Sustainable Tourism Planning on Landscape Scale: Case Study from Slovakia (Central Europe)
Author:
Belčáková Ingrid1, Rácz Attila1, Ollerová Hana1, Spodniaková Lucia2
Affiliation:
1. 1 Faculty of Ecology and Environmental Sciences , Technical University in Zvolen , T.G.Masaryka 24, 960 01 Zvolen , Slovakia 2. 2 Faculty of Natural Sciences and Informatics , Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra , Tr. A. Hlinku 1, 949 74 Nitra , Slovakia
Abstract
Abstract
The European cultural landscape and its traditional values represent a significant condition for recreation and tourism. However, we are aware of the negative consequences of human activity in the past years in rural areas and pay more attention to protecting these values. Modern rural recreation and tourism must be built on scientific background. That is why the presented contribution brings an innovative integrated approach to sustainable rural recreation and tourism model by applying landscape ecological planning methodology with a combination of ecological stability and landscape character assessment. It deals with the qualitative evaluation of the landscape potential of the foothill village of Podkonice in Slovakia and the possibilities of its use in sustainable rural tourism. Determining the potential in confrontation with different forms of tourism activities can help achieve a sustainable tourism concept. The main result of the presented research is the final optimal selection of activities and use of the landscape with regard to the development of tourism. Such a proposal can be used in spatial planning and strategic decision-making processes not only in the study area, but it can be applied in the European context.
Publisher
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Subject
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law,Nature and Landscape Conservation,Ecology
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