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<p>The European cultural landscape and its traditional values represent a significant condition for recreation and tourism. However, we are aware of the negative consequences of human activity in the past years in rural areas and pay more attention to protecting these values. Modern rural recreation and tourism must be built on scientific background. That is why the presented contribution brings an innovative integrated approach to sustainable rural recreation and tourism model by applying landscape ecological planning methodology with a combination of ecological stability and landscape character assessment. It deals with the qualitative evaluation of the landscape potential of the foothill village of Podkonice in Slovakia and the possibilities of its use in sustainable rural tourism. Determining the potential in confrontation with different forms of tourism activities can help achieve a sustainable tourism concept. The main result of the presented research is the final optimal selection of activities and use of the landscape with regard to the development of tourism. Such a proposal can be used in spatial planning and strategic decision-making processes not only in the study area, but it can be applied in the European context.</p>
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The European cultural landscape and its traditional values represent a significant condition for recreation and tourism. However, we are aware of the negative consequences of human activity in the past years in rural areas and pay more attention to protecting these values. Modern rural recreation and tourism must be built on scientific background. That is why the presented contribution brings an innovative integrated approach to sustainable rural recreation and tourism model by applying landscape ecological planning methodology with a combination of ecological stability and landscape character assessment. It deals with the qualitative evaluation of the landscape potential of the foothill village of Podkonice in Slovakia and the possibilities of its use in sustainable rural tourism. Determining the potential in confrontation with different forms of tourism activities can help achieve a sustainable tourism concept. The main result of the presented research is the final optimal selection of activities and use of the landscape with regard to the development of tourism. Such a proposal can be used in spatial planning and strategic decision-making processes not only in the study area, but it can be applied in the European context.

Sustainable Tourism Planning on Landscape Scale: Case Study from Slovakia (Central Europe)

Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra

Journal of Landscape Ecology

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The European cultural landscape and its traditional values represent a significant condition for recreation and tourism. However, we are aware of the negative...

Sustainable Tourism Planning on Landscape Scale: Case Study from Slovakia (Central Europe)

Published Online: Jun 09, 2023

Page range: 38 - 65

Received: Apr 17, 2023

Accepted: May 11, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jlecol-2023-0003

Keywords
sustainable recreation and tourism, European cultural landscape, integrated approach, landscape ecological planning, landscape ecological stability, visual character assessment, Podkonice village, Slovakia

© 2023 Ingrid Belčáková et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Sustainable Tourism Planning on Landscape Scale: Case Study from Slovakia (Central Europe)

Published Online: Jun 09, 2023

Page range: 38 - 65

Received: Apr 17, 2023

Accepted: May 11, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jlecol-2023-0003

Keywordssustainable recreation and tourism, European cultural landscape, integrated approach, landscape ecological planning, landscape ecological stability, visual character assessment, Podkonice village, Slovakia

© 2023 Ingrid Belčáková et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
sustainable recreation and tourism, European cultural landscape, integrated approach, landscape ecological planning, landscape ecological stability, visual character assessment, Podkonice village, Slovakia