2021.17.1.77-98
Dana Tometzová, Jana Hlaváčová, Mário Molokáč
VYUŽITIE MINERÁLNYCH VÔD (BOHATÝCH NA CHLORID SODNÝ) NA ROZVOJ EKOTOURIZMU NA PRÍKLADE VÝCHODNÉHO SLOVENSKA
THE USE OF SALINE (SODIUM CHLORIDE-RICH) MINERAL SPRINGS FOR THE ECOTOURISM DEVELOPMENT ON THE EXAMPLE OF EASTERN SLOVAKIA
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24040/GR.2021.17.1.77-98
CITATION: Tometzová, D., Hlaváčová, J., Molokáč, M. 2021. VYUŽITIE MINERÁLNYCH VÔD (BOHATÝCH NA CHLORID SODNÝ) NA ROZVOJ EKOTOURIZMU NA PRÍKLADE VÝCHODNÉHO SLOVENSKA. Geografická Revue. [online]. Banská Bystrica, 2021, 17 (1), 77-98 [cit. 2021-08-18]. Dostupné na: https://doi.org/10.24040/GR.2021.17.1.77-98
Abstract:
The presented paper points out the possibilities of using as yet unused, but also forgotten salt springs situated in the territory of the Eastern Slovakia for the ecotourism development. In its first part, the paper deals with the very con-cept of ecotourism, its definitions and its 3 basic pillars which must be taken into account and fulfilled to ensure sustainable development. Another part of the paper is devoted to selected sources of the Eastern Slovakia which are analysed in detail. The article examines the hydrogeological conditions favourable for saline spring formation, their chemical composition and properties, yield, total dissolved solids, current state of the springs, their temperature, depth of wells but also the therapeutic and healing effects of the springs on the human body. The sites are compared in terms of their value and importance for the ecotourism development. From a historical and hydrogeological point of view, the article also deals with sites where mineral waters were fully used in the past and these sites were important and frequently visited spas. Despite the fact that in most cases the quality of the springs has been preserved, the spas are only a thing of the past. It is therefore necessary to realize the potential of these mineral sources, to make efforts to revitalize them and to ensure their quantitative and qualitative long term protection and the related sustainable and effective eco-tourism development.
Keywords: mineral springs, sodium chloride-rich springs, ecotourism, balneal tour-ism, Eastern Slovakia
