SYMBOLICAL CEMETERIES AS AN IMPULSE OF TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN MOUNTAINOUS AREAS OF SLOVAKIA
Journal Title: FOLIA GEOGRAPHICA - Year 2015, Vol 57, Issue 2
Abstract
The primary aim of this article is to present symbolical cemeteries situated in Slovak mountain areas with an emphasis on the evaluation of their potential for tourism development and alternative form of tourism development – dark tourism. The specific intent is to highlight the social meaning of symbolical cemeteries, perhaps even commemorative sites as a memento, in reflection of the current trends in tourism and the sociological patterns of the modern society behaviour, from the position of demand carrier for tourism and its alternative forms. The benefit of this study is the spatial data analysis in the geographic information system application, namely through the obtaining, processing and evaluation of the available data that are spatially tied to the research area. The article suggests the possibilities of applying geographic information system as a tool for spatial data managing and as a tool for creating conditions for physical - geographic assessment of geosystems in mountainous areas of Slovakia. An expected outcome of mentioned activities is a digital, spatially georeferenced model of surveyed sites, which will be developed upon a vector base in GIS 10 application software that is utilized to process heterogeneous geographical data in a Geoinformatics environment, as well as the knowledge of geographic information system.
Authors and Affiliations
Juliana KROKUSOVÁ, Bibiána MIŠČÍKOVÁ, Silvia SLIVKOVÁ, Štefánia NOVÁKOVÁ, Peter SOPKO
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