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nature-based tourism in the eastern part of kr aški rob ...
Fig. 12 The Prešnica–Pula railway line
Photo by Valentina Brečko Grubar, 2019
Conclusion
In this chapter we chose to focus on nature-based tourism and explore ide-
as and tools developed in this field of academic inquiry. We found that liter-
ature from Scandinavian countries most attracted our interest. We choose
to borrow an adapted version of the model of naturalness and accessibility
proposed by Fredman et al. (2012) and draw on Lund’s (2013) ideas regard-
ing experiencing nature, in order to perform an analysis of the study area—
the eastern part of Kraški Rob—with the aim of surveying its current po-
tential in terms of nature-based tourism.
We noted that Kraški Rob is strongly characterised by natural features
of attractive appearance and majestic karst slopes where traces of human
intervention are constant throughout. Field work revealed that in the east-
ern part of Kraški Rob, different combinations of naturalness and accessi-
bility could be found, and a state of semi-naturalness and privately-owned
land (that may or may not be accessible) prevailed.
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Fig. 12 The Prešnica–Pula railway line
Photo by Valentina Brečko Grubar, 2019
Conclusion
In this chapter we chose to focus on nature-based tourism and explore ide-
as and tools developed in this field of academic inquiry. We found that liter-
ature from Scandinavian countries most attracted our interest. We choose
to borrow an adapted version of the model of naturalness and accessibility
proposed by Fredman et al. (2012) and draw on Lund’s (2013) ideas regard-
ing experiencing nature, in order to perform an analysis of the study area—
the eastern part of Kraški Rob—with the aim of surveying its current po-
tential in terms of nature-based tourism.
We noted that Kraški Rob is strongly characterised by natural features
of attractive appearance and majestic karst slopes where traces of human
intervention are constant throughout. Field work revealed that in the east-
ern part of Kraški Rob, different combinations of naturalness and accessi-
bility could be found, and a state of semi-naturalness and privately-owned
land (that may or may not be accessible) prevailed.
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