Wpływ Funduszu Leśnego na rozwój sylwanoturystyki w Puszczy Białowieskiej

Abstract

The Forest Fund was established in order to enable forest management to be carried out by forest districts, where the costs are higher than the revenues generated. Its task is to compensate for financial shortages in deficit forest districts. The State Forests operate on the basis of financial independence and cover the costs from their own revenues. The aim of the study is to analyze the use of funds obtained from the Forest Fund in the Białowieża, Browsk and Hajnówka Forest Districts for the development of sylvan tourism in the Białowieża Forest (PB). The research used the method of a diagnostic survey with the use of a research questionnaire and direct interview, specialist literature and financial and economic reports for the years 2020-2021, "places of power", forest nature education and other services related to tourist traffic in the area of the studied forest districts.(original abstract)