Programowanie rozwoju turystyki wodnej na przykładzie Szczecina

Creating a recognizable tourist product of a city requires basing it on resources that are unique but also difficult to copy or imitate. The aquatic environment, considering its diversity and the plurality of opportunities for touristic use, could fulfill that role. The goal of the paper is to identify possible ways of harnessing water spaces in Szczecin for tourist product creation, along with the presentation of the tourism development program of territories waterfronts and waters of Szczecin. The diversity of water spaces in Szczecin (they take up 1/4 of the city's overall area) could become a base for a complex, characteristic tourist product, which would serve both the recreation of the city's residents and tourists (mass event organization) and active (sailing, kayaking) or sightseeing tourism (including nature tourism). The creation of a unique product of this type, one that would go well with the city's brand, could be the base for effective competition with other cities.