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COST E33 FORESTS FOR RECREATION AND NATURE
TOURISM Working Group No.2 Mrs. Tuija Sievanen
Head WG-2 Recreation and Nautre tourism
supply and demand, including actual usage
Representatives from Slovakia Mrs. Roberta
Stepankova e-mail Roberta.Stepankova_at_uniag.sk Mr.
Jan Supuka e-mail Jan.Supuka_at_uniag.sk Slovak
Agriculture University in Nitra, Slovak Republic
STATE OF ART IN COST E33 COUNTRY SLOVAKIA 1)
Short review of soluted research projects and
questiones 1.1. Assesment of recreational
values of landscape 1.2. Assesment of
recreational values of forest landscape 1.3.
Assesment of recreational benefit according to
individual forests phytocenology types 1.4.
Elaboration of criterias for demarcation of
recreation areas (summer and winter snow type)
according to geography conditions
(climate, relief, geology and water sources,
flora and fauna, natural monuments and heritage).
Categorisation of hiking trails and
proposal for skiing tracks. 1.5. Research
of human demands to recreation in forests
according to different social criterias, forest
type composition (conifer, mixed,
borad leaved forest), landscape type (forest,
agriculture, urban) recreation type (as example
swimming, riding, bike, hiking,
skiing, other sport activities, education on
culture and nature and others). 1.6.
Theoretical criteria elaboration for forest parks
as suburban parks and other recreationaly used
forests demarcation (from timber
production forests) and designing. 1.7.
Negative influences of recreation activities on
the natural conditions and vegetation
disturbation (close to campings, hiking
trials, down hill skiing tracks). 1.8.
Rural restoration plan and strategy from point of
sustainable development improve of life quality
and increasing of agrotourism
activity. 1.9. Regulatives and limits for
recreation using of nature protection areas.
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2) Short review on recreational centres, and
equipments for practice 2.1. Typology and
space distribution of recreation centres and
areas as are - Spa centres with
hot-mineral water (for curative and recreation
usage), - At water type summer
recreation areas (mostly for swimming),
- Areas of mountain type recreation (skiing
and hiking), - Culture historical
type areas and centres (style historical towns,
monument sites, folk architecture villages,
skanzem, old castles, elements and
centres of sacrale architecture, archeology
locality and others), - Areas and
centres for suburban recreation (forest parks and
sport centres namely), - Specific
servis centres for travel rush. 2.2.
Space distribution and dividing of country to the
four area cathegory with emphasize to
recreational value - Recreational
areas of international importance, -
Areas of state importance, - Areas
of regional importance, - Areas fo
local importance. 2.3. Equipments of
winter (skiing) recreation centres
- 240 winter centres with 33 funiculars and 979
ski-tows with a whole transport capacity 407 786
person per hour. 2.4. Hiking
trials and bike roads - 84
geomorphology units (as sample High Tatras) with
9 372.15 km of total lenght hiking trials,
- Density of hiking trials is from 0,01 up
to 0,97 km.km-2. - 6 000 km of
biking roads (along with rivers, on mountain
areas) 2.5. Spa centres with curative
using 21 - Recreation using of
natural hot water spring centres 42
- Mineral water springs - 1200 -
Locality of natural and cultural heritage 10
- Forest parks as suburban recreation
33 000 ha at 60 towns.
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3) Some deficience in research and
practice Inventory of new built recreation
objects and centres (golf play grounds, bike
roads, hiking trails and aqua-centres). Resereach
of new negative phenomena in the landscape from
recreation activities as are biotic diversity
changes, synanthropisation of vegetation
(occurence of invasive plants in protected areas)
soil and water degradation. Budget increasing for
research and publications. Better cooperation
between researchers and recreation property
owners. Increasing of travel rush
promotion. Increasing of infrastructure and
servis for recreation a turists. 4) On
expectation for the future Reconstruction of
older recreation, sports and spa-healthy
centres. Building of new transport nets,
including highways, rails and airports. Renovation
of some old castles aas very atractive
historical architecture, weling and fortification
objects. Deaper evolving of research. Incoming
more tourist to the country for
recreation. Increasing of economy profit from
travel rush. Attachment of selected maps and
figures
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Map of distribution of the main type recreation
centres, skiing tracks and other types
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Winter center for down hill and summer hiking
roads. Jasná Chopok, Low Tatras mts.
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One sample of sport recreation center Donovaly
Low Tatras mts., Winter and summer type
recretaion. Spring view
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RAJONIZING OF TRAVEL RUSH IN SLOVAKIA