Geografie 2018, 123, 461-478

https://doi.org/10.37040/geografie2018123040461

Visitor profiling using characteristics of socio-demographic and spatial behavior as tools to support the management of protected mountain areas

Juraj Švajda1, Matej Masný1, Samuel Koróny1, Adalbert Mezei2, Ivo Machar3, Karolina Taczanowska4

1Matej Bel University (MBU), Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
2Low Tatras National Park Administration, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
3Palacký University, Olomouc, Czechia
4University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna, Austria

Received February 2018
Accepted November 2018

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