Nemčíková1Daša Oremusová2Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Department of Travel and Tourism at the College of Polytechnics JihlavaConstantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Department of Travel and Tourism at the College of Polytechnics JihlavaConstantine the Philosopher University in NitraThe research was aimed at identifying changes in tourist traffic – religious tourism and museum tourism to the Museum of the Holy Father John Paul II Family Home in Wadowice in 1996–2019. The museum was opened in 1984 in the house where Karol Wojtyła, Pope John Paul II, was born in 1920. The thorough reconstruction between 2010 and 2014 resulted in the establishment of a museum with a modern multimedia narrative exhibition. In recent years, the museum has been visited by more than 200 thousand tourists a year, including 40 thousand foreigners from more than 100 countries worldwide. During the years 1996–2019 the number of international tourists rose more than twice. The greatest boom in the visits to the museum was noted in 2005 and was associated with the disease, death, funeral, and increasing worship of Pope John Paul II. Following decreased interest in visits to the museum during the period of 2010–2014, which was due to the museum renovation, a revival and increase in visits to the museum was observed again. Changes that were observed in the museum during the last twenty-five years were identified, among other things, thanks to field research involving observations and interviews with museum curators and staff. Analyses of tourist visits to the museum were based on detailed data provided by the museum managers. In the elaboration of the collected research results descriptive-analytical, dynamic-comparative and cartographic methods were used.https://prace-kgp.up.krakow.pl/article/view/8518Museum of the Holy Father John Paul II Family Homemuseum tourismpilgrimagereligious tourism
spellingShingle Franciszek Mróz
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Magdaléna Nemčíková
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Religious and museum tourism to Museum of the Holy Father John Paul II Family Home in Wadowice
Prace Komisji Geografii Przemysłu Polskiego Towarzystwa Geograficznego
Museum of the Holy Father John Paul II Family Home
museum tourism
pilgrimage
religious tourism
title Religious and museum tourism to Museum of the Holy Father John Paul II Family Home in Wadowice
title_full Religious and museum tourism to Museum of the Holy Father John Paul II Family Home in Wadowice
title_fullStr Religious and museum tourism to Museum of the Holy Father John Paul II Family Home in Wadowice
title_full_unstemmed Religious and museum tourism to Museum of the Holy Father John Paul II Family Home in Wadowice
title_short Religious and museum tourism to Museum of the Holy Father John Paul II Family Home in Wadowice
title_sort religious and museum tourism to museum of the holy father john paul ii family home in wadowice
topic Museum of the Holy Father John Paul II Family Home
museum tourism
pilgrimage
religious tourism
url https://prace-kgp.up.krakow.pl/article/view/8518
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