TY - JOUR N2 - The aim of the article was to determine the course of changes the urban space under the influence of tourism, on the example of selected areas in Cracow. A literature study, statistical data and field studies were used to explain the relationship between the growth of tourist movement and the development of the tourist space of this city. The impact of tourism on changes in public and private space use within Matejki Square and Pawia Street, in the neighbourhood of the historical zone (Old Town) and in the New Square at Kazimierz, was analysed. The conducted analysis showed three functional changes of the studied areas under the influence of the rapid tourist movement. They were transformed from residential-service to service-residential related to service of tourists (hotels, gastronomy, trade, entertainment). The urban space has been enriched with elements that increasing the tourist attractiveness of Cracow compared with other cities, for example, concerning spending free time (pubs, cafés, restaurants), and the new accommodation base near the city-centre. A lack of a zoning plan and development vision causes the helplessness of the local authorities in managing the tourist infrastructure development, which is reflected at the Kazimierz New Square. L1 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/112239/PDF-MASTER/Biuletyn%20KPZK%20272%20Tracz%20&%20Semczuk.pdf L2 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/112239 PY - 2018 IS - No 272 EP - 284 KW - tourism KW - tourist traffic KW - touristification KW - urban areas KW - Cracow A1 - Tracz, Mariola A1 - Semczuk, Marcin PB - PAN, Komitet Przestrzennego Zagospodarowania Kraju DA - 2019.04.09 T1 - The impact of tourism on the change in the function of urban space. Case study of Cracow SP - 272 UR - http://www.journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/112239 T2 - Biuletyn KPZK ER -