Prevention of damage to sandstone rocks in protected areas of nature in northern Bohemia

Drápela, Emil

doi:10.3934/geosci.2021003

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“…The results presented in the previous chapter show a relatively large variety of reasons for arrival and ways to spend a holiday in the geopark. This is not surprising, as scholarly works from Korea [28], Scotland [49], the Czech Republic [50], Australia [51], or Gambia [52] have reached similar conclusions. The cluster analysis method divided visitors of the geopark into seven groups, which differ from each other by focusing on vacation for exploration or relaxation, degree of interest in cultural and historical monuments or beauty of nature, search for social events and festivals, or spending holidays in peace and quiet, degree of willingness to run sports activities, etc.…”

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“…On the other hand, the question is whether it makes sense to promote more interesting but less-visited geosites. With a larger number of tourists (and especially those tourists who are not exactly natural enthusiasts) [50] comes a greater degree of damage to geosites. Thus, perhaps it would be better not to promote less-known geosites so much and focus on their protection instead.…”

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“…However, due to the overcrowding of geosites in the high season, climbers prefer peace to climb in the off-season. Although the popularity of sandstone climbing may seem to be a potential threat to rock damage, it is a minimal threat compared to the damage done by ordinary tourists [50]. In addition, climbing includes an educational aspect [56][57][58], when climbers try to behave respectfully on geosites and with regard to the sustainability of their sport there.…”

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Motivation and Preferences of Visitors in the Bohemian Paradise UNESCO Global Geopark

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There are some localities in the Bohemian Paradise Geopark that suffer from temporal overtourism in the high season. On the other hand, more than half of the geopark is not so often visited by tourists, although very attractive geosites can be found there too. In the most visited localities, nature is damaged due to overloading of the tourist infrastructure, while elsewhere there is pressure driven by municipalities to increase the number of tourists. For this reason, we organized a large questionnaire survey in summer 2020, which aimed to reveal the motivation of visitors of the geopark and their preferences regarding the places visited. The questionnaire combined several research methods: graphic scales, qualitative open questions, mental map, etc. The analysis of visitors’ answers shows that most of them cannot be described as geotourists, i.e., tourists who are primarily interested in geology and conceive their holiday as a sightseeing stay. Many tourists like to stay in nature without an educational element. We also found that there is a higher proportion of ecotourists and geotourists in less-visited geosites because they appreciate even lesser-known localities and crowds of tourists rather than repel them. The question for the future is, therefore, whether the geopark should strive for greater promotion of lesser-known localities, which would attract even mainstream tourists, or, conversely, to protect these geosites, it should promote only the most visited localities (which are already damaged).

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“…The principal limit is that most of the data were obtained during guided excursions, which is a rather exceptional option in the conditions of Czech domestic tourism. By comparing the answers of the participants of these excursions with the results of two extensive questionnaire surveys describing the motivation and preferences of tourists in the region of northern Bohemia (Drápela, 2021;Drápela et al 2021), we find that the main difference between a typical participant of this excursion and ordinary tourists is reduced motivation to learn something new from regular tourist. However, we also encounter this on typical physical educational trails, where some tourists completely ignore the educational boards or just take a quick look at them.…”

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“…Cases of geotourist based destruction have been widely documented. In the Swabian Alb UNESCO Global Geopark, Germany, trampling has caused damage to fragile calcerous tufa rocks (Megerle, 2021), while in the Bohemian Paradise UNESCO Global Geopark, Czech Republic, sandstone rocks are often damaged by visitors engraving into the rocks (Drápela, 2021). Furthermore, mismanagement of geodiversity features such as modifying specimens or destruction through infrastructure creation can diminish the geoheritage value of the geodiversity features and processes.…”

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Understanding Landscape Aesthetics Using a Novel Viewshed Assessment of Social Media Locations Within the Troodos UNESCO Global Geopark, Cyprus

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Globally, geodiversity and the associated ecosystem services it provides, are both under threat from anthropogenic pressures and environmental changes. The UNESCO Global Geoparks Programme was established to create protected areas that not only preserve geodiversity but enhance human wellbeing and cultural heritage. Understanding the role geodiversity plays in providing such ecosystem services is necessary for providing holistic conservation priorities that ensure their sustainable use. Studies have extensively used social media data to assess cultural ecosystem services, however, the photographic viewable area, which demonstrates scenic or areas of interest, has been scarcely evaluated. Studies often take crude measurements of viewsheds rather than isolating viewed content. Here, we gather georeferenced images taken inside geopark boundaries from the social media website Flickr as a proxy for aesthetically pleasing viewpoints. To understand what landscape characteristics are visible from these viewpoints we calculate viewshed analysis following the novel visual magnitude approach. The use of magnitude viewshed provides a metric for visual relevancy compared to traditional viewshed approaches that only provide a binary metric representing visible or non-visible. Here, we find that the use of the visual magnitude methodology provides richer information about what is visible than from traditional viewshed analysis. We find that aesthetically appreciated views as inferred by social media within the Troodos Geopark, Cyprus, do not only include natural features such as forest and water but are often related to geodiversity and anthropogenically altered landscapes such as mineral extraction sites and vineyards, for which the geopark is known. These results can help to inform geoconservation practices with the goal of sustainable access and enjoyment of aesthetic services.

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Prevention of damage to sandstone rocks in protected areas of nature in northern Bohemia

Cited by 15 publications

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Motivation and Preferences of Visitors in the Bohemian Paradise UNESCO Global Geopark

Motivation and Preferences of Visitors in the Bohemian Paradise UNESCO Global Geopark

24th International Colloquium on Regional Sciences

Understanding Landscape Aesthetics Using a Novel Viewshed Assessment of Social Media Locations Within the Troodos UNESCO Global Geopark, Cyprus

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