Concept of perceptual carrying capacity and its use in the creation of promotional materials of tourist destination

Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis

Stanislav Mokrý¹ 

[1] Department of Marketing and Trade, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00, Brno, Czech Republic;

关键词: perceptual carrying capacity;    sustainable tourism;    visual method;   

DOI  :  10.11118/actaun201361072547

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The aim of this article is to introduce results of research of perceptual carrying capacity of selected area. Concept of perceptual tourist carrying capacity aims to find the number of visitors of tourist destination that the visitor is willing to accept before deciding to prefer travelling to another tourist destination. In order to determine the perceptual carrying capacity the visual method is used. The photos of destination that depict different level of visitors are presented to respondents when using this method. The primary research method used in this investigation was the questionnaire survey which was conducted via online questionnaires. The questionnaire used computer-generated images that depict different number of visitors of the particular destination – nature trail around the church of St. John of Nepomuk in Žďár nad Sázavou (UNESCO monument). The questionnaire also contained samples of photos taken from photo gallery section of CzechTourism agency (photo.czechtourism.com), which were used to determine the preferred destination for recreation. The survey was conducted within the period from May 2012 to July 2012 on a sample of 736 respondents from The Czech Republic.

【 授权许可】

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