**About the Editors**

## **Zygmunt Kruczek**

Zygmunt Kruczek is a professor with a Ph.D. in physical culture and head of the Department of Geography of Tourism and Ecology at the Faculty of Tourism and Recreation at the University of Physical Education in Krakow. He specializes in research on tourist attractions, regional aspects of the geography of tourism, tourism promotion, and information. He is the president of the Polish Association of Tourism Experts.

### **Bartłomiej Walas**

Bartłomiej Walas, PhD, is an assistant professor at the University College of Tourism and Ecology in Sucha Beskidzka, Poland. He specializes in tourism policy and tourism marketing. He is the Dean of the Tourism and Recreation Faculty, the former vice president of the Polish National Tourist Organization, the author of regional tourism development and marketing strategies, and a member of the Council of the Chamber of Commerce of the Polish Hotel Industry. He has published articles in Polish and foreign scientific journals.
