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My diploma thesis is focused on sustainable tourism development, with particular emphasis on district Kutná Hora. There is examined the concept of sustainable development, then in greater detail the development of sustainable tourism, which is followed by analysis of the current state of tourism in the area and then an analysis of sustainable tourism in Kutná Hora. The thesis examines the current state of tourism in the area with an emphasis on its sustainability in the future.

B-Tech Tourism Management (Vaal University of Technology) / Tourism is one of the fastest growing and largest service industries in the world that occupies the centre of the stage in the socio-economic, environmental and political fields. In South Africa the case is no different where the tourism industry makes a substantial contribution to the country‘s economic growth and almost all nations are in recent times recognizing the importance of tourism and embracing it. Both praised and despised as a development option, rural tourism is increasingly viewed as a remedy, increasing the economic viability of marginalised areas, stimulating social regeneration and improving the living conditions of rural communities. Tourism in the rural areas of developing countries is expanding at a rapid pace and is often a primary means of income in these areas. In many cases, destinations take reasonable advantage of this dynamic industry as a major income, employment, private sector growth and infrastructure development. However, some research endeavours indicate that tourism will never come to dominate all rural areas, particularly in the developing world – there are vast swathes of rural areas for which tourism is not relevant for the foreseeable future. These necessitate the need for the industry to be sustainable. Sustainable tourism development should aim at improving the residents’ quality of life by optimising local economic benefits, protecting the natural and built environment and providing a high-quality experience for visitors. This should also provide a long-term economic linkage between destination communities and industries. It should aim to minimise the negative effects of tourism on the natural environment and improve the socio-cultural well-being of the destination communities. This notion serves as a motivation for this study which aim is to analyse the perceptions of selected tourism stakeholders in the Vhembe district with reference to the community, tourism business owners and local government concerning rural tourism development in this region. Attention was given to the economic, social and environmental influences of tourism by focusing on both positive and negative aspects as well as aspects related to tourism development. The secondary objectives of this study were: (i) to describe different roles, relationships, responsibilities and expectations of stakeholders in tourism by means of an in-depth literature review; (ii) to analyse rural tourism with reference to community involvement in tourism, business contribution, local government support and identify types of resources integral to tourism in the rural areas by means of a literature review; (iii) to empirically analyse the perceptions of selected tourism stakeholders by assessing economic, environmental and social aspects as well as their level of participation, success factors and challenges; and (iv) to draw conclusions and make recommendations on mechanisms that might contribute towards the sustainable development of rural tourism with the focus on relevant stakeholders. To achieve the objectives, this study followed a mixed-method approach where both surveys (quantitative research) and interviews (qualitative research) were conducted. Two surveys were done; one in the community and the second one at tourism businesses in the Vhembe region. It was clear from the results that residents are fairly positive towards the tourism industry and acknowledge the contributions (both economically and socially) to the community and area. There is however room for improving the rural tourism product in order to attract higher numbers of tourists. Government is contributing to the development of the industry but it seems that a lack of skills and marketing campaigns are huge challenges. The business owners are interested in the economic gains from this industry but there is a need for training and mentoring so that the business can grow to such an extent that it becomes an employer to a number of residents. The natural and cultural uniqueness of this area was evident as well as the potential as a tourism attraction. The selected stakeholders however emphasise the importance of cooperation and integrated planning to grow the tourism industry.

The aim of the Diploma thesis is to evaluate the situation of the sustainable development of tourism in Královéhradecký region and to suggest provision in to the future. The theoretical part introduces basic information about this issue. The term "sustainable development of tourism" is explained here, the forms of "green" tourism are introduced and also selected indicators of sustainable development of tourism are described here. The practical part uses knowledges obtained from the theoretical part and offers a practical view of the topic. The main aim of this part is to analyze the sustainable development of tourism in Královéhradecký region and to comment on the results of such analysis. To achieve this goal, the thesis uses result of questionare survey, in which both public and private sector and also both participants of tourism and residents of the examined region took part. For the description of sustainable development in Královéhradecký region were also used several relevant indicators of sustainable development of tourism.

This thesis is concerned with the sustainable tourism development in the Protected Landscape Area Kokořínsko. The aim is to evaluate current state of sustainable tourism in this area and outline the perspectives of its further development. The theoretical part is dedicated to the definition of the concept of sustainable development and its application to the tourism in protected areas. The beggining of the practical part describes the Protected Landscape Area Kokořínsko. The practical part is also concerned with the organization of tourism and an analysis of offer of environmentally friendly forms of tourism. The thesis is completed with an overall evaluation based on the SWOT analysis, chosen indicators of sustainable tourism development and a questionnaire survey among tourists, residents, entrepreneurs in the tourism industry and municipalities in the region of the Protected Landscape Area Kokořínsko.

The thesis is about rural tourism, which serves as a potential tool for sustainable development of the territory. Tourism is an alternative to agriculture and forestry. The rural residents may realize themselves in rural tourism. This may be an area of new jobs and education. The sustainability of development, respectively its development is a problem for all EU countries. These countries solve this problem by redistributing help through their strategic and programming documents. In this work there are collected and compared Czech and Slovak strategic and programming documents in the section of tourism and development. The village Čierny Balog is chosen as an example. On this example is shown as is related state and government and also as is related self-government to the strategic and programming documents of the Slovak Republic. The potential of rural tourism is also analyzed in this document. The analysis of potential follows up analysis of tourism, which monitors, if this potential is properly used. At the end there are compared questionnaire results from the village Čierny Balog and VUV (Voluntary union village) ?umavské Podlesí. The results show a comparison of the different situation in the tourism, respectively rural tourism in both areas. From this comparison based initiative for further...

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This Diploma thesis focuses on sustainable forms of tourism. The aim of the thesis is to analyse the support of its development and to assess whether this support is sufficient. The first chapter theoretically defines these forms of tourism and the support of its development mentioned in legislative documents and strategic development plans. The second chapter is devoted to organizational and institutional support. The third chapter concentrates on certifications that lead to increasing market transparency, and ecolabelling, contributing to sustainable development, is also mentioned. The final chapter lists several programmes from which municipalities and entrepreneurs can draw financial means for their development. There are also results of the questionnaire research about supporting the development of sustainable forms of tourism. The respondents were from both the public and private sectors. In the end, there are proposals of appropriate measures to enhance promotion of sustainable tourism.