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This study analyzes the issue of mining brownfields (sites abandoned after the extraction of minerals) in terms of their secondary use after revitalization as potential new sites of mining tourism. In the first part of the paper, we deal with the theoretical basis of the study, the conceptualization of mining brownfields, possibilities for their revitalization, and their sustainability for mining tourism. In the second part, we analyze mining brownfields as devastated mining sites using a questionnaire survey conducted among students of geotourism and geography at three Slovak universities in Košice, Banská Bystrica, and Prešov. The result of our several years of field research was a database of mining brownfields in Slovakia. According to our findings and the latest theoretical and methodological literature about other types of brownfields, we compiled a comprehensive definition of mining brownfields. The questionnaire survey confirmed that mining brownfields are interesting destinations for (mining) tourism with long-term sustainability. The equipment of the services did not directly determine the number of visitors, who did not perceive the risk and danger of visiting mining brownfields.
Bohuslava Gregorová; Pavel Hronček; Dana Tometzová; Mário Molokáč; Vladimír Čech. Transforming Brownfields as Tourism Destinations and Their Sustainability on the Example of Slovakia. Sustainability 2020, 12, 10569 .
AMA StyleBohuslava Gregorová, Pavel Hronček, Dana Tometzová, Mário Molokáč, Vladimír Čech. Transforming Brownfields as Tourism Destinations and Their Sustainability on the Example of Slovakia. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (24):10569.
Chicago/Turabian StyleBohuslava Gregorová; Pavel Hronček; Dana Tometzová; Mário Molokáč; Vladimír Čech. 2020. "Transforming Brownfields as Tourism Destinations and Their Sustainability on the Example of Slovakia." Sustainability 12, no. 24: 10569.
Cave tourism (speleotourism) is very popular all over the world within the broader category of geotourism. Slovakia is also well‑known for its karst areas and caves, but most of them are not freely open to the public. This paper presents how to make a cave “accessible” without physically entering it. This can be facilitated through the use of digital 3D models. Visitors are then able to experience cave tours through 3D projections and 3D cinema. This would allow people with disabilities and those with claustrophobia to enjoy caving. An added advantage is that the cave environment remains untouched. This paper provides a comprehensive scan of the Bear Cave using Leica ScanStation C10 terrestrial laser scanner. During the 3D modelling of the Bear Cave, Trimble RealWorks software was used to process and analyze the large data sets recorded by the scanner. As a result, not only were visualizations and images of 3D models from the cave obtained, but also a 3D animation was made using the Bentley Pointools software. The information included in this paper has been compiled from all phases of the measuring and data processing of the Bear Cave.
Dana Tometzová; Barbara Hlavňová; Slavomír Drevko; Katarína Pukanská; Karol Bartoš; Agnieszka Bieda; Ľubomír Kseňak. The Development of Geotourism with the Use of 3D Digital Cave Model. A Case Study of the Bear Cave, Slovakia. Geomatics and Environmental Engineering 2020, 14, 83 -105.
AMA StyleDana Tometzová, Barbara Hlavňová, Slavomír Drevko, Katarína Pukanská, Karol Bartoš, Agnieszka Bieda, Ľubomír Kseňak. The Development of Geotourism with the Use of 3D Digital Cave Model. A Case Study of the Bear Cave, Slovakia. Geomatics and Environmental Engineering. 2020; 14 (2):83-105.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDana Tometzová; Barbara Hlavňová; Slavomír Drevko; Katarína Pukanská; Karol Bartoš; Agnieszka Bieda; Ľubomír Kseňak. 2020. "The Development of Geotourism with the Use of 3D Digital Cave Model. A Case Study of the Bear Cave, Slovakia." Geomatics and Environmental Engineering 14, no. 2: 83-105.
The study provides a methodology for 3D model processing of historic mining landscape, and its features as mining digital cultural heritage with the possibility of using new visualization means in mining tourism. Historic mining landscapes around the towns of Gelnica (eastern Slovakia) had been chosen for the case study. The underground mining spaces around Gelnica, which are currently inaccessible to clients of mining tourism, were processed using 3D modeling. Historically, correctly processed 3D models of mining spaces enable customers of mining tourism to virtually travel not only in space, but what is most important, in time as well. The up-to-date computer-generated virtual mining heritage in the form of 3D models can be viewed via the Internet from different perspectives and angles. The models created this way are currently the latest trend in developing mining tourism.
Pavel Hronček; Bohuslava Gregorová; Dana Tometzová; Mário Molokáč; Ladislav Hvizdák. Modeling of Vanished Historic Mining Landscape Features as a Part of Digital Cultural Heritage and Possibilities of Its Use in Mining Tourism (Case Study: Gelnica Town, Slovakia). Resources 2020, 9, 43 .
AMA StylePavel Hronček, Bohuslava Gregorová, Dana Tometzová, Mário Molokáč, Ladislav Hvizdák. Modeling of Vanished Historic Mining Landscape Features as a Part of Digital Cultural Heritage and Possibilities of Its Use in Mining Tourism (Case Study: Gelnica Town, Slovakia). Resources. 2020; 9 (4):43.
Chicago/Turabian StylePavel Hronček; Bohuslava Gregorová; Dana Tometzová; Mário Molokáč; Ladislav Hvizdák. 2020. "Modeling of Vanished Historic Mining Landscape Features as a Part of Digital Cultural Heritage and Possibilities of Its Use in Mining Tourism (Case Study: Gelnica Town, Slovakia)." Resources 9, no. 4: 43.
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.
Pavol Rybár; Pavel Hronček; Lucia Domaracká; Dana Tometzová; Miloš Jesenský. Underground quarries their possible use for mining tourism purposes – Slovak perspectives on the example of the underground stone quarry of Veľká Stráň. Acta Geoturistica 2017, 8, 87 -107.
AMA StylePavol Rybár, Pavel Hronček, Lucia Domaracká, Dana Tometzová, Miloš Jesenský. Underground quarries their possible use for mining tourism purposes – Slovak perspectives on the example of the underground stone quarry of Veľká Stráň. Acta Geoturistica. 2017; 8 (2):87-107.
Chicago/Turabian StylePavol Rybár; Pavel Hronček; Lucia Domaracká; Dana Tometzová; Miloš Jesenský. 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 8, no. 2: 87-107.