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RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES SOLUTIONS IN SOBRANCE DISTRICT AND ITS
IMPACT ON GEOTOURISM
Lenka Pčolinská, Sergej Strajňák, Jana Jablonská 1
1 Institute of Geotourism, BERG Faculty, Technical University of Košice
e-mail: jana.jablonska@tuke.sk
ABSTRACT
Paper analyses Sobrance district from the macroeconomic view, it indicates strategy of development
according its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats and evaluates it from the view of
renewable energy sources use. It also shows the importance of cooperation between subjects and
suggests the way of cooperation within renewable energy sources field. The impact on geotourism is
also suggested.
INTRODUCTION
While problem with unemployment is observed in specific regions of Slovakia, it is needed to
think about its elimination and create possibility of the rural development. First of all, we
need to know macroeconomic indicators of the explored territory, its socio-economic situation
and analyse the territory from the view of strengths and weaknesses. As well as, possibilities
of the development need to be confronted with threats. Authors deal with the analysis of the
Sobrance district from the view of renewable energy sources use and on the example from
Austrian region, suggest to improve the communication and information base in the district
between interested subjects. Sobrance district is noted for its wine growing areas and
Sobrance itself used to be a spa town with Central European reputation. The renewable
energy project could support the will to invest into the renovation of the Sobrance spa and
thus to have a synergic effect on reviving tourism in the area.
SOBRANCE DISTRICT AND MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS
Sobrance district is situated in the east part of Slovakia, on the main road to the Ukraine
border. Geomorphologically, it is situated in the north-eastern part of the East Slovakian
lowland and administratively it is located to the land of Końice region. The town Sobrance is
the centre of the district. Sobrance is also the centre of Schengen border and the seat of the
Directorate of the Border Police. At present, Sobrance has 6118 inhabitants and the district
contains of 47 villages. The whole district has 23 213 inhabitants. Sobrance is the centre of
wine region in the easternmost part of Slovakia. Sobrance spa, which is situated in the north
of the town, is the one the oldest spa of Slovakia. Its potential in the tourism and healthing
resorts is not yet developed. (Komunitný plán sociálnych sluņieb mesta Sobrance, 2010-2015)
Fig. 1 Sobrance district
Fig. 2 Eastern Slovakia
Source: produced by authors, ArcGIS 10 Source: produced by authors, ArcGIS 10
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