DEGRADED LANDSCAPES AS A TOURIST ATTRACTION AND PLACE FOR LEISURE AND RECREATION Cover Image

DEGRADED LANDSCAPES AS A TOURIST ATTRACTION AND PLACE FOR LEISURE AND RECREATION
DEGRADED LANDSCAPES AS A TOURIST ATTRACTION AND PLACE FOR LEISURE AND RECREATION

Author(s): Dagmara Chylińska, Krzysztof Kołodziejczyk
Subject(s): Geography, Regional studies, Environmental Geography, Tourism
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: degraded landscape; tourism; leisure; recreation; tourist attractiveness;

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to assess the role of degraded landscapes in tourism. The authors try to answer questions about the contexts in which such landscapes may be found in relation to those complex phenomena concerning the human need for travel, leisure, cognition and experience. They also pose questions about the physical and symbolic limits to tourism and recreation in degraded landscapes. The work is based on a literature review and observations on chosen degraded landscapes (mostly industrial and post-industrial) located at the Czech foreground of the Ore Mountains (Czech Krušné Hory, German Erzgebirge).

  • Issue Year: 27/2017
  • Issue No: 2 ENG
  • Page Range: 23-33
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: English