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Journal articles on the topic "Visitors to protected areas"

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Chow, Alice S. Y., Anson T. H. Ma, Gwendolyn K. L. Wong, Theresa W. L. Lam, and Lewis T. O. Cheung. "The Impacts of Place Attachment on Environmentally Responsible Behavioral Intention and Satisfaction of Chinese Nature-Based Tourists." Sustainability 11, no. 20 (2019): 5585. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11205585.

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Increasing visits to protected areas in China have drawn public attention on the negative impacts on ecologically sensitive areas. Understanding potential determinants of the environmentally responsible behavioral intention of nature-based tourists has become a common focus in tourism studies. Scholars seek to explore potential determinants of visitors’ behavior, and the findings can be referenced by the managers of protected areas to formulate visitor management strategies. On the basis of a sample of 402 questionnaires collected in protected areas in South China, namely, Nanling National Forest Park and Dinghu Mountain National Nature Reserve, we explore the association between visitors’ place attachment and their satisfaction and environmentally responsible behavioral intention. The results show that place dependence and place identity are positively correlated with the satisfaction and environmentally responsible behavioral intention of visitors; thus, our results differ from those of previous studies on Western visitors. The lack of significant results regarding place social bonding revealed the shortcomings associated with visitor management in China’s protected areas. Chinese culture has a great influence on various findings in this study. All of the findings provide significant insights for management and policy-making regarding protected areas worldwide to accommodate the rising number of nature-based visitors to China.
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Drábková, A., and L. Šišák. "Forest visitors’ opinion of recreational facilities and trails in forests in the Blaník Protected Landscape Area – a case study." Journal of Forest Science 59, No. 5 (2013): 185–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.17221/77/2012-jfs.

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Currently, recreation is the most common use of protected areas and there are scarce data on the users and their opinion. The research was focused on visitors to the Blaník Protected Landscape Area (hereafter referred to as PLA), a well-known recreational area where data on visitors, important for PLA management, are missing. Therefore, the aim of the paper is find out: what kind of visitors comes to the study area; the type of forest trails and tourist facilities the visitors prefer. A questionnaire survey of forest visitors was used. Results show that the visitors mostly prefer maintained trails. According to forest visitors’ opinion, the most convenient facility to place near the forest tourist trail is the nature trail panels. Furthermore, based on the acquired data, it was possible to create a visitor’s profile which is important for respective research and other case studies in similar areas, and for managers of protected landscape areas to comply with both the visitors’ needs and the needs of the protected area.  
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Buckley, Ralf, Linsheng Zhong, and Xiangyuan Ma. "Visitors to protected areas in China." Biological Conservation 209 (May 2017): 83–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2017.01.024.

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Švajda, Juraj, Matej Masný, Samuel Koróny, Adalbert Mezei, Ivo Machar, and Karolina Taczanowska. "Visitor profiling using characteristics of socio-demographic and spatial behavior as tools to support the management of protected mountain areas." Geografie 123, no. 4 (2018): 461–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.37040/geografie2018123040461.

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Protected mountain areas are attractive tourist destinations, and the number of visitors to these areas is increasing. The extension of cable car operations into the summer season is a challenge for some protected areas. Our study focuses on visitor profiles and is based on the characteristics of socio-demographic and spatial behavior of cable car users of the Chopok area (Slovakia). The methods used involve recording visitors’ itineraries through the use of GPS loggers and conducting post-trip interviews with the study participants. In order to better understand visitors’ spatial behavior, the relationship between socio-demographic characteristics and trip itinerary parameters was analyzed. Additionally, three distinct visitor profiles based on cluster analysis were found in the investigated sample. The results can be used to enrich our knowledge concerning the spatial behavior of tourists in mountain environments, and more directly, for the management of cable car destinations located within protected areas.
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Barros, Carolina, Borja Moya-Gómez, and Juan Carlos García-Palomares. "Identifying Temporal Patterns of Visitors to National Parks through Geotagged Photographs." Sustainability 11, no. 24 (2019): 6983. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11246983.

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Visitor data is essential for decision-making, policy formulation, and monitoring of protected areas. In this context, the data on the temporal distribution of visitors is essential to characterize influx and seasonality, and even to measure the carrying capacity of a site. However, obtaining information from visitors often involves high costs and long production times. Moreover, traditional visitor data has a limited level of detail. New sources of data can provide valuable information regarding the timing of visits. In this study, we tested the use of geotagged data to infer the temporal distribution of visitors to 15 Spanish national parks, and we identified temporal patterns of the visits at three levels: monthly, weekly, and daily. By comparing official monthly visitor counts and geotagged photographs from Flickr, we observed that the number of monthly users who upload photos significantly reflects the number of monthly visitors. Furthermore, the weekly and daily distributions of the Flickr data provided additional information that could contribute to identifying the periods of highest visitor pressure, design measures to manage the concentration of visitors, and improve the overall visitor experience. The results obtained indicate the potential of new data sources for visitor monitoring in protected areas and to open opportunities for future research. Moreover, monitoring tourism in protected areas is crucial to ensure the sustainability of their resources and to protect their biodiversity.
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Dell'Eva, Martina, Consuelo Rubina Nava, and Linda Osti. "Perceptions and satisfaction of human–animal encounters in protected areas." Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes 12, no. 4 (2020): 441–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/whatt-05-2020-0024.

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Purpose The purpose of this study is to assess the role of animals in creating a satisfactory experience at a natural park by investigating the impact on visitors of the exposure to, or absence of, fauna, towards the visitors’ overall experience. Design/methodology/approach The work is based on a quantitative data collection of tourists visiting a nature park. Altogether, 532 valid questionnaires were collected and used for the analysis. A series of factor analyses was conducted on pull and push factors for animal encounters. The resulting factor domains (FDs) were used as independent variables in ordinal logistic regression models to describe customer satisfaction. Findings The results of this study show that important FDs characterize the main visitor characteristics. Although human–animal encounters are an important factor for some visitors, the encounters should be encouraged in the most natural manner possible and not in captivity. This brings us to the concept of