Figure 1
Study area
Source: own study
Figure 2
Tourism evaluation method: the general approach
Source: own study
Figure 3
Tourism suitability index: hikers
Source: own study
Figure 4
Tourism suitability index: car tourists
Source: own study
Figure 5
Differences in the tourism suitability index between hikers and tourists travelling by car
Source: own study
Figure 6
Overall tourism suitability index and rural tourism opportunity spectrum
Source: own study
Table 1
The percentage of route lengths done by tourists who used different forms of transport in each class of tourism suitability index, mapped for hikers and car tourists
| Form of transport | Tourism suitability index mapped for hikers | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| out of range | very low value | low value | medium value | high value | very high value | |
| only on foot | 0.6% | 0.0% | 0.6% | 7.6% | 80.3% | 11% |
| combined, on foot and by bike | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.6% | 1.5% | 33.4% | 61.6% |
| combined, on foot and by car | 7.1% | 5.7% | 22.2% | 24% | 31.2% | 9.7% |
| Form of transport | Tourism suitability index mapped for car tourists | |||||
| out of range | very low value | low value | medium value | high value | very high value | |
| only by car | 2.0% | 0.1% | 9.4% | 10.3% | 29.5% | 48.7% |
| combined, by car and on foot | 3.5% | 0.1% | 7.8% | 9.5% | 31.7% | 47.4% |
| combined, by car and by bike | 4.5% | 0.0% | 1.9% | 13.6% | 27.2% | 52.8% |
[i] Source: own study