The potential of the Sudetes Mountains for the Development of Geotouristic products.

Rogowski, Mateusz

doi:10.7494/geotour.2016.46-47.59

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“…It is also a good practice to create a national network of geotouristic objects, like geoparks (Alexandrowicz 2006;Słomka et al 2006;Słomka and Doktor 2011). A crucial aim is to develop a complete tourism product based on geoheritage (Rogowski 2016).…”

Section: Tourism In Sandstone Landscapesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Additionally, there were prepared: a geological tourist guidebook, 21 information leaflets and a website www.geostrada.eu (Cwojdziński et al 2011;Stachowiak et al 2013). Because of specialist language used in some parts of the guidebook and on several panels, the Sudetes Georoute is actually dedicated mainly to geologists, geomorphologists and tourist already knowing the region and its geology (Rogowski 2016). More geotourist information on the Adršpach-Teplice Rocks can be obtained from tourist information centres in two main settlements.…”

Section: Adršpach-teplice Rocks National Nature Reservementioning

confidence: 99%

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The Way to the Rocks—Changes of Networks of Hiking Trails in Chosen Sandstone Landscapes in Poland and the Czech Republic in the Period of Political Transformation

Kołodziejczyk

2020

Geoheritage

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The political transformation taking place in Central European countries at the turn of 1980s and 1990s influenced, among other aspects, the methods of nature protection and making it available for tourism. The changes taking place at that time have been traced in the article on the example of three sandstone landscapes, which belong to the most popular geotouristic attractions of the Czech Republic and Poland: Prachov Rocks Nature Reserve with adjacent fragments of the Bohemian Paradise Protected Landscape Area, Adršpach-Teplice Rocks National Nature Reserve and the Table Mountains National Park. These changes were analysed on the basis of transformations of the networks of hiking trails and development of other tourism facilities within the boundaries of the protected areas. Analysis covers the entire period from the end of communism (1980s) up to present days. According to the study, in the case of all analysed protected areas, the systemic transformation in Central Europe played an important role as a factor affecting the network of hiking trails. In each case, however, local factors were also important. The biggest changes occurred in the Adršpach-Teplice Rocks and the Table Mountains. In the first case, the number and distribution of visitors needed to be controlled, leading to modification of route network. The main reason of its significant reduction was to separate paid routes from those not charged. In the Table Mountains, the network was substantially developed as a consequence of the establishment of a national park there and the political changes at the turn of twentieth and twenty-first centuries which opened the border zone and forced the marking of new tourist trails. In the Prachov Rocks, the existing layout of hiking trails has been largely kept unchanged because the continuous intensive tourist traffic did not allow any reductions, even if these would help to protect the environment. On the other hand, the network was really well developed, that it did not require further growth. Today's networks of tourist trails in the Prachov Rocks and some parts of the Table Mountains seem too developed, taking into account the protective regime of both areas. In terms of interpretation of geoheritage, the most extensive and targeted offer can be found in the Table Mountains National Park. Referring to the methods used, the graph theory cannot be applied easily to tourist trails networks, especially when a dissected landscape is analysed. A simple but very helpful indicator illustrating the development of the network is the density of tourist trails per square kilometre.

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Section: Adršpach-teplice Rocks National Nature Reservementioning

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The Way to the Rocks—Changes of Networks of Hiking Trails in Chosen Sandstone Landscapes in Poland and the Czech Republic in the Period of Political Transformation

Kołodziejczyk

2020

Geoheritage

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“…In Poland, the most valuable sites are preserved as nature reserves-e.g. Wilcza Góra (Bobiński et al 1999;Rogowski 2016), Gacki (Urban and Wróblewski 1999;Wróblewski 2000), Ślichowice (Urban and Wróblewski 1999). However, such reserves were created in the past to prevent the degradation of outstanding heritage.…”

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Geoeducational Value of Quarries Located Within the Małopolska Vistula River Gap (E Poland)

