The dynamics of tourist excursion ratios in Slovakia show caves from 2000 to 2014

IF 0.8 4区社会学 Q4 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Geografisk Tidsskrift-Danish Journal of Geography Pub Date : 2018-07-03 DOI:10.1080/00167223.2018.1503552

Alena Gessert, J. Nestorová-Dická, Ivo Sninčák

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Show caves are one of the most important targets in developing local ecotourism strategies. This work focuses on a tourism visit rate incidence through an Attractiveness Index concerning 12 selected show caves in Slovakia. Our study focuses on visitor counts published from 2000 to 2014. A set of eight criteria were selected in order to analyse and determine the appeal that each cave may have for visitors. Establishing the “degree” of appeal as an indicator of the tourism and geographic absolute attractiveness value is based on a principal components factor analysis; the resultant single factor was correlated with our selected criteria. We find a strong correlation between touristic cave attractiveness and cave locations, ease of cave passage access (vehicle and trail) infrastructures, cave location in main tourism regions, and the growth of urban areas as they encroach on show cave locations. Similar studies in valorization of show caves tourism have not been attempted in Slovakia or Eastern Europe. The data and result from this study are also clearly important from a managerial perspective. This general framework could be easily expanded to include additional attributes that might be relevant for other market segments or other vacation experiences.

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从2000年到2014年，斯洛伐克的游客游览比例动态变化

摘要:展示洞穴是开发当地生态旅游战略的重要目标之一。这项工作的重点是通过对斯洛伐克12个选定的展示洞穴的吸引力指数来研究旅游访问率。我们的研究重点是2000年至2014年发布的游客数量。为了分析和确定每个洞穴对游客的吸引力，他们选择了一套八项标准。在主成分因子分析的基础上，建立了“吸引力程度”作为旅游地理绝对吸引力值的指标;由此产生的单因素与我们选择的标准相关。研究发现，旅游洞穴的吸引力与洞穴位置、洞穴通道(交通工具和步道)基础设施的便利性、主要旅游区的洞穴位置以及城市区域的增长之间存在很强的相关性，因为它们正在蚕食展示洞穴的位置。在斯洛伐克或东欧还没有进行过类似的岩洞旅游增值研究。从管理角度来看，本研究的数据和结果显然也很重要。这个通用框架可以很容易地扩展，以包含可能与其他细分市场或其他度假体验相关的附加属性。

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