A study of recreational use of the selected national parks in the Czech Republic and Finland

Kokko, Eemeli

The thesis focuses on the current state of recreation and heritage interpretation in the Krkonoše Mountains National Park and Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park. The aim is to find similarities and differences between selected national parks, especially in relation to nature tourism. By comparing national parks, it is determined how these parks consider the importance of sustainability in nature tourism and what are the methods they use to ensure sustainable recreational development in these areas. In the literary review, recreation, nature conservation, sustainability, impacts of tourism and heritage interpretation are discussed. In addition, natural conditions of each national park have been covered using literary sources. The main source of data comes from a semi-structured questionnaire and as scientific approach, qualitative research was chosen. Questionnaire was prepared using Google Forms and shared with national park representatives by e-mail. SWOT analysis was chosen as the tool to determine parks’ current problems and to find what kind of development needs to happen for national parks to overcome these problems. In conclusion chapter, key similarities and differences between the national parks are listed. Similarities include infrastructure and accessibility while the key difference is in visitor numbers and its meaning to nature and sustainability of national parks. Also, the importance of the location of national parks has been considered. Importance of diverse interpretation methods is also accentuated.

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