2019

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Formal and non-formal outdoor learning or field education is the most effective form of interpretation and promotion of geoheritage. Quarries make it possible to look back at the geological past of our planet, and, in many regions, they are the only places where we can observe the exposed bedrock. In E Poland, a considerable number of quarries are located within the area of the Małopolska Vistula River Gap. Herein, Upper Cretaceous, Palaeocene and Miocene marine rocks and Pleistocene sediments of varying origin were quarried. The location of quarries in the proximity of larger and smaller towns enables organising short school trips and conducting geography field classes. What is more, the importance of the town of Kazimierz Dolny, a popular tourist destination located in the northern part of the study area, provides opportunity for enriching the existing "traditional" tourism with offers of geotourism. In the study, the geoeducational value of 53 quarries was assessed by means of a method developed by the authors. This takes into account 20 criteria belonging to four groups of values (scientific, educational, tourist and functional). Additionally, significance was assessed from the perspective of three different audience groups (pupils, university students and non-specific tourists). The assessment made it possible to identify the spatial variation of the geoeducational potential of the quarries, as well as their strengths and weaknesses. Measures were also identified to be taken in the future in order to increase the currently limited use of the quarries for educational purposes.

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“…The Kaczawskie Mts. and Kaczawa Foothill represent one of the "first-rate" regions of the Sudetes with highest geo touristic values and best developed infrastructure (see Rogowski, 2016). There are some publications, which present its geotouristic values, potential and possibilities of geo touristic development (e.g.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Agate Summer in Lwówek, the International Gold Panning in Złotoryja). There are eleven educational paths and two tourist trails (Rogowski, 2016). Against this background, the Woj cieszów sub-region remains underrated in terms of tourism.…”

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Evaluation of the geotouristic attractions from the Wojcieszów area

Muszer

2017

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The paper presents the results of geological and landscape studies in the Wojcieszów area (the Kaczawskie Mountains), which include investigation, inventory, documentation and a first evaluation of its geotourism objects. This area has high values of the natural environment and a rich geodiversity associated with a complicated geological structure (the Kaczawa unit, the metamorphic Kaczawa Complex). Some of the anthropogenic activities (mining), which have revealed interesting fragments of the geological structure, have also influenced the increase of geotourism attractions in this area. The area is one of the best examples of the region in the Sudetes, where economic considerations predominate over the protection of the natural environment. Since the 16 th century, the crystalline Wojcieszów limestone was mined in numerous quarries (e.g. Silesia, Gruszka, Połom, Miłek). In the limestone, intensive karst processes occurred mainly in the Paleogene (numerous caves and speleothems). As a result of economic activity, some of the caves had been permanently destroyed and the former "Połom" nature reserve was liquidated in the late 1970s. Currently, the only nature reserve is the "Góra Miłek in Wojcieszów". The area around Wojcieszów is rich in numerous quarries, where other construction materials were obtained (e.g. phyllites, greenschists, metarhyodacites). Since the 12th to 20th centuries, copper ore was also exploited (adits and shafts) in the Żeleźniak massif (east of Wojcieszów in the Radzimowice area). In the 20th century, uranium ore was sought at the Chmielarz Hill adit. Recently, the Cambrian limestones (Połom) and Quaternary deposits (Okrajnik, Stara Kraśnica) have been exploited. Paradoxically, economic activity, which caused destruction of some protected objects, has also enriched the geodiversity of the Wojcieszów region. The results of the evaluation proved the significant geotouristic potential of the studied area. The most attractive geosites around Wojcieszów demonstrate typical lithologies of the Kaczawa Succession and depict the pre-Variscan geological evolution of the area.

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The potential of the Sudetes Mountains for the Development of Geotouristic products.

Cited by 16 publications

References 8 publications

The Way to the Rocks—Changes of Networks of Hiking Trails in Chosen Sandstone Landscapes in Poland and the Czech Republic in the Period of Political Transformation

The Way to the Rocks—Changes of Networks of Hiking Trails in Chosen Sandstone Landscapes in Poland and the Czech Republic in the Period of Political Transformation

Geoeducational Value of Quarries Located Within the Małopolska Vistula River Gap (E Poland)

Evaluation of the geotouristic attractions from the Wojcieszów area

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