Natural heritage as a resource for tourism development in the Polish Carpathians

Więckowski, Marek

doi:10.31577/geogrcas.2020.72.3.12

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“…Cultural tourism and the development of tourism in general must be viewed not only in the context of success of the tourism industry-but more importantly, in the wider context of regional development and wider economic, social, political, and environmental concerns [40].…”

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Cultural Tourism in Nitra, Slovakia: Overview of Current and Future Trends

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Cultural tourism has undergone fundamental changes in several countries of post-socialist Europe. In Slovakia, this fact concerns, for example, localities with a strong connection to the church and its cultural heritage. These monuments belong to the foundations of cultural tourism, yet the state intentionally did not prefer them as tourist destinations until 1989. Only after political and social changes were such localities exploited by tourism with a qualitative and quantitative increase in cultural tourism. The aim of this paper is to investigate the recent changes in cultural tourism in urban areas and to address alternative cultural tourism products to diversify the offerings. To do so, Nitra (Slovakia) was used as a case study area. The main used methods were comparative analysis of information sources and questionnaire surveys, aimed at residents, entrepreneurs, and tourists. The main result is that Nitra has the potential to become an important center of cultural tourism/stage destination of various cultural routes. The presented results will increase awareness of the present and future of cultural tourism; they can be beneficial for organizations dealing with tourism management in the city (city office) and its marketing (Nitra Tourism Organization) for the academic and public sphere.

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Cultural Tourism in Nitra, Slovakia: Overview of Current and Future Trends

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“…The tourist attractiveness of Podkarpackie Province is connected to its natural diversity which is very important for the multi-directional development of tourism (Szmuc, 2009). One of its assets is its significant forest area (Marszałek, 2020) while the natural heritage of the Carpathians in general is particularly important for the development of tourism (Więckowski, 2020). The most valuable areas of the province are located in its southern, Carpathian, part and Bieszczady and Magura National Parks were established there.…”

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Regional tourism during the COVID-19 pandemic: Losses, missed opportunities and new developments for the tourism industry

Gierczak-Korzeniowska

Szpara

Stopa

2021

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As a result of the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, tourism, as one of the branches of many national economies, has suffered heavy losses both nationally and regionally. The pandemic as a global phenomenon is bound to change tourism, at least for some time to come. Therefore, questions arise about the nature of these changes and how deep they will be. The aim of the article is to show that for Podkarpackie Province in Poland, the COVID-19 pandemic, apart from the obvious negative consequences for the tourism industry, has also brought new development opportunities. The analyses presented here are based on a survey conducted among 948 adult respondents in 10 different locations within three districts between 15 and 30 August 2020. The analysis showed that during the pandemic, nature-related travel and active tourism, as well as trips aimed at health recovery were in high demand. Ensuring health and safety on holidays became a priority. Therefore, a concentration of tourism was observed in selected domestic destinations, usually in areas not associated with tourism (e.g. rural areas). In the future, this may create opportunities for a revival of local tourism. In contrast, the tourism industry suffered its greatest losses in cities; business and event tourism lost out, and there was a significant drop in revenue from both domestic and foreign tourists. These results indicate the negative effects of the pandemic, but also show new development opportunities. No one knows how long COVID-19 will continue, so the conclusions may be useful both for entrepreneurs preparing their tourist offers in the coming years, and institutions responsible for regional tourism policy.

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“…These territories adhere to clear rules of tourism and conservation of geoheritage (Frey et al 2006, Warszyńska-Jackowska, ed. 2007, Kurek 2008, Rutynskyi and Stetsyuk 2008, Zinko and Teres 2009, Bubniak et al 2011, Quirini-Popławski 2011, Armaitiene et al 2014and Więckowski 2020. However, it does not always protect the most popular waterfalls from peaks of overtouristic loads.…”

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Waterfalls of the Eastern Carpathians (Ukraine) as objects of geoheritage and geotourism

Rutynskyi¹,

Kushniruk²

2021

geogrcas

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Waterfalls of the Eastern Carpathians (Ukraine) as objects of geoheritage and geotourismThe aim of the paper is to cover the results of the study of mountain waterfalls in Ukraine in the context of assessment of the state and problems of geoheritage preservation and geotourism development in the Eastern Carpathians. The state of tourist infrastructure near waterfalls was analyzed in the study. For the first time the tendency and share of attraction of waterfalls by tour operators in programs of thematic geotours and mass excursion tours in the Carpathians were analyzed. A number of expert recommendations have been developed for regional authorities on the protection of waterfalls through the further development of the geoheritage network (opening small geoparks and local geodestinations with the status of "protected tracts"), the inclusion of attractive waterfalls in the branding and PR-promotion of values, routes and trails of sustainable geotourism in the Eastern Carpathians.

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Natural heritage as a resource for tourism development in the Polish Carpathians

Cited by 11 publications

References 23 publications

Cultural Tourism in Nitra, Slovakia: Overview of Current and Future Trends

Cultural Tourism in Nitra, Slovakia: Overview of Current and Future Trends

Regional tourism during the COVID-19 pandemic: Losses, missed opportunities and new developments for the tourism industry

Waterfalls of the Eastern Carpathians (Ukraine) as objects of geoheritage and geotourism

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