The Phenomenon of (Sustainable) Tourism Activities on Farms in Slovenia During the COVID-19 Pandemic

• Authors: Maja Žibert , Boris Prevolšek

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Zjawisko (zrównoważonej) turystyki w działalności gospodarstw rolnych w Słowenii podczas pandemii COVID-19

Abstracts

PL

Wybuch pandemii COVID-19 spowodował, że zmieniają się trendy rozwojowe branży turystycznej. Celem tego artykułu jest zbadanie aktualnego rozwoju branży turystycznej i powiązanie go z elementami trendów zrównoważonego rozwoju. W artykule przedstawiono główne elementy koncepcji zrównoważonej turystyki wiejskiej i agroturystyki. Za pomocą metody zestawienia i opisu autorzy badają, na podstawie danych statystycznych dotyczących działalności agroturystycznej w Słowenii (przed i w trakcie pandemii COVID-19), czy możliwe jest stwierdzenie tendencji rozwojowych w zakresie zrównoważonego rozwoju w kontekście agroturystyki. Niniejsze badanie ma również na celu zidentyfikowanie szeregu czynników, które mogą poprawić zrównoważony rozwój turystyki rolniczej w Słowenii w okresie po COVID-19. Wyniki przytoczonych badań i ich analiza wskazują, że przyszłe trendy rozwojowe domagają się dekarbonizacji i cyfryzacji przemysłu oraz zaangażowania społeczności lokalnej w świadczenie usług. Aktualna globalna sytuacja gospodarcza wskazuje, że dotarliśmy do punktu, w którym dla rozwoju branży turystycznej konieczne jest wdrażanie zrównoważonych i cyfrowych modeli przemysłu.

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The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic is the reason why the development trends of the tourism industry are changing today. The purpose of this article is to address issues of future tourism industry development, linking it to elements of sustainable development trends. The article presents the main elements of the sustainable concept of rural and farm tourism. Using the method of compilation and description, we want to check, based on statistical data related to farm tourism activities in Slovenia (before and during the COVID-19 pandemic), whether it is possible to detect development trends in Slovenia, in the direction of sustainability that are linked to the concept of farm tourism. This study also aims to identify a number of measures that can improve sustainability at the farming tourism level in Slovenia, in a post-COVID phase. According to the findings of numerous comparisons and statistical analysis, it can be stated that the future development trends show a great need to develop the decarbonisation of the industry, digitalisation of industry, and the involvement of the local population in the provision of services. In the present global situation, we have reached a point where it will be necessary to focus on sustainable and digital forms of the industry, in order to further post-COVID development of the tourism industry.

Keywords

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COVID-19; świat po COVID; zrównoważona turystyka; turystyka wiejska; Słowenia; przyszły rozwój

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COVID-19; post-COVID world; sustainable tourism; farm tourism; Slovenia; future development

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w Warszawie
• Journal: Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 19
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 69-83

Dates

published

2021

Contributors

author

Maja Žibert

• Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Maribor

• https://orcid.org/0000000338044749

author

Boris Prevolšek

• Faculty of Tourism, University of Maribor

• https://orcid.org/0000000247003589

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Identifiers

DOI

10.21697/seb.2021.19.4.06

Biblioteka Nauki

1991401