Rafał Klóska* THE MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF TOURIST ATTRACTIVENESS OF PROVINCES

Abstract. Quantitative methods find a great application in analysis processes, diag-noses and economic prognoses by means of description and estimation of forming eco-nomic variables in time and space as well as expectations regarding direction and char-acter of changes of these variables are becoming more precise. In the article the level of tourist attractiveness of Polish provinces has been analysed. The sequence of individual provinces has been established considering a stated general criterium represented by the suggested variables in the research and cluster analysis has been carried out to isolate subgroups of similar provinces. Key words: multivariate statistical analysis, cluster analysis, tourist attractiveness of provinces. The level of tourist attraction of provinces in Poland has been analized in the article. Taking into account that the concept o f tourist attraction is a general multivariate characterization which should be measured to compare the analized objects (provinces), we have to state that this is one of many-very often used