warmia – mazury part warszawa 26.01.2010. the area of 24,000 square km 58% of farmlands 58% of...
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WARMIA – MAZURY
PART Warszawa 26.01.2010
the area of 24,000 square km 58% of farmlands 29% of forests 6% of waters
The fourth largest region in Poland
nearly 1,500,000 people -3,7% of the population of Poland
the lowest population density in the country - 59 persons per square km
(the average in Poland is 122 persons per square km)
116 communes, 19 districts, 47 cities, more than 3900 villages
NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
8 natural landscape parks 104 nature reserves
about 2400 monuments of nature
MAIN ATTRACTIONS : 2,700 lakes, a paradise under the sails The Gothic Castle Trail – of the Teutonic Knights and bishops Nicolaus Copernicus - the biggest astronomer by boat on the grass - the Elbląg Canal the Battle of Grunwald in the 1410 Kaliningrad - Cross-border tourism
ARRIVALS
3,000,000 tourists annually 1,000,000 are foreign tourists
ACCOMMODATION
39.000 beds - 5th place in the country
869 agricultural accommodations – 3rd place in the country
about 12.000 accommodations in sailing boats
OUR PROJECTSroad markings for tourists - € 1,000,000 - 19 partners
(Regional Operational Programme Warmia Mazury 2007-2013)
cycle routes - € 10,000,000 - 25 partners (Regional Operational Programme- Development of Eastern Poland)
the modernization of Tourist Information Centers - € 1,000,000 – 23 partners
(Regional Operational Programme Warmia Mazury 2007-2013)
the promotion of tourist areas of the Elblag Canal and Iława Lakeland – € 800,000- 3 partners
(Regional Operational Programme Warmia Mazury 2007-2013)
the tourism promotion campaign of Warmia and Mazury – € 3,100,000
(Regional Operational Programme Warmia Mazury 2007-2013)
the regional souvenir contest- € 100,000(Regional Operational Programme Warmia Mazury 2007-2013)
Vote forMasurian Lake District
Official FinalistNew 7 Wonders of Nature
WWW.MAZURYCUDNATURY.ORG
OUR PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT
SEJMIK (ASSEMBLY) OF WARMIŃSKO-MAZURSKIE VOIVODSHIP (30 COUNCILLORS)
VOIVODSHIP BOARD (5 PEOPLE)
MARSHAL OF THE VOIVODSHIP AS ITS CHAIRMAN
OFFICE OF THE MARSHAL OF THE VOIVODSHIP
25 DEPARTMENTS
(INCLUDING 3 DEPARTMENTS DEALING WITH EU FUNDS)
770 EMPLOYEES
Office of the Marshalof the Warmińsko-Mazurskie Voivodship
Department of Tourism Department of Regional Policy
Mariańska 3th Street10-562 Olsztyn
tel. 48 - 89- 52 16 900fax 48 - 89- 52 16 909
Thank youfor your attention
Beata KantolakDepartment of Tourism