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Underground quarries their possible use for mining tourism purposes – Slovak perspectives on the example of the underground stone quarry of Veľká Stráň

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  • Rybár Pavol
  • Hronček Pavel
  • Tometzová Dana

    (Department of Geo and Mining Tourism, Technical University of Košice, Letná 9, 042 00 Košice, Slovakia)

  • Domaracká Lucia

    (Department of Management of Earth Resources, Technical University of Košice, Park Komenského 19, 042 00 Košice, Slovakia)

  • Jesenský Miloš

    (Museum of Kysuce in Čadca, Moyzesova 50, 022 01 Čadca, Slovakia)

Abstract

In the first part of the study, we have pointed out that mining tourism is a new, undervalued and less used a form of tourism, geotourism. We present its definition and present its specifics that make it unique on such a scale - by which it can be defined as a separate form of tourism. Mining tourism can be thought to contain virtually all objects, phenomena and processes, which, from prehistory till today, were related to one of the oldest human activities - mining and their subsequent access to and inclusion in tourism. In the world, underground quarries are currently used for various purposes, such as environmental, cultural centers, concert halls, wineries, churches, warehouses, and tourist destinations.In the second part of the study, we deal with mining tourism on the example of the most extensive underground stone quarry in Slovakia. Quarry, Veľká Stráň currently serves as the goal of unorganized ‘mining‘ natural tourism as part of a geological site protected as a nature reserve. However, underground stone has the potential to become the destination of organized mining tourism not only for school educational excursions but also for the general public.

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  • Rybár Pavol & Hronček Pavel & Tometzová Dana & Domaracká Lucia & Jesenský Miloš, 2017. "Underground quarries their possible use for mining tourism purposes – Slovak perspectives on the example of the underground stone quarry of Veľká Stráň," Acta Geoturistica, Sciendo, vol. 8(2), pages 87-107, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:vrs:actgeo:v:8:y:2017:i:2:p:87-107:n:6
    DOI: 10.1515/agta-2017-0009
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