IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jsusta/v16y2024i22p10133-d1525240.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Can Tourists’ Preferences Determine the Direction of Sustainable Development in Mountain Landscapes?

Author

Listed:
  • Magdalena Maria Malec

    (Department of Ecology, Climatology and Air Protection, Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Land Surveying, University of Agriculture in Kraków, al. Mickiewicza 24/28, 30-059 Kraków, Poland)

  • Agnieszka Ziernicka-Wojtaszek

    (Department of Ecology, Climatology and Air Protection, Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Land Surveying, University of Agriculture in Kraków, al. Mickiewicza 24/28, 30-059 Kraków, Poland)

  • Renata Kędzior

    (Department of Ecology, Climatology and Air Protection, Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Land Surveying, University of Agriculture in Kraków, al. Mickiewicza 24/28, 30-059 Kraków, Poland)

Abstract

Tourism and recreation development in naturally valuable mountain areas is a complex issue. On the one hand, it has a positive impact on the physical and mental health of modern society, especially after the COVID-19 pandemic. It also contributes to the economic growth of local communities, for which financial revenues from tourism are important sources of income. However, exceeding the limits of tourist absorption and improper trail management can lead to natural environment and landscape degradation. The Carpathians are marked by a dense and diverse network of tourist trails that can have an impact on biodiversity, which is often unique in this European region. The aim of the study was to determine tourists’ preferences in terms of the attractiveness and development of the mountain trails of the Carpathian region. The research was conducted using a survey on 10 main hiking trails in the Beskids. The results were compared with the inventory carried out in the field based on tourist values. The results highlight the possibility of achieving a balance between the use of tourist trails and the protection of the natural and cultural environment. Our results can be useful for the sustainable tourist management of mountain landscapes, linking nature conservation and recreation requirements.

Suggested Citation

  • Magdalena Maria Malec & Agnieszka Ziernicka-Wojtaszek & Renata Kędzior, 2024. "Can Tourists’ Preferences Determine the Direction of Sustainable Development in Mountain Landscapes?," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(22), pages 1-19, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:16:y:2024:i:22:p:10133-:d:1525240
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/16/22/10133/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/16/22/10133/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Jinde Jiang, 2022. "The role of natural soundscape in nature-based tourism experience: an extension of the stimulus–organism–response model," Current Issues in Tourism, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 25(5), pages 707-726, March.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Yiting Zhu & Xueru Pang & Chunshan Zhou, 2023. "Key Area Recognition and Evaluation of Audio-Visual Landscape for Global Geoparks: A Case Study of Koktokay in China," Land, MDPI, vol. 12(9), pages 1-21, September.
    2. Tamara Gajić & Alireza Ranjbaran & Dragan Vukolić & Jovan Bugarčić & Ana Spasojević & Jelena Đorđević Boljanović & Duško Vujačić & Marija Mandarić & Marija Kostić & Dejan Sekulić & Marina Bugarčić & B, 2024. "Tourists’ Willingness to Adopt AI in Hospitality—Assumption of Sustainability in Developing Countries," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(9), pages 1-25, April.
    3. Yunduk Jeong, 2023. "Exploring Tourist Behavior in Active Sports Tourism: An Analysis of the Mediating Role of Emotions and Moderating Role of Surfing Identification," SAGE Open, , vol. 13(3), pages 21582440231, August.
    4. Yanan Wang & Wenkun Zhang & Jinhua Chu, 2024. "What Drives Citizen’s Participate Intention in Smart City? An Empirical Study Based on Stimulus-Organism-Response (SOR) Theory," Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Springer;Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), vol. 15(3), pages 10088-10110, September.
    5. Wenxi (Bella) Bai & Jiaojiao (Jane) Wang & Jose Weng Chou Wong & Xingyu (Hilary) Han & Yiqing Guo, 2024. "The soundscape and tourism experience in rural destinations: an empirical investigation from Shawan Ancient Town," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 11(1), pages 1-12, December.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:16:y:2024:i:22:p:10133-:d:1525240. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.