Second homes in the flow of time. An insight (not only) into cabin and cottage phenomenon in Czechia

Abstract

Second home recreation in its traditional form (cabins and cottages) as well as in the relatively recent forms (holiday apartment homes, holiday villages) is an important phenomenon in Czechia which influences not only on the tourism and leisure sector, but also the architecture, urbanism and the settlement system. The current situation caused by the coronavirus pandemic is this phenomenon has reinforced the importance and impacts of second homes.

Keywords

• second homes
• Czechia
• tourism
• recreation
• settlement