Excessive Tourism in Rural Areas and Possible Solutions: A Case Study from the Czech Republic

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://reference-global.com/article/10.2478/euco-2025-0023" target="_blank" >https://reference-global.com/article/10.2478/euco-2025-0023</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/euco-2025-0023" target="_blank" >10.2478/euco-2025-0023</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Excessive Tourism in Rural Areas and Possible Solutions: A Case Study from the Czech Republic

Original language description

This study analyzes a specific case where local government utilized legislative tools to limit excessive tourism and assesses the impact of these measures on the tourism-saturated Pálava region in the Czech Republic. The initial research, conducted in 2021, focused on residents&apos; perceptions of tourism in the village of Dolní Věstonice, Czech Republic. A follow-up survey was carried out in 2024 to compare and evaluate the effectiveness of the implemented measures. Qualitative research primarily relied on primary data obtained through surveys, supplemented by secondary data from the Czech Statistical Office and the South Moravian Tourism Authority. Surveys revealed that tourism had negatively impacted the quality of life of local residents. The main measure proposed and subsequently implemented was a change in the zoning plan, which designated areas where further expansion of accommodation facilities would no longer be permitted. Additionally, providers of short-term accommodations were required to secure private parking spaces for their guests. Results from the 2024 survey indicate that 75% of respondents perceive an improvement in the situation, attributing this to the implemented measures. Furthermore, a survey among entrepreneurs revealed that these changes had no negative impact on businesses, with systematic improvements in parking arrangements being positively evaluated.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50204 - Business and management

Project

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Continuities

V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

European Countryside

ISSN

1803-8417

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

17

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

18

Pages from-to

450-467

UT code for WoS article

001588155500005

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-105019180148