Winter tourism management and challenges in the Tatra National Park.

Taczanowska, Karolina; Bielański, Mikołaj; Hibner, Joanna; Jodłowski, Miłosz; Zwijacz‐Kozica, Tomasz

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“…Winter tourism presents a complex array of conflicts that necessitate nuanced spatial planning and policy strategies. Many studies highlight the challenges of overcrowding, resource management, and the balance between ecological sustainability and tourism development [31,32]. The integration of environmental measures, as seen in the implementation of the EU Eco-Audit in ski resorts, underscores the importance of ecological considerations.…”

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Balancing Act: Assessing the Impacts of Winter Tourism on Natural Heritage in Kopaonik National Park and Charting a Sustainable Path Forward

Protić,

Lukić,

Popović

et al. 2024

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This research explores development conflicts within Kopaonik National Park (NP) arising from the prioritization of winter tourism, particularly skiing activities and the associated infrastructure. This emphasis has led to the marginalization of the unique natural heritage that warranted the park’s establishment in 1981, presenting an unusual case of exploiting and jeopardizing significant Balkan natural heritage. Tourist facilities situated in protection zones II and III interface with natural reserves in protection zone I, escalating conflicts and spatial impacts and raising concerns about the preservation of reserves and the park’s original purpose. Kopaonik Mountain, inherently suited for winter tourism, faces the challenge of accommodating a ski center within its exceptional natural heritage. Legal and planning activities support winter tourism without adequately defining its compatibility with the park’s natural heritage. Through an in-depth analysis of legal documents, plans, projects, and studies, this paper highlights conflicts, especially with natural heritage, expressing concerns for the park’s future. The Spatial Plan of the Special Purpose Area of National Park Kopaonik, as a highly important strategic document, leans toward winter activities, prompting a critical review. The paper concludes with suggestions to alleviate winter tourism’s negative impacts and proposes sustainable practices within the realm of protected natural heritage and other human activities.

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Balancing Act: Assessing the Impacts of Winter Tourism on Natural Heritage in Kopaonik National Park and Charting a Sustainable Path Forward

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Lukić,

Popović

et al. 2024

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“…Moreover, studies conducted in Alpine countries and in the Tatra Mountains (Muhar et al, 2007;Taczanowska et al, 2019a;Taczanowska et al, 2019b;Salim et al, 2022) indicate that the model of tourism in mountain regions has been changing in recent years, with a growing number of visitors engaging in various forms of active tourism, who are mainly motivated by the pursuit of adventure, experience of nature and physical exertion, not just to learn about new places (Weaver and Lawton, 2017;Niezgoda and Nowacki 2020;Carrascosa-López et al, 2021;Lebrun, Su and Bouchet, 2021). While infrastructural requirements associated with these forms of tourism are relatively small, they can also have a negative impact on the natural environment and measures to mitigate these impacts may require different managements tools from those employed with regard to other forms of tourism (Manning, 2014;Leung et al, 2018;Jodłowski, 2016;Jodłowski, 2020;Oleśniewicz et al, 2020).…”

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Tourists’ Attitudes towards Visitor Management and Restrictions in the National Parks in the Carpathian Mountains

Jodłowski¹,

Kruczek²,

Szromek³

et al. 2023

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The purpose of the survey was to determine visitors’ knowledge of the regulations, their attitudes towards them as well as the declared degree of compliance. The article offers a comparative analysis of visitor management regulations in four national parks in the Carpathian Mountains (Tatra, Pieniny, Babia Góra, Bieszczady) and reports results of a survey involving 403 tourists who visited the parks in July and August 2021. Restrictions on tourist traffic in the four national parks vary significantly. Tourists’ attitudes towards these restrictions were found to be generally positive, and most respondents said they followed all or most of them. However, these results are inconsistent with the reported knowledge of the restrictions: a considerable percentage of the respondents were not familiar with them.

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Skiers’ expectations as a challenge for managers of protected areas – a case study from the Tatra National Parks in Poland and Slovakia

Hibner¹,

Balon²,

Jodłowski³

et al. 2020

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Winter tourism management and challenges in the Tatra National Park.

Abstract: This chapter examines the winter tourism offers at the Tatra National Park in Poland as well as the management challenges, including zoning of winter recreation, visitor monitoring, user conflicts, risk and safety, and cooperation for nature conservation.

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Balancing Act: Assessing the Impacts of Winter Tourism on Natural Heritage in Kopaonik National Park and Charting a Sustainable Path Forward

Balancing Act: Assessing the Impacts of Winter Tourism on Natural Heritage in Kopaonik National Park and Charting a Sustainable Path Forward

Tourists’ Attitudes towards Visitor Management and Restrictions in the National Parks in the Carpathian Mountains

Skiers’ expectations as a challenge for managers of protected areas – a case study from the Tatra National Parks in Poland and Slovakia

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