THE ATTRACTIVENESS OF SELECTED CENTRAL EUROPEAN COUNTRIES FOR WINTER SPORTS AND MOUNTAIN HIKING

Hiking, downhill skiing and snowboarding are among the most popular forms of active tourism in mountainous areas. Their popularity and their mass scale do not only result from the presence of the appropriate landscape, but also from its appropriate development. The objective of the article is to att...

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Published in:Tourism 2018, Vol.28 (1 ENG), p.35-40
Main Authors: Krzesiwo, Kinga, Ziółkowska-Weiss, Kamila, Żemła, Michał
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
central europe
Human Geography
mountain hiking
tourist attractiveness
winter sports
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Summary:Hiking, downhill skiing and snowboarding are among the most popular forms of active tourism in mountainous areas. Their popularity and their mass scale do not only result from the presence of the appropriate landscape, but also from its appropriate development. The objective of the article is to attempt to assess the attractiveness of selected Central European countries in terms of winter sports and mountain hiking, to consider the opinions of students who live in Visegrad Group countries, as well as to evaluate the barriers to development of their competitive offers. According to respondents, the most attractive countries for winter sports are Austria and Slovakia, and the least attractive are Hungary, Romania and Lithuania. In turn, according to the students, the best conditions for mountain hiking are in Slovakia, Austria, the Czech Republic and Poland. In addition, respondents from particular countries assessed domestic offers highly.
ISSN:0867-5856
2080-6922
DOI:10.18778/0867-5856.28.1.12