The Evaluation Results of the Benefits of Tourism and Recreational Forestry Functions (CROSBI ID 475095)
Prilog sa skupa u zborniku | sažetak izlaganja sa skupa | međunarodna recenzija
Podaci o odgovornosti
Vuletić, Dijana ; Dubravac, Tomislav ; Benko, Miroslav
engleski
The Evaluation Results of the Benefits of Tourism and Recreational Forestry Functions
Tourism and recreational forestry functions are analysed from the standpoint of the total economic value (TEV, Pearce & Turner, 1990) as one of its component. The system of evaluetiong the TEV is comprised of: economic, social-ecological (Krznar et. al, 1995) and social-environmental forestry functions (Krznar & Lindić, 1999; Krznar et al, 1999), where social-environmental factors are divided into tourism-recreation and health-landscape. Analysis and evaluation were undertaken in the framework of the subproject "Evaluating the Capital Goods of Forests and Loss Caused by the Influence of Harmful Factors", which was financed by the public enterprise, Croatian Forests. The researched area was public forest on the island of Korcula, (Southern Adriatic near Dubrovnik). Korcula is the sixth largest island in Croatia, long is shape with total area of 276 km2 and coast 182 km long, which is well separated by numerous bays (56), capes, gulfs and groups pf smaller islands. It is a well-known tourist destimation, which has up to 1.000,000 overnights per year. The forests cover 60% of the island area, and are composed of Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis Mill.) and, in various stages of degradation, Holm oak (Quercus ilex L.) forests. In this methodology a classification scale with related points eyaluated the tourism and recreational forestry functions. The span of the point value is determined on the basis of estimated internal and external quality factors of these functions. The external factors are the level of tourism development, accommodation available in the region of evaluated forest, the number of inhabitants, tourists and their recreational habits and their tendency to visit the forest. The internal factors are evaluated according to the structural and aesthetic forest characteristic that are necessary for particular tourism and recreational activities, frequency of visiting and the developmental level of infrastructure. The obtained results indicate a high potential of the forest area for tourism and recreational activities. Index values are from 0.8-1.0 in the very good (8) to excellent (9) quality categories. Contrary to this, visit frequency index was from 0.34-0.65 in the very bad (3) to satisfactory (6) quality categories. The function with the least amount of points was the level of infrastructure development, which fit the unsatisfactory (1) to critical (2) quality categories that reflect its real state, since there is a lack of sport and recreation activities in forest. The Aleppo pine associations have higher values of tourist and recreational functions than the Holm oak forests. The evaluation of the forest tourism and recreational use and the probable number of visitors led to a conclusion that despite their exceptional tourism, sport and recreation potential. The results point towards a possible increase of the value of tourist and recreational forest functions by including these forests in to the tourism services, ensuring they are used in a planned and ecologically acceptable way.
evaluation of the benefits of tourism-recreational forestry functions; total economic value (TEV); the forest area; internal and external factors; diagnostic parameters.
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Podaci o prilogu
325-325-x.
2000.
objavljeno
Podaci o matičnoj publikaciji
Forests and Spciety: The Role of Research Poster Abstracts
Jandl, Robert ; Devall, Margaret, Khorchidi, Margarete ; Schimpf,
Kuala Lumpur: Forest Research Institute Malaysia
Podaci o skupu
XXI IUFRO World Congress 2000
poster
07.08.2000-12.08.2000
Kuala Lumpur, Malezija