Estimation of off-track visits in a nature reserve: a case study in central Belgium

Evolution of international tourist flows from 1995 to 2018: A network analysis perspective

“…The traditional techniques for tracking tourist flows mainly depend on observations, interviews or questionnaires ( Zeng, 2018 ). Researchers are asked to track the tourists' movements to develop a map of tourists' distribution within a given destination ( Dumont, Roovers, & Gulinck, 2005 ). In addition, tourists are required to retrace their movements through self-administered questionnaires ( Xia et al, 2009 ).…”

A GIS Approach to Estimating Tourists' Off-road Use in a Mountainous Protected Area of Northwest Yunnan, China

“…This article proposes an alternative method of estimating spatial patterns in tourist use: park accessibility measurement with a geographical information system (GIS). It focuses on off-road use, which is the most difficult to estimate and most likely to have detrimental biophysical effects on natural resources (Marion and Leung 2004;Dumont et al 2005;Leung et al 2011;Wimpey and Marion 2011).…”

“…Another concern is the possibility that, when official tracks are closed, visitors may create informal tracks in remote, roadless areas (Marion and Leung 2004;Dumont et al 2005). Therefore, it is necessary to balance tourists' needs with the protection of resources in any track closure decision.…”

A Social Network Analysis of Overseas Tourist Movement Patterns in Beijing: the Impact of the Olympic Games

“…A variety of techniques have been applied in the observation of tourist movements by different scholars. The traditional tracking techniques are based on observations and interviews that require the researcher to follow an individual tourist and record his or her movements (Dumont et al , ). Participants are also asked to trace or retrace their spatial movements on a cartographic map using self‐administered questionnaires (Fennell, ; Wang and Manning, ).…”