Abstract
Chapter deals with current issues of sustainable tourism in national parks from the perspective of environmental law. The topic of this issue is underscored not only in materials of international governmental and nongovernmental organizations, f.e.
United Nations Environmental Program - UNEP, World Tourism Organization - UNWTO and World Council of Travel and Tourism - WTTC or in Federation of Nature and National Parks of Europe - FNNPE, but is also a priority within the EU and Czech Republic. Sustainable tourism is seen as providing tourist needs in a way that helps the development of the territory with regard to economical use of natural and cultural values and leads to long-term prosperity of the region, without compromising the satisfaction of the needs of future generations.
But with the massive growth of tourism in recent years, in contrast to positive effects on the economy and regional development, the environmental degradation and the gradual destruction of nature and landscape is brought in alongside. The legal framework for sustainable tourism in the area of national parks and for nature protection against the negative effects of the massive growth of tourism in the Czech Republic is based especially on the Nature conservation and landscape protection act No. 114/1992 Sb.
Coll, and several special pieces of legislation which are set up in order to safeguard the protection of nature ecosystems and environment. The chapter deals with the legal instruments and conditions for the sustainable tourism in the national parks.