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DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7509-831-3-0361

The impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on the number of visitors in selected protected areas in the Czech Republic

David Zahradník, Marek Banaš, Miroslav Zeidler, Ondřej Vítek


Visitor monitoring has been taking place in many protected areas of the Czech Republic for many years. This provides nature conservationists with knowledge about the impact of visitors on the objects of protection of these areas. The 2020 COVID-19 epidemic and related government measures disrupted current long-term attendance trends in many localities. Based on several case studies, the text illustrates how the epidemic and the measures taken specifically affected the number of visitors to Czech protected areas.

Keywords: visitor counting, protected areas, COVID-19 epidemic

pages: 361-365, Published: 2022, online: 2022



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