Rola dziedzictwa kulturowo-historycznego w rozwoju turystyki wiejskiej w wybranych gminach powiatu krakowskiego

In the article issues connected with the role of cultural heritage in tourism development have been presented. It was shown on the example of four Malopolska communities located in the area of Cracow Province: Michałowice, Skała, Zabierzow i Zielonki. First, on the base of literature the essence of cultural heritage has been presented. The author presented definitions of this process and showed different divisions of such understood heritage. Secondly, many elements of cultural and historical heritage connected with four mentioned above communities have been presented, too. In these groups both heritage connected with material sphere and immaterial one have been characterized. Thirdly, the results of researches carried out in County Offices in these four communities have been presented. The researches carried out by means of interviews with clerical workers have been shown in the empirical part of this article.