Between Conservation and Promotion: A Closer Look at Bohemian Switzerland

You probably all know where to find me when I say I’m just a stone’s throw away from Bohemian Switzerland. You might have guessed that Saxon Switzerland is just across the border. I can’t quite reach it, but if I climb a hill, I can see all the way over there.

I’m sure you also know that Bohemian Switzerland is a national park. A national park—an institution whose primary mission is to protect and restore natural ecosystems, preserve biodiversity (of plants and animals), and the typical landscape, whatever that means (and whatever it will mean in the future, now that we’ve officially ended the climate crisis by decree; but that’s another story).

The national park’s sole purpose is to protect a specific area defined by law.
Okay.

And then there’s the non-profit organization Bohemian Switzerland. Yes, you’re currently on this organization’s website. Our mission is to promote Bohemian Switzerland, attract tourists here, and let everyone know just how wonderful it is here.
And that’s exactly what it is!

However, there is also a certain conflict between nature conservation and tourism, which we might call unsustainable.

That is exactly what I discussed with Václav Doleček, director of the public benefit corporation (and , some time ago, with Petr Kříž, director of the national park).