Recreational infrastructure in Slovenia: characteristics and spatial distribution

Cigale, Dejan (author), Lampič, Barbara (author), Marot, Naja (author), Petrović Jesenovec, Pina Klara (author), Rebernik, Lea (author), Sitar, Jasna (author), Starc, Gregor (author)

High-quality recreation contributes signifi cantly to life satisfaction. In recent decades, this field has experienced intense changes. Recreational activities and their popularity are changing, even if the core of the most common activities (walking, hiking, cycling, swimming...) remains fairly stable. Many of the most widespread recreational activities are linked to specifi c recreational infrastructure, so the existence of an adequate and accessible recreational infrastructure is also important in terms of quality of life. In addition, recreational activities, especially outdoor recreation activities, also play a signifi cant role in the context of tourism. In tourism areas, tourists are an important segment of recreational infrastructure users, and an attractive recreational infrastructure is often one of the factors influencing the choice of a particular destination. Accordingly, Slovenian tourism policy also pays a lot of attention to the tourism potential of outdoor recreation. Nevertheless, knowledge about the state of recreational infrastructure in Slovenia is very patchy, and data on recreational infrastructure is usually not systematically collected or does not exist at all. In order to enable the analysis of this important content area, we have created a typology of recreational infrastructure and compiled its inventory through extensive data collection. Various categories of recreational infrastructure are presented in the form of specific spatial layers with different attributes. Our research focused on the question of what are the main characteristics of recreational infrastructure in Slovenia, what is its spatial distribution and what are its specifi c characteristics in tourist areas. The characteristics of recreational infrastructure are infl uenced by demand, the specific environmental/geographical requirements of individual recreational activities as well as by various policies. The growing heterogeneity of recreational infrastructure and the emergence of new types of infrastructure are evident.

• Language: English
• Keywords: activities, tourism, Slovenia, database
• Typology: 1.08 - Published Scientific Conference Contribution
• Organization: FF - Faculty of Arts; BF - Biotechnical Faculty
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Publication date: 01.08.2024
• Year: 2024
• Number of pages: Str. 388-396
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-185952
• UDC: 338.48-44(497.4)
• DOI: 10.5937/KonGef24043C
• COBISS.SI-ID: 206172419

Copyright

Na spletni strani založnika je navedena licenca CC BY 4.0.

• Publication date in RUL: 24.08.2026

Record is a part of a monograph

• Title: Quo vadis geographia? : u susret novim geografskim horizontima
• Editors: Velimir Šećerov
• Place of publishing: Beograd
• Publisher: Univerzitet u Beogradu, Geografski fakultet, Srpsko geografsko društvo
• Year: 2024
• ISBN: 978-86-6283-154-5
• COBISS.SI-ID: 206075139

Licences

• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Description: This is the standard Creative Commons license that gives others maximum freedom to do what they want with the work as long as they credit the author.

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: aktivnosti, turizem, Slovenija, baza podatkov

Projects

• Funder: ARIS - Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency
• Project number: J7-4598
• Name: Prostorsko upravljanje in stanje rekreacijske infrastrukture ter rekreacijske navade v kontekstu družbenih sprememb v zadnjih treh desetletjih