Geotourism Potential of Show Caves in Poland

IF 1 Q3 GEOGRAPHY

Quaestiones Geographicae Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI:10.14746/quageo-2022-0032

A. Zieliński, A. Marek, Z. Zwoliński

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Abstract

Abstract In the modern world, tourism is a very dynamically growing industry with significant impact on the economic prosperity of many regions or even countries. The paper presents the geotourism potential of the 12 show (commercial) caves in Poland before and during the current pandemic time. Survey results demonstrate that caves are major geotourist attractions. In 2019, they were visited by a total of almost 950,000 people. The attendance might have exceeded even a million if the popular Mroźna Cave in the Tatras had not been temporarily closed to visitors due to a rockfall in winter period 2018/2019. In 2020, all the show caves combined were visited by a more than 390,000 people, which amounted to about 41% of the total attendance recorded for 2019. The most visited cave proved to be Smocza Jama (Dragon's Den) in the centre of Kraków, which recorded almost 422,000 visitors in 2019. A preliminary assessment of the attractiveness of the caves as geosites is given. The most attractive caves as geosites were identified as: Bear Cave, Upper Wierzchowska Cave, and Bat Cave. It is possible to confidently assert that the celebration of the International Year of Caves and Karst (IYCK) in 2021–2022 will increase interest in caves and translate into a revival of cave tourism.

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波兰表演洞穴的地质旅游潜力

在现代世界，旅游业是一个非常有活力的产业，对许多地区甚至国家的经济繁荣产生了重大影响。本文介绍了波兰12个表演(商业)洞穴在当前大流行时期之前和期间的地质旅游潜力。调查结果表明，洞穴是主要的地质旅游景点。2019年，共有近95万人参观了它们。如果不是因为2018/2019年冬季发生的岩崩而暂时关闭，Tatras的Mroźna洞穴参观人数可能会超过100万。2020年，所有展区的参观人数加起来超过39万人，约占2019年总参观人数的41%。参观人数最多的洞穴是Kraków中心的Smocza Jama(龙穴)，2019年接待了近42.2万游客。对岩洞作为地质遗址的吸引力作了初步评价。最具吸引力的洞穴被确定为地质遗址:熊洞、上Wierzchowska洞和蝙蝠洞。可以肯定地说，2021-2022年国际洞穴和喀斯特年(IYCK)的庆祝活动将增加人们对洞穴的兴趣，并转化为洞穴旅游的复兴。

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Quaestiones Geographicae GEOGRAPHY-

CiteScore

2.00

自引率

10.00%

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审稿时长

12 weeks

期刊介绍： Quaestiones Geographicae was established in 1974 as an annual journal of the Institute of Geography, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland. Its founder and first editor was Professor Stefan Kozarski. Initially the scope of the journal covered issues in both physical and socio-economic geography; since 1982, exclusively physical geography. In 2006 there appeared the idea of a return to the original conception of the journal, although in a somewhat modified organisational form. Quaestiones Geographicae publishes research results of wide interest in the following fields: •physical geography, •economic and human geography, •spatial management and planning,