Ustka (;
Kashubian and
Pomeranian: Ùskô) is a town in the
Middle Pomerania region of northwestern
Poland with 17,100 inhabitants (2001). It is also part of
Słupsk County in
Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999, and was previously in
Słupsk Voivodeship (1975-1998).Ustka is a popular tourist destination and a fishing port on the south coasts of the
Baltic. For a number of years, following the polictical changes in
Poland, the town has won a string of local awards for the best summer place in the country. After the collapse of the Ustka Shipyard, the only shipyard in
Poland to have manufactured fire-proof lifeboats, and a number of
fish processing enterprises, the local authorities put tourism as a primery source of income for the town. Since the end of the 19th century, Ustka has been recognised as a summer holiday resort and various illnesses treament and recovery centre.
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