Tourist's Perceptions in the Liberec Region

Gómez, Helmuth Yesid Arias; Antošová, Gabriela

doi:10.2478/cjot-2014-0003

Abstract

This paper was elaborated on the basis of a ground work and in the next stage the primary data was processed and analyzed. According to the ground research, this article explores features of cultural rural tourism in the region of liberec. the perceptions of 500 tourists were examined and their responses were analyzed by a statistical program. the results could be used to improve or promote the tourist services in the selected tourist destinations. some visitor's preferences were detected in terms of cultural rural activities, natural and rural landscape. in the liberec region were confirmed the richness of nature, cultural heritage, social life in local communities and their traditions. the correspondence analysis between reasons were made of the visitors responses.

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Tourist's Perceptions in the Liberec Region

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