In the discussion meeting "On the Word" the main topic was natural sites and their protection

The Department of Tourism of the VŠPJ has been implementing regular online discussion meetings since 2021 on the topic that resonates among the professional public in the tourism industry. On Thursday, 19 October 2023, the fourthé suché online discussioná meetingá was held. On the topic of the sustainability of tourism in natural locations this time, Mgr. Jakub Kašpar from Krkonošskésképark, Mgr. Josef Štemberk, Ph.D. from the Nánatal Šumava Park, David Freudl, MA for the Nánatal í park Thayatal, Ing. Blanka Nedvědická from Geopark Český ráj, Ing. Stanislav Stařík from the Broumovsko Geopark and Mgr. Roman Fabeš from Geopark Vysočina. 

In the discussion, several interestingýýých observations were made, especially during the period of the Covid-19 pandemic. „They discussed their assessment of the covidov period as a very ná year for the chr earth and the adjacent locations. This is mainly due to the highé concentration of ná in&scaron& bodies. Often, these were návšbodies, for which nature is not the mainámotiveúpart for travel;m tourism and these sites were notštívili due to pandemicých restrictions, said“ headádí of the Department of Tourism VŠPJ Ing. Ivica Linderová, PhD. D., and addává: „našdoughí with the release of´m pandemicých measuresí with the structure ofávšdough´ changing´ and to the pří“

As one of the options for úlandá protection, the cálená non-promotion of sensitive úsites that weámánt to protect and preserve was changed. Littleá attention should beá paidá toá buildingsá ná in&scaroný educationý centers, environmentá lníeducationávání and inávábreedingávštivities´ cooperation with municipalities or destination companies. 

Foránative´ sites, ité is soé importanté how long návšt´ people stay in them. „During the discussion, we agreed that for theánativeí sites, theádoucí krátké návštevy úLandí in the sense of usingí closeí parkingé and fasté ná vštevy most attractiveší mí st. Cílem should not be to increase the number of návšers in a givené location, but rather to keep them there for a longerší time. Návštěvvníci then not only navigateáví preferredé locations, but alsoé useá services on a giveném úearthí,“ říká RNDr. Stanislava Pachrová Ph.D. „We agreed that the way to develop šeterší tourism in the ší nativeá localities is not š´ to establish šá children's entrance é and parking é. This does not work in practice. As evidenced by the údá example of Thayatal NP, údoingám námachine is limitedá parkingámást in the closestá proximity to the most visibleáof the most&scaron& í locations and, conversely, buildingsá parking&scaron& í at a greater&scaron& í distance from attractiveý touristý sites." summarizes Dr. Pachrová.