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DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7509-904-4-0020

AWARENESS OF SLOVAK TOURISTS ON POSSIBILITIES TO VISIT GEOSITES

Ľubomír Štrba, Branislav Kršák, Lenka Varcholová, Michaela Podoláková, Silvia Palgutová, Csaba Sidor

The paper presents results of survey on the knowledge of possibilities to visit geosites in Slovakia. Geosites can be considered as the primary element of geotourism development. In this process, potential visitors play a key role. Therefore, it is important to know tourists' knowledge about such locations. Results show that Slovak tourists are not aware of the term geosite and do not use to visit such places nor search for information about geosites. Only 35,79% respondents replied that they visit geosites. In terms of sustainable geotourism development, significant revision of approach within geosite promotion, interpretation and tourism use is required.

Keywords: geosite, tourist, knowledge, Slovakia, survey

pages: 20-23, Published: 2023, online: 2023



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