Geografie 1969, 74, 234-237
Geography of Tourism in Czechoslovakia
The development of the geography of tourism in Czechoslovakia was similar to the development of this discipline in other Europe. In Czechoslovakia first of all smaller monographies appeared at the end of the Thirties treating of individual forms of the tourism, especially the spa treatment and recreation from the viewpoint of climatology (A. Gregor, J. Stibor). After World War II new works were published paying attention to the problems of tourism. A. Šíma, V. Häufler dealt in their work the mountain areas in Czechoslovakia; the team of the department of economic geography at the Commercial High School in Prague under the leadership of M. Blažek and J. Nedvídek described their investigations of the Tatra region; S. Šprincová described her investigations of economic-geographical problems in North Moravia; P. Mariot dealt in his geography with the area of East Slovakian Ironworks, C. Votrubec described his studies of special areas of Prague, and L. Joura his investigation of a small village in the Giant Mountains. Besides the above mentioned works - in which the geography of tourism is studied as a part of the whole economic-geographical structure of the area under investigation - there are monographies treating of certain areas only from the viewpoint of tourism. In this way L. Joura, and most recently S. Muranský, dealt with the region situated along the river Sázava, J. Hůrský with the Bohemian Switzerland, S. Šprincová with the Jeseníky Mountains, E. Caha with the Beskydy Mountains, and M. Havrlant with the recreation area of the Ostrava industrial destrict. Some geographers concentrate more or less in their works upon problems of tourism (P. Mariot and S. Šprincová). The author gives also a list of geographers publishing works treating tourism only occasionally, as well as a survey of departments predominantly interested in the geography of the tourism. The paper is supplemented with bibliographical data.
