Overtourism in the Bohemian Paradise UNESCO Global Geopark: Identifying Affected Sites Through Participatory Mapping

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F46747885%3A24510%2F25%3A00013457" target="_blank" >RIV/46747885:24510/25:00013457 - isvavai.cz</a>

Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/61989592:15310/25:73630653

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12371-025-01088-3" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12371-025-01088-3</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12371-025-01088-3" target="_blank" >10.1007/s12371-025-01088-3</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Overtourism in the Bohemian Paradise UNESCO Global Geopark: Identifying Affected Sites Through Participatory Mapping

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Although one of the goals of geoparks is to protect geological heritage and to strive for sustainable development of the surrounding communities, many popular sites are experiencing overtourism that undermines these efforts. Negative impacts of intensive tourism typically include environmental degradation, loss of biodiversity, congestion of transport and tourism infrastructure, negative visitor experience, social conflict, and cultural erosion in local communities. It is, therefore, advisable to prevent overtourism and focus not only on its measurable manifestations (objective dimension) but also on its perception by residents and visitors (subjective dimension). In this paper, we present a method for identifying overtourism-affected sites in the Bohemian Paradise UNESCO Global Geopark, using a web-based participatory mapping application. The results showed that the method, even with a relatively small sample of respondents, gives good and very specific results, allowing subsequent consideration of the findings in tourism management plans of geoparks. Although participatory mapping is not one of the usual data collection methods in tourism, its use can be recommended since it is not only nature that suffers from over-tourism but also residents who will be happy to participate in solving this problem.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Overtourism in the Bohemian Paradise UNESCO Global Geopark: Identifying Affected Sites Through Participatory Mapping

Popis výsledku anglicky

Although one of the goals of geoparks is to protect geological heritage and to strive for sustainable development of the surrounding communities, many popular sites are experiencing overtourism that undermines these efforts. Negative impacts of intensive tourism typically include environmental degradation, loss of biodiversity, congestion of transport and tourism infrastructure, negative visitor experience, social conflict, and cultural erosion in local communities. It is, therefore, advisable to prevent overtourism and focus not only on its measurable manifestations (objective dimension) but also on its perception by residents and visitors (subjective dimension). In this paper, we present a method for identifying overtourism-affected sites in the Bohemian Paradise UNESCO Global Geopark, using a web-based participatory mapping application. The results showed that the method, even with a relatively small sample of respondents, gives good and very specific results, allowing subsequent consideration of the findings in tourism management plans of geoparks. Although participatory mapping is not one of the usual data collection methods in tourism, its use can be recommended since it is not only nature that suffers from over-tourism but also residents who will be happy to participate in solving this problem.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

20700 - Environmental engineering

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/TL03000020" target="_blank" >TL03000020: Proaktivní řešení negativních vlivů overturismu</a><br>

Návaznosti

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

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

Geoheritage>

ISSN

1867-2477

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

17

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

15

Strana od-do

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Kód UT WoS článku

001455136900001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-105001491495