The article is devoted to the problems of using information technologies, Geographic Information Systems and cartographic materials in the tourism sector, both in the educational process and directly ...in the work of tourist enterprises. Emphasis is placed on specialized software products for solving the management problems of tourist enterprises. The article describes the functional features of maps, GIS products, and Internet resources used for cartographic support of tourist and recreational activities.
Subject and purpose of work: The purpose of the study is to present the perspectives of geotourism development in the porphyry quarry Gorce I, which is situated in the Wałbrzyskie mountains. ...Currently the exploitation of this quarry is suspended. Materials and methods: This work was written after studying the literature on this subject and conducting field research, during which terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) was used, among others. The material gathered during field research was used, among other things, to create a 3D model of the Gorce I quarry. Results: The research and analyses conducted in the porphyry quarry Gorce I allowed for designating a geotourist trail where information boards were placed. Conclusions: The research conducted in the Gorce I quarry confirms the possibility of utilizing this excavation pit for geotourism purposes.
Recreational fishing on public lakes and rivers near Bucharest has recorded a significant decline in the last decade, the steady decline of the fish stock, poaching and pollution being the causes ...that have generated this negative trend. In this context, tourist traffic from Bucharest, as a result of recreational fishing, is mainly on private lakes which, by increasing the quality of tourist facilities, accessibility and tourism promotion, can be transformed into regional tourist destinations. The paper analyzes the tourist phenomenon (tourist potential, tourist facilities, tourist traffic) generated by recreational fishing, specific to the most representative private lakes in the administrative-territorial units surrounding Bucharest. The results show significant differences in the case of tourist traffic and accommodation capacity between private lakes located in Ilfov County and those in Giurgiu and Calarasi counties. The research used statistical data provided by INS, Romania and surveys conducted online on groups of recreational fishing in Bucharest.
The paper investigates the spatial heterogeneity of public’s preferences for the implementation of a new country-wide forest management and protection program in Poland. Spatial econometric methods ...and high resolution geographical information system data related to forest characteristics are used to explain the variation in individual-specific willingness to pay (WTP) values, derived from a discrete choice experiment study. We find that respondents’ WTP is higher the closer they live to their nearest forest, and the scarcer forests are in the area where they live. Interestingly, the higher the ecological value of forests in respondents’ area, the more people prefer extending areas of national forest protection. We also investigate spatial patterns in individual-specific WTP scores and in latent class membership probabilities, finding that preferences are indeed spatially clustered. We argue that this clustering should be taken into account in forest management and policy-making.
This article presents the concept of creating the "S5 Bicycle Route" using technical roads along the S5 expressway between Wrocław and Poznań. The paper presents the procedure of establishing the S5 ...Bicycle Route association and defining the methods for promoting the route using landscape visualization. The goal of the project is to determine the course of this beautifully landscaped bicycle route of almost 180 km, running along the S5 expressway in Dolnośląskie and Wielkopolskie Voivodships. The project concept assumes the use of technical road networks along the existing and constructed S5 expressway for the purposes of bicycle traffic, especially for tourism and recreation. The added value of the project is to use the road network to create an alternative to combustion engine traffic and improve the mobility of residents who commute to school and work.
Mountain have long been areas of tourist interest. In connection with the
rapid development of the service, the range of tourist activities in the
mountains is increasing. The study area is ...mountainous part of the Ural
economic region, the most economically developed part of the Ural Mountains.
The paper attempts to structure the tourist service by types of tourism -
medical and recreational, skiing, nature-based, industrial, event. As a
result, it was revealed that a number of types of tourism form their own
service system and are clearly localized in space (health, ski, nature-based
tourism), other types of tourism (industrial, event) are not so strictly
determined. Medical tourism is the most inert type of tourism. The geography
has not undergone significant changes over a long period of time due to the
complete dependence on the infrastructure base of the sanatorium-resort
complex. Ski tourism is a dynamically developing type of tourism in the
region under consideration. Despite the need for significant investment,
the network of ski resorts is growing and the range of their tourist
services is expanding. Nature-based tourism, natural recreation is the most
common type of tourism due to the widespread creation of tourist service
facilities with the widest range - recreation centers and tourist bases,
guest houses, glamping, campsites, etc. These objects gravitate towards
natural attractions, picturesque outskirts of populated areas, points and
banks of reservoirs, sustainable tourist routes.
