Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2014, 62(2), 339-346 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201462020339

Viticulture - Challenge for Tourism Development (Znojmo Case Study Area)

Miroslav Foret, Ondřej Konečný, Petr Klusáček
Department of Regional Development and Public Administration, Faculty of Regional Development and International Studies, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic

The article, which deals with the issue whether the viticulture can be the challenge for tourism development, is based on research conducted in Znojmo case study area (the Czech Republic). It starts with general introduction of wine tourism concept based on the selected results of the previous scientific researches. The second part of the article brings description of the methods and brief characterisation of case study area. The third part pays attention to the analyses of the selected statistical data showing importance of viticulture for the case study area. The main fourth part is focused on selected activities which are connected with projects developing wine tourism (especially vineyards and vine festivals), where cooperation of different actors is necessary and continues by analysing of the potential of more intensive development of wine tourism on example of the important actor in case study area - wine producer Znovín Znojmo. The conducted research shows strong local embededness and association of company with the tourism industry. The article concludes with general recommendations, which emphasize the importance of effective partnership of the different actors by successful development of wine tourism.

Keywords: tourism development, viticulture, wine tourism, Znojmo case study area
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Supported by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic (project No. MSM6215648904).

Prepublished online: May 23, 2014; Published: February 1, 2014  Show citation

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Foret, M., Konečný, O., & Klusáček, P. (2014). Viticulture - Challenge for Tourism Development (Znojmo Case Study Area). Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis62(2), 339-346. doi: 10.11118/actaun201462020339
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