Tourism development of Vilenica and Škocjan caves according to reports by alpine societies and guides in the second half of the 19th century

Petra Kavrečič

doi:10.56420/Kronika.63.3.09

Tourism development of Vilenica and Škocjan caves according to reports by alpine societies and guides in the second half of the 19th century

Authors

Petra Kavrečič University of Primorska, Faculty of Humanities https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2587-579X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56420/Kronika.63.3.09

Keywords:

beginnings of cave tourism, 19th century, first guides/reports on caves, alpine societies, cave of Vilenica, caves of Škocjan

Abstract

The article, on the example of Vilenica and Škocjan caves, presents the conducted research activities of alpine societies (cave sections) in caves (especially those of Škocjan) as well as their effort for the tourist promotion. Both caves passed under the administration of cave sections in the 1880s, Vilenica under the Italian and Škocjan under the littoral section of the German-Austrian alpine society.