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Salgótarján, 04. – 06. October 2012
THE ANALYSIS OF THE GEOTOURISTIC POTENTIAL BY THE HELP OF A COMPLEX
INDEX IN ONE SAMPLE AREA (AGGTELEK-RUDABÁNYA MOUNTAINS)
Beáta Szilasi Siskáné, Zsuzsa Piskóti-Kovács, Lajos Szalontai, János Vágó
University of Miskolc, Institute of Geography
ABSTRACT
In Hungary, similar to the other central-european countries, the closure of the uneconomical mines has
increased after the year of 1990. Several (unfavourable) consequences have appeared at the level of
society and environment as well. This study focuses on analysing the utilization opportunities of the
mining areas and the traditions relating to the mining for the purpose of tourism. The authors
demonstrate the quantifiable survey of the possibilities of the future in a Hungarian sample area. The
authors would introduce the touristic possibilities of the utilization of the geo-and cultural heritage in
the Aggtelek-Rudabánya Mountains.
INTRODUCTION
In Hungary, similar to the other central-european countries, the closure of the uneconomical
mines has increased after the year of 1990. Several (unfavourable) consequences have
appeared at the level of society and environment as well. The most remarkable changes were
shown in the case of cessation of workplaces and besides that, the role of these townships
have altered in the hierarchy of settlements. In the aspect of environment, emphasis was put
mostly on the managing of the refuses and the recultivation of the surface gashes. Many
factors have been significantly altered by today, for example the role of the mining in the
economy.
In the year of 2008 the mining industry gave only the 0,2 % of the Gross Domestic Product,:
it producted 54 billion hungarian forints gross added value; but the turistic sector gave 2,6%.
Mining can not be considered export-oriented, because 90 % of the sales happens inland. The
proportion of employeed in the mining industry were under 0,5 % in the 2000‟s, their number
was nine thousands in the year of 2008 according to the data of the Hungarian Central
Statictical Office.
The utilization of the ex-mining areas and the analysis of their opportunities are getting into
focus nowadays again. One of these ways is the re-estimating of these areas to decide whether
they are appropiate to produce secondary raw materials. The production can be restarted by
the help of foreign capital or the participation of inland consortiums (for example in the case
of uranium core in the Mecsek mountain or terra ponderosa in Rudabánya). The other way is
connected to the renewable resources: experts are analysing the utiliziation possibilities of the
“mining-heat”, which can be extracted from the underground minings. By the brownfield
investments there are opportunities to recycle the abandoned mining areas, mechanic factories
and factory floors can be developed easily.
This study focuses on analysing the utilization opportunites of the mining areas and the
traditions relating to the mining for the purpose of tourism and relationship to its
neighbourhood.
Tourism planning provides a primary mechanism through government policies for tourism
may be implemented (Hall, 2000) and, in its different forms, can be a mechanism for
delivering a range of more specific outcomes. These will include:
The integration of tourism alongside other economic sectors;
The direction and control of physical patterns of development;
The conservation of scarce or important resources;
The active promotion and marketing of destinations;
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