Individual single-site travel cost model for Czech paradise geopark

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Geotourism is a new phenomenon, which has emerged in the tourism literature during the past two decades, and whose meaning suffered from global census. Geotourism is still a new discipline and relatively little has been written about its demand side, demonstrated by a lack of studies in the literature. This article studies the recreational value of geotourism areas, and focuses on the first geopark in the Czech Republic, namely the Czech Paradise Geopark. To assess the recreational value the travel cost method is applied, specifically the individual travel cost model. The necessary research data was gathered through intensive tourist surveys conducted in the study area. Data gathered in the respondents’ survey served to determine the consumer surplus as a measure of recreational value and to develop the single site travel cost model. The dependent variable in the conducted model is the number of visits in the area and among the independent variables, studied age, education, travel cost, family status, economic activity and income. The results were subsequently compared to findings in the available literature, research works and case studies. … celý popis

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Hlavní autor

Jan Špaček

Další autoři

Michaela Antoušková

Typ dokumentu

Články

Fyzický popis

3 il.

Publikováno v

Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis. -- ISSN 1211-8516. -- Roč. 61, č. 7/II. (2013), s. 2851-2858

Témata

TOURISM

RECREATION

COSTS

MODELS

SURVEYS

QUESTIONNAIRES

AGE

EDUCATION

FAMILIES

INCOME

turistika

rekreace

náklady

modely

průzkumy

dotazníky

věk

vzdělávání

rodiny

příjem

Geopark Český ráj (Česko)

geoturistika > rekreační hodnota > cestovní náklady > počet návštěv > rodinný stav > ekonomická aktivita

Popis jednotky

1 graf, 2 tabulky

Bibliografie

Literatura na s. 2856-2858