Thematic Parks in the Context of Rural Development in Peripheral Regions

Abstract

Thematic parks being an element of rural land management in peripheral regions may constitute a very important factor for the development of these areas. To fulfil this task, the programmes and scope of investment of such parks should comply with the specificity of a given region. Localisation, the dimensions as well as the range of influence of thematic parks, should include natural and cultural characteristics of the potential investment area. Thesis: Small, thematic parks promoting the culture and natural values of a given region should be created in the areas which are valuable from a cultural and landscape point of view. Degraded areas may become fields of substantial investment in the thematic parks which are a culture-creating factor activating a given region and at the same time constituting an element of natural rehabilitation of a region.