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Transformations of historical city centres due to touristification within the context of the pandemic of covid-19: The case study of the Royal Way in Prague
Neuman, Marek ; Fialová, Dana (advisor) ; Novotná, Markéta (referee)
The goal of the thesis is to analyse the touristification of the historical centre of Prague within the context of the pandemic covid-19. Due to the high concentration of tourists and the long-term research in this area, the case study of the Royal Way in Prague was chosen. The Royal Way connects the most known and beautiful monuments in Prague. Therefore, it was significantly changed by tourism since the 1990s. Most of the stores were adapted to tourism. At the same time, the revitalization of historical buildings occurred. The pandemic covid-19 was the event which subdued tourism for over 2 years. Hence, the question arose of how the situation would affect the ongoing touristification of the Royal Way. That was the goal of the study. Hence, the analysis of the functional environment on the Royal Way before (the summer of 2015), during (the summer of 2020 and 2021) and after (the summer of 2022) the pandemic was executed. To explain the development path dependency concept was chosen. The thesis is divided into 3 parts. The first part introduces world and Czech academic literature on the tourism development in cities under the terms overtourism and touristification. The second chapter represents methods of the research, likewise delimitation of the area for the case study. The third chapter...
Development of physical and functional environment in the historical core of Prague: the case study of Dlouhá street and surroundings
Neuman, Marek ; Špačková, Petra (advisor) ; Marianovská, Veronika (referee)
Thesis deals with the development of the physical and functional environment in the historic core of Prague between years 2009 and 2017 with emphasis on touristification. For the case study was chosen Dlouhá street and surroundings based on the character of the area which is known for many bars and restaurants occupied by tourists. The aim of the thesis was to find out how did the physical and functional environment changed during the period and the impact of touristification. The thesis is divided into three parts. The first part deals with impacts of touristification and development of the environment in Prague. The second part presents categorization and methods of delimititation, data collection and analysis. The main part presents the results of the analysis. Data were collected by visual analysis of Google Street View photos. The physical environment significantly improved during the period. Many shops changed its business operators. The impact of touristification was demonstrated by ongoing change of focus group. Structure of shops almost did not change. Key words: touristification, comercialization, Dlouhá street, Prague, physical environment, functional environment

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