The relevance of the work lies in the integration processes of Ukraine and the Western Black Sea states of Bulgaria and Romania, the current state and trends in the development of international ...tourism activities of these countries. The subject of research in the article is the development of tourism in the countries of the Western Black Sea region. The goal is to study the cooperation of Ukraine with the countries of the Western Black Sea region in the field of tourism. Task: research of types of tourism and recreational and tourist resources, tourist infrastructure and activities of Romania and Bulgaria and their cooperation with Ukraine. General scientific methods are used: factor analysis to formalize the cause-and-effect relationships of the studied factors of the influence of tourist resources on the development of types of tourism, system analysis to determine the development of tourist infrastructure and activities. The article examines the types of tourism and recreational and tourist resources of Romania and Bulgaria, on the basis of which they develop. The countries have significant natural, natural-anthropogenic, cultural-historical resources, which contribute to the development of recreational and health bathing and beach, cultural and educational, medical and health balneological, skiing, ecological, adventure and extreme tourism. The paper analyzed the development of tourist infrastructure and tourist activities of the countries. The hotel and restaurant industry of both countries was analyzed. It is quite developed, especially in Bulgaria. Next, tourist activity, tourist flows, and income from tourism are analyzed. The cooperation of Ukraine with the countries of the Western Black Sea region is highlighted. The following results were obtained: based on the analysis of the development of tourism in the countries of the Western Black Sea region, the conditions for Ukraine's cooperation with them were identified. Conclusions: Ukraine and the countries of the Western Black Sea region have all the conditions for international cooperation in the field of tourism.
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The main goal of this study was to develop a hybrid decision‐making support model regarding the feasibility of financing the development of tourism infrastructure of regions for V4 ...countries, based on the predicted assessment of the level of tourist movement in relation to the infrastructure and accessibility of the studied regions, expert opinions regarding the level of quality of tourist services and tourism development, as well as opinions of experts regarding the prospects of rapid growth of tourist movement in the region. For the first time, a hybrid fuzzy model for assessing the level of tourism quality in the region was developed, using the opinions of experts regarding the level of quality of tourist services and tourism development. For the first time, a five‐layer neuro‐fuzzy model was developed to derive a quantitative and linguistic assessment of the level of feasibility of financing the development of tourist infrastructure based on the experience, knowledge, and competences of experts regarding the prospects of rapid growth of tourist movement in the studied region. The research results were tested, and the developed model was verified on real data for 43 regions of the V4 countries.
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Zagospodarowanie turystyczne miejscowości, regionów czy obszarów jest jednym z głównych czynników wpływających na jakość obsługi ruchu turystycznego. W artykule zaprezentowano zagospodarowanie ...turystyczne Spały – znanej w Polsce miejscowości wypoczynkowej położonej w województwie łódzkim. To miejscowość o rozwiniętej funkcji turystycznej, w której – podobnie jak w wielu innych w kraju – w dobie gospodarki rynkowej zachodzą liczne zmiany, m.in. dotyczące infrastruktury turystycznej. Celem opracowania było przedstawienie w ujęciu chronologicznym rozwoju bazy noclegowej i gastronomicznej Spały od przełomu XIX i XX w. po czasy obecne. Zagadnienie przeanalizowano na płaszczyźnie zarówno historycznej, jak i przestrzennej. Wskazano na najważniejsze cechy infrastruktury, charakteryzując ją m.in. pod względem wielkości, pełnionych funkcji oraz wykorzystania. Jako sposoby pozyskiwania danych zastosowano podstawowe metody badań terenowych, takie jak: kwerenda, inwentaryzacja, obserwacja i wywiady z właścicielami obiektów. Jako metodę analizy przestrzennej wykorzystano miary centrograficzne, z których autorzy zastosowali środek ciężkości (centroid), odchylenie standardowe odległości oraz elipsę odchyleń standardowych. Rezultaty przeprowadzonych analiz to: określenie kierunku zmian zachodzących w przestrzeni Spały pod wpływem przemiany bazy noclegowej i gastronomicznej, określenie znaczenia zagospodarowania turystycznego w ogólnej atrakcyjności turystycznej miejscowości oraz zwrócenie uwagi na przydatność miar centrograficznych w analizach przestrzennych zjawisk turystycznych.
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