METHODOLOGY OF GEOSITES’ TOURIST ASSESSMENT AND GEOTOURISM MAPPING (EXAMPLES OF ŠTIAVNICKÉ VRCHY, SLOVAKIA)
Journal: GeoJournal of Tourism and Geosites
Year: 2025

Štiavnické vrchy are a geomorphological region of Slovakia, the landscapes of which attract the attention of tourists. The main goal of the article is to apply a methodology for assessing the tourist attractiveness of geosites according to scientific, aesthetic, cultural-historical, socio-economic, ecological, safety values, based on the works of leading geomorphological scientists in Europe. Geosites with the most pronounced characteristics were selected as an example for each evaluation criter