Monitoring of visitors as a tool of protected areas management

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://doi.org/10.26493/2335-4194.13.67-79" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.26493/2335-4194.13.67-79</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.26493/2335-4194.13.67-79" target="_blank" >10.26493/2335-4194.13.67-79</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Monitoring of visitors as a tool of protected areas management

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This article reviews the possibilities of using visitor monitoring in the management of a protected area in the example of the Moravian Karst Protected Landscape Area pla). The Moravian Karst is the largest and most significant karst area in the Czech Republic. Its location near a large city and its easy accessibility mean that some of the pla’s parts are faced with the negative impacts of overly intensive tourism on rare natural sites and protected species. While the presence of visitors in a protected area is desirable, it is necessary to regulate their activities in the area. The pla management needs quality informationfor its decision making, such as on the current characteristicsand behaviour of visitors. To obtain this information, primary marketing research was carried out at selected pla sitesfrom May to September 2018. A questionnaire survey was used to obtain data from 2,100 visitors and to define the Moravian Karst visitor profile. We found that most visitors were attracted to caves open to the public and the Macocha gorge and that almost a quarter of respondents were planning to return to the pla within six months of questioning. A major challenge for the sustainable development of tourism in the area will be the fact that visitors to the caves are not interestedin visiting other localities in the pla. The data obtained about visitors will be used by the pla management to formulate measures to redirect visitors from the most-visited locations to the less-visited ones.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Monitoring of visitors as a tool of protected areas management

Popis výsledku anglicky

This article reviews the possibilities of using visitor monitoring in the management of a protected area in the example of the Moravian Karst Protected Landscape Area pla). The Moravian Karst is the largest and most significant karst area in the Czech Republic. Its location near a large city and its easy accessibility mean that some of the pla’s parts are faced with the negative impacts of overly intensive tourism on rare natural sites and protected species. While the presence of visitors in a protected area is desirable, it is necessary to regulate their activities in the area. The pla management needs quality informationfor its decision making, such as on the current characteristicsand behaviour of visitors. To obtain this information, primary marketing research was carried out at selected pla sitesfrom May to September 2018. A questionnaire survey was used to obtain data from 2,100 visitors and to define the Moravian Karst visitor profile. We found that most visitors were attracted to caves open to the public and the Macocha gorge and that almost a quarter of respondents were planning to return to the pla within six months of questioning. A major challenge for the sustainable development of tourism in the area will be the fact that visitors to the caves are not interestedin visiting other localities in the pla. The data obtained about visitors will be used by the pla management to formulate measures to redirect visitors from the most-visited locations to the less-visited ones.

Druh

J_SC - Článek v periodiku v databázi SCOPUS

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50202 - Applied Economics, Econometrics

Projekt

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Návaznosti

N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju

Rok uplatnění

2020

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

Academica Turistica

ISSN

18553303

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

13

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

SI - Slovinská republika

Počet stran výsledku

13

Strana od-do

67-79

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85090763899