TY - JOUR
TI - Location Factors of Foreign and Domestic Investors in Hospitality Industry in Poland
AU - Puciato, Daniel
AU - Gawlik, Agnieszka
AU - Goranczewski, Boleslaw
TI - Location Factors of Foreign and Domestic Investors in Hospitality Industry in Poland
AB - 
	Background. The choice of location of a hotel is one of the most important decisions taken at the pre-investment stage. Through the impact on the costs and revenues, it affects the hotel’s profitability and other indicators of economic efficiency. 

	Research aims. The aim of the paper is an attempt to determine the most important location factors of foreign and domestic investors, to determine the motives of their choice. 

	Methodology. In this paper a deduction method diagnostic survey and statistical methods were used. The spatial scope of the survey comprised three provinces: Lower Silesia, Opole and Silesia, while the time covered the years 2000–2009. 

	Key findings. The analysis of results has shown that the most important factors for locations of hotels financed from national and foreign capital may differ. In the case of hotels with national origin of capital these factors include investment incentives planning and administrative investment incentives, intensification of competition, supply of tourist services in gastronomy, arts, and entertainment, as well as the availability of investment land. In contrast, in case of hotels with foreign and mixed capital the degree of the economy internationalisation and the urbanisation turned out to be statistically significant location factors.
VL - 2016
IS - Issue 15(4)
PY - 2017
SN - 2449-8920
C1 - 2449-8939
SP - 31
EP - 55
DO - 10.4467/24498939IJCM.16.023.6704
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/international-journal-of-contemporary-management/article/location-factors-of-foreign-and-domestic-investors-in-hospitality-industry-in-poland
KW - Poland
KW - hotel
KW - location
KW - origin of capital
KW - FDI (foreign direct investments)
KW - location factors