Forest visitors? opinion of recreational facilities and trails in forests in the Blaník Protected Landscape Area ? a case study

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Forest visitors? opinion of recreational facilities and trails in forests in the Blaník Protected Landscape Area ? a case study

Original language description

Currently, recreation is the most common use of protected areas and there are scarce data on the users and their opinion. The research was focused on visitors to the Blaník Protected Landscape Area (hereafter referred to as PLA), a well-known recreational area where data on visitors, important for PLA management, are missing. Therefore, the aim of the paper is find out: what kind of visitors comes to the study area; the type of forest trails and tourist facilities the visitors prefer. A questionnaire survey of forest visitors was used. Results show that the visitors mostly prefer maintained trails. According to forest visitors? opinion, the most convenient facility to place near the forest tourist trail is the nature trail panels. Furthermore, based onthe acquired data, it was possible to create a visitor?s profile which is important for respective research and other case studies in similar areas, and for managers of protected landscape areas to comply with both the visitors? needs an

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

GK - Forestry

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/QH71296" target="_blank" >QH71296: System of valuation of socio-economic importance of forest functions including criteria and indicators of multifunctional forest management</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2013

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Forest Science

ISSN

1212-4834

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Volume of the periodical

59

Issue of the periodical within the volume

5

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

6

Pages from-to

185-190

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