Zur sozialen Konstruktion von Wald und seinem Bedeutungswandel im Kontext von Gesundheit

Markov, Sebastian; Steckenbauer, Georg Christian; Herntrei, Marcus; Ge, Mouzhi

doi:10.1007/978-3-658-39085-3_21

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“…The conservation of biodiversity and ecosystem services is as much the responsibility of forest owners as the elimination of "atypical hazards" for forest visitors. Every now and then, this recreational function in particular increases significantly due to the increasing interpretation and importance of forests as a health space for the population -management and care of forests now includes, among others, hikers and walkers who seek natural forests, peace and relaxation (Markov et al 2023). Against this backdrop of the additional use of forests for health tourism, it remains to be seen to what extent forest owners want this at all.…”

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Forest, Health and Tourism: Developing Sustainable Health Tourism Offers in Local Forests

Steckenbauer,

Markov,

Pippirs

2023

Tourism in Southern and Eastern Europe

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Purpose – Forests are a “polyvalent space” of very broad significance and use. Especially given the ongoing shift towards being a “health space” and their increasing interpretation by society as a location for leisure activities, recreation and experiencing nature, forest-based health tourism activities and offers are springing. It is therefore crucial to take not only the demand side into account, but also those offering these forests: the forest owners. Methodology – Within the framework of a cross-border "INTERREG-V-A Austria-Bavaria 20142020" research project on the socially important topic of "Forest, Health and Tourism", an online survey of forest owners (n = 150) in the projects pilot regions of Lower Bavaria and Upper Austria was conducted and evaluated. Findings – Forest has an enormous emotional value for their owners. Indeed, they see the importance of their forests for the population and society, but primarily as a deliverer of “ecosystem services" and not as activity space. There is a basic willingness to make their forests available for health tourism use, but this requires compensation or added value. Contribution – While a forest-related, health tourism product development deals in particular with the demand side, addressing specific target groups with concrete offers, the supply side is often neglected. The survey makes clear that forest owners, despite the common right of free access to forests, must always be seriously and actively involved in product development and implementation of forest-based health tourism offers as key stakeholders in a participatory and transparent manner.

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