Overtourism and its impacts on residents of Prague 1

Title: Overtourism and its impacts on residents of Prague 1 Abstract: This thesis focuses on impacts of overtourism on residents of Prague 1. In theoretical part it discusses overtourism and its causes, which are related to, for example, the theory of the carrying capacity or the tourism area life cycle. The thesis also emphasizes aspects related to overtourism, such as urban tourism, quality of life or sustainable tourism, from which it draws suggestions for solutions to overtourism. The paper also presents the development of tourism in Prague with a focus on the years 2012-2021 and the strategies of the stakeholders who manage tourism in Prague. The theoretical part of the thesis is followed by primary research, which was designed through semi-structured interviews with 12 residents of Prague district 1. The individual areas of the interviews focused on the residents' attitudes towards tourism in Prague district 1, the residents' attitudes towards tourists, the residents' view of the quality of life in Prague district 1, and the residents' wishes for further development of tourism in Prague 1, including improving the quality of life in this area. The main objective of this paper is to assess the impact of overtourism on residents as a reflection of their responses. The results of the interviews were..