Uwarunkowania międzynarodowej konkurencyjności regionu turystycznego Algarve w Portugalii

Abstract

Portugal as a country neighbouring one of the most reception area of the world, which is Spain, has a much lower natural, cultural and tourist infrastructure potential. Algarve region located in the south part of Portugal is one of the most interesting tourist regions of the Iberian Peninsula. Leisure tourism has been the main direction of development for years although the climate signifi cantly limited the length of holidays. Algarve is nowadays identifi ed as the most important golf tourism region in Europe. The number and standard of golf courses, tourism infrastructure and the accessibility (air transport) evidence its rank. One of the most scenic golf courses where created thanks to natural environment conditions. The region of Algarve has fully taken the advantage of its development chance and gained the stable competitive advantage.