Dopady pandemie COVID-19 na cestovní ruch památek UNESCO v České republice

Abstract

The main goal of this paper is to examine impacts of the covid-19 pandemic on the attendance of selected UNESCO monuments in the Czech Republic. This is the first step of a more extensive research focused on methodological recommendations of the effects the covid-19 pandemic on tourism. The authors present a study focused on the number of visitors to selected monuments in comparison between 2019 and 2021. The mechanism of protection, popularization and development of UNESCO cultural heritage in the Czech Republic is investigated. The features of formation and improvement of management mechanisms in this area of socio-cultural relations are clarified. The procedure for including candidate sites in the World Heritage list has been investigated. The main UNESCO conventions in the field of culture are considered and attention is drawn to their key provisions. The main problems in the legislative regulation of the preservation and management of cultural and natural heritage in the Czech Republic are analyzed. It is established that cooperation with UNESCO significantly affects the foreign policy of the world's countries. At the end is possible to find a set of three areas of recommendations, which will be examined in more detail in the next stages. The results confirmed that the most visited UNESCO monuments heritage after the covid-19 pandemic: Prague (734 thousand people); Spa triangle: Františkovy Lázně, Karlovy Vary, Mariánské Lázně (559 thousand people); Lednice-Valtice area (311 thousand people) and Kroměříž (162 thousand people). Their attractiveness is due to the high level of nature protection, the conservation status of the heritage fund and their historical value.