<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The article deals with a spatial problem - setting the best places for tourism development in Panevėžys district (Lithuania). In order to select areas using ArcGIS software, there was developed a model that evaluated the criteria that influence the selection of areas suitable for tourism. The article presents a digital map, which indicates most suitable locations for rural development by evaluating zones by points in order of importance. The evaluation scale is from 10 points (the most suitable location) to 2 points (the least suitable location). Evaluation points in thematic maps indicate exact locations that are most suitable for tourism homesteads.</p></abstract>

The article deals with a spatial problem - setting the best places for tourism development in Panevėžys district (Lithuania). In order to select areas using ArcGIS software, there was developed a model that evaluated the criteria that influence the selection of areas suitable for tourism. The article presents a digital map, which indicates most suitable locations for rural development by evaluating zones by points in order of importance. The evaluation scale is from 10 points (the most suitable location) to 2 points (the least suitable location). Evaluation points in thematic maps indicate exact locations that are most suitable for tourism homesteads.

Gis in Tourism Development Using Spatial Modelling

Geodesy Department, Technology and Landscape Management Faculty, Kaunas University of Applied Sciences, Pramonės pr. 20, LT-50468 Kaunas

Civil and Environmental Engineering

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The article deals with a spatial problem - setting the best places for tourism development in Panevėžys district (Lithuania). In order to select areas using...

Gis in Tourism Development Using Spatial Modelling

Publié en ligne: 30 déc. 2014

Pages: 98 - 104

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cee-2014-0018

Mots clés
Tourism development, Spatial modelling, Geoinformation database, Euclidean Distance, GIS technology

© 2015

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Gis in Tourism Development Using Spatial Modelling

Publié en ligne: 30 déc. 2014

Pages: 98 - 104

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cee-2014-0018

Mots clésTourism development, Spatial modelling, Geoinformation database, Euclidean Distance, GIS technology

© 2015

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
Tourism development, Spatial modelling, Geoinformation database, Euclidean Distance, GIS technology