The scientific and research profile of our older specialists is based on their original scientific and research orientation. From the Technologies in mining and the Geotechnical engineering (within Geotourism they dealing with the Mining tourism and the Mining heritage) through the Geological disciplines, to the Environmental science and the Environmental protection (with the emphasis on the Geotourism and the Sustainable development). Economically-oriented professionals are focused on economic issues connected to marketing, management, planning, project engineering, services in tourism, tourism development, tourism advertising etc. Very prospective and well-managed appears area of the evaluation of geological and historical mining tourism objects. The specialist of the Department of Geo and Mining Tourism are asserting themselves in the fundamental issues and theories in the world literature related to the aforementioned area. Original solutions were achieved by defining the Historical cultural routes passing through the Slovakia like Upper-Ugrian Mining Route or the Medieval Salt Route. The developing analysis of the historical mining towns and the development of mining in these towns by the use of geo-information tools leads to the restoration of the historic mining excavations and to the reconstruction of the landscape changes caused by the mining activities.
The Acta Geotouristica Journal is the scientific journal dedicated mainly to the Geotourism and the Mining Heritage, Tourism and the Protection of Natural Heritage in connection with activities of the tourism industry. Since 2010 is the journal published twice a year. The founder and the chief editor is Dr. h.c. prof. Ing. Pavol Rybár, PhD. Currently, we are trying to classified our journal to the prestigious citation databases. The composition of the international editorial board consists of experts in the area of Geotourism, Mining Tourism, Environmental Protection, Geology and Mining. The experts with reviewers are protecting the quality and originality of the papers, which could guarantee the high level of journal that is published in electronic form only in English language (ISSN 1338-2292). The chief editor of the journal is doc. Ing. Ľubomír Štrba, PhD. and the technical editor is doc. Ing. Ladislav Hvizdák, PhD.