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Rural Tourism Opportunity Spectrum: Linking People and Landscape for Spatial Planning


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Study areaSource: own study
Study areaSource: own study

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Tourism evaluation method: the general approachSource: own study
Tourism evaluation method: the general approachSource: own study

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Tourism suitability index: hikersSource: own study
Tourism suitability index: hikersSource: own study

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Tourism suitability index: car touristsSource: own study
Tourism suitability index: car touristsSource: own study

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Differences in the tourism suitability index between hikers and tourists travelling by carSource: own study
Differences in the tourism suitability index between hikers and tourists travelling by carSource: own study

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Overall tourism suitability index and rural tourism opportunity spectrumSource: own study
Overall tourism suitability index and rural tourism opportunity spectrumSource: own study

The percentage of route lengths done by tourists who used different forms of transport in each class of tourism suitability index, mapped for hikers and car tourists

Form of transport Tourism suitability index mapped for hikers
out of range very low value low value medium value high value very high value
only on foot 0.6% 0.0% 0.6% 7.6% 80.3% 11%
combined, on foot and by bike 0.0% 0.0% 3.6% 1.5% 33.4% 61.6%
combined, on foot and by car 7.1% 5.7% 22.2% 24% 31.2% 9.7%
Form of transport Tourism suitability index mapped for car tourists
out of range very low value low value medium value high value very high value
only by car 2.0% 0.1% 9.4% 10.3% 29.5% 48.7%
combined, by car and on foot 3.5% 0.1% 7.8% 9.5% 31.7% 47.4%
combined, by car and by bike 4.5% 0.0% 1.9% 13.6% 27.2% 52.8%
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