Attitudes of Prášily inhabitants

Questionnaire - perception of the Prášily inhabitants
Autumn 2015 (Martin Zahradník)

Overview of results (16 repondents - local inhabitants):

Q 8. What is needed here primarily to develop so that the village is as you want it?
Public spaces, sports facilities and services
 * In winter - to create an ice rink, ski lift for children. For the summer - to create sports places.
 * Area for sports recreation (swimming in summer, missing ski lift for skiers - Prášily visitors, lack of sports fields for youth)
 * A new water area, treatment of trees in the village
 * facilities for visitors, Sport + Leisure for citizens (barn)
 * Development of infrastructure for local residents; competition in the field of tourism services; Sport, culture
 * promotion of tourism, public transport.
 * infrastructure for visitors - benches, rest areas
 * an exhibition on Bohemian countryside, architecture
 * setting up a public toilet

The surrounding countryside, NP and the interest of tourists (assets)

 * nature
 * location in an attractive location with the possibility to sensitively promote tourism and hence the emphasis on conservation.
 * exceptional location in Sumava National Park
 * surrounding countryside
 * location of the village in the National Park.
 * convenient location in the Šumava National Park.
 * Location, history
 * High tourist interest.

Uncontrolled development and construction insensitive tourism

 * Building boom
 * large development projects
 * change of the development plan “on purpose”; further construction of apartments
 * Any change in the development plan with the intention of unduly expanding residential construction
 * insensitive development projects (housing)
 * Inappropriate housing development and thus the pressure on poorly managed tourism.
 * appartment housing for tourists
 * Further housing development and bulding on the land of the only one cultural monument.
 * Allowing wild village development of non-residential buildings. NO! to the black constructions and expansion of built-up area outside the village for recreational buildings.
 * monopolization; increase in activities leading to the creation of the Prášily "Disnayland"
 * Do not allow more housing projects than currently approved.
 * one-sided focus on tourism; promotion of “hidden interests”

Other

 * promoting personal interests at the expense of public ones
 * clear-cut harvesting in forests
 * Cancellation of the post-office
 * immoral behavior + oligarchisation of the Prášily village.