THE INTRODUCTION TO THE ISSUE OF THE SPECIALISED HIKING TRACES AT THE BACKGROUND OF THE MOUNTAIN BIKING PROGRESS IN THE WORLD AND IN SLOVAKIA

Journal Title: FOLIA GEOGRAPHICA - Year 2009, Vol 49, Issue 1

Abstract

The mountain-biking was established in Slovakia in the last decade of the 20 th century. Author participated at the very first researches of MTB since the 1996. The first part of the work includes the history of MTB in the world and its reflection in Slovakia. Then it specifies the regions of MTB activities in the world and in Slovakia. In the article the author introduces the notion of singletrack as a specialized hiking path, he proposes the scheme of singletracks evaluation by valorisation and a typogram with 12 evaluating features. The most important result of the work is the specification of the function of geography of tourism on examination and advertisement of the mountain-biking.

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Peter ČUKA

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Peter ČUKA (2009). THE INTRODUCTION TO THE ISSUE OF THE SPECIALISED HIKING TRACES AT THE BACKGROUND OF THE MOUNTAIN BIKING PROGRESS IN THE WORLD AND IN SLOVAKIA. FOLIA GEOGRAPHICA, 49(1), 60-73. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-174246