Tourism Education Studies and Practice

88-97

Authors: 1 Petr Buiok, Marina Alekhandra Rodrigez, Martin Klempa, Yan Ielinek, Mikhal Porzer

Sustainable tourism development meets the needs of present tourists and host regions while protecting and increasing the options for the future. It has led to management of all resources, so as to meet the economic, social and aesthetic needs while maintaining cultural integrity, the most important ecological processes, biological diversity and the processes that make life possible. (World Tourism Organization). Sustainable tourism products are products that work in accordance with the local environment, society and culture so as to have the environment, society and culture has benefited, and they became the victims of tourism development. Currently we can to happiness; especially in industrialized countries observed in a wide range of tourist activities is also increasing concern about the so-called Industrial Tourism aimed at exploring technical monuments. This form of tourism was initially the domain of a narrow range of technically-based supporters, but gradually becomes increasingly attractive to a wider public. In the paper we present selected examples of conversion options such as conservation and new utilization of rule the decaying industrial heritage, not only in Czech Republic but also in other European countries. Almost every city can be found industrial area or at least a few large objects that after the completion of the original production remained without adequate recovery. Although not strictly a registered cultural monuments, it is often interesting buildings completing the character of the place. The above example of the Czech Republic, the new use of the Vitkovice Ironworks and other similar sites can serve as inspiration for the cities concerned.

108-113

Authors: Lana Mzarelua, Tamar Tamarashvili

The article describes the Georgian mountainous regions as the most special part of Svaneti. Unfortunately, Svaneti economic development is hampered, due to its unfavorable physical and geographical locational factors. Svaneti economic development highly depends on tourism sphere in this part of Georgia, herewith this region has all natural factors in order to be Georgia’s leading tourist city and accomplice development of international tourism in Georgia. The main idea of the article is to familiarize the public with the unique Svaneti tourism potential, which includes: - Consideration about Svaneti’s natural unique landscapes and possibilities of touristic development; - Display of Svaneti’s mineral sources and perspectives of health-resort thrift; - Historical-ethnographic peculiarities of this region and cultural tourism development; - Ideal conditions for alpinism. The authors notice that the developing of communication skills is very important too. The modernization of designated tourism directions (ecotourism, resort, cultural alpinism) will accomplice local population to improve the tourist services.

121-128

Authors: Alexandr M. Vetitnev, Anastasiya P. Kontorskih

This article shares the findings of an analysis of some current definitions of the term “tourist destination” and the major characteristics of the concept. The author singles out three major approaches to defining and construing the content of the term “tourist destination”: territorial, economic, and service/technological, which are distinguished by being static and not focused on processes in the internal development of tourist destinations. The author proposes using a dynamic approach to the analysis of tourist destinations, aimed at fostering their client-orientedness.