Establishing a standard for park visitation analyses: Insights from Germany

Job, Hubert; Majewski, Lisa; Engelbauer, Manuel; Bittlingmaier, Sarah; Woltering, Manuel

doi:10.1016/j.jort.2021.100404

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“…Improving and innovating methodologies that enable and assist the sustainable management of protected areas are common goals among various stakeholders and the research community, as reflected in the objectives of numerous papers included in the present study. For example, Job et al [140] analysed methods to estimate attributes and the volume of visitors, while other authors provided alternative approaches for the decision-making processes concerning protected areas [141,142,156,157,165,167,184].…”

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Nature-Based Tourism in National and Natural Parks in Europe: A Systematic Review

Donici,

Dumitras

2024

Forests

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Considered among the fastest-growing industries in the world, tourism brings immense benefits but also creates certain challenges. Conservation of natural resources is a stringent necessity, without which the extraordinary ecosystems’ attributes that create the premises for nature-based tourism would reduce, alter, and subsequently disappear. The aim of the present review is twofold: gaining a general understanding of what nature-based tourism is and providing a systematic literature review of articles on nature-based tourism in European national and natural parks, with emphasis on their applicability. The articles included in the present review were selected based on the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) statement. The review accounts for research conducted between 2000 and 2021 and is divided into two sections: articles aimed at understanding tourists’ behaviour and articles that are focused on other stakeholders or have the local communities in the foreground. While many studies are aimed at understanding tourists’ behaviour as a means of improving parks’ management, participatory strategies including local communities are often indicated as beneficial. The results of this paper can facilitate future research in the field and provide valuable knowledge to policymakers and any interested parties.

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Nature-Based Tourism in National and Natural Parks in Europe: A Systematic Review

Donici,

Dumitras

2024

Forests

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“…Transferencia de conocimiento y toma de decisiones. otros y iii) observación indirecta, centrada en la recopilación de datos secundarios como la venta de entradas, billetes de autobús, reserva de aparcamientos o redes sociales como Instagram, Flickr, Twitter, etc., entre otros (Andersen et al, 2014;Andrew et al, 2021;Cessford & Muhar, 2003;Job et al, 2021;Orsi & Geneletti, 2013;Tenkanen et al, 2017;Walden-Schreiner et al, 2018;Wolf et al, 2012). En este sentido, resultan de especial relevancia las propuestas metodológicas de estimación de afluencia y monitoreo propuestas por Rogowski (2020) o Farías-Torbidoni & Morera (2019), que teniendo en común la combinación de diferentes opciones de registro (concretamente observación directa e indirecta), ambas proponen metodologías claras de cuantificación de afluencia de visitantes e incluyen la identificación de la distribución de estos dentro del espacio.…”

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Propuesta metodológica 360ª para la evaluación de la masificación en cimas de montaña. Un caso de estudio

Dorado

Torbidoni

Morera³

2022

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La actividad del turismo de naturaleza ha mostrado un crecimiento constante a nivel mundial que, acentuado por la situación de post confinamiento, ha puesto en evidencia la problemática de masificación de algunos entornos tan vulnerables como son las cimas de montaña. El objetivo de este trabajo se centra en presentar una propuesta metodológica integral de evaluación de la masificación en dichas cimas. En este caso, la metodología se aplicó en la Pica d’Estats, Parc Natural de l’Alt Pirineu. La propuesta metodológica 360º para la Evaluación de la Masificación en Cimas de Montaña (EMCM) fue elaborada teniendo en cuenta la consideración de cinco etapas: i) identificación de la afluencia de visitantes; ii) caracterización del perfil genérico del visitante; iii) determinación de la capacidad de carga turística; iv) cuantificación objetiva de la masificación; v) transferencia de conocimiento y toma de decisiones. Entre los principales resultados obtenidos en la aplicación de la EMCM propuesta en este caso de estudio cabe destacar: i) la identificación de la presencia objetiva de niveles de masificación en la cima durante los meses estivales de julio y agosto, que permitieron avanzar en el diseño participativo de tres grandes líneas de acción: a) consolidación de la oferta b) despliegue de la oferta c) regulación de vehículos a motor en la pista de acceso y ii) en cuanto al diseño metodológico en sí, la comprobación de la viabilidad y funcionalidad de la propuesta que sustenta la EMCM como una herramienta óptima y efectiva en el monitoreo y gestión del uso público en las cimas de montaña.

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“…More quality instead of quantity in rural nature tourism also corresponds much better with national park management and its nature conservation concerns (do not extend or enlarge huts and paths but rather the reverse). This also requires keeping an eye on the digital social media world and implementing appropriate visitor management measures [81].…”

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Park–People Relationships: The Socioeconomic Monitoring of National Parks in Bavaria, Germany

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Questions about park–people relationships and the understanding and handling of the conflicts that may result from the creation and management of national parks in the surrounding area are prerequisites for both successful park management and sustainable rural tourism development. This paper analyzes the roles that research may play in relation to park–people relationships in the context of the two oldest German national parks located in Bavaria. The different fields of action of national parks are used to identify the potential for conflict, using detailed case studies from the Bavarian Forest and Berchtesgaden National Parks using quantitative population surveys carried out in 2018. The overall attitude towards both national parks is overwhelmingly positive, with trust towards park administrations and the perceived economic benefits from rural tourism being the attitudes most strongly correlated to the overall level of park–people relationships. Nevertheless, some points of contention still exist, like the ecological integrity approach towards strict nature conservation and related landscape changes (e.g., deadwood cover). A comparison over time shows in both cases that the spatial proximity to the protected area negatively influences people’s attitudes towards the parks, but less so than in the past. Recommendations for national park management include communicating proactively and with greater transparency with locals and decision-makers, to identify conflicts earlier and, where possible, to eliminate them. Furthermore, developing a standardized method to monitor park–people relationships in Germany is a must and would benefit integrated approaches in research and management based on conservation social science.

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Establishing a standard for park visitation analyses: Insights from Germany

Cited by 17 publications

References 28 publications

Nature-Based Tourism in National and Natural Parks in Europe: A Systematic Review

Nature-Based Tourism in National and Natural Parks in Europe: A Systematic Review

Propuesta metodológica 360ª para la evaluación de la masificación en cimas de montaña. Un caso de estudio

Park–People Relationships: The Socioeconomic Monitoring of National Parks in Bavaria, Germany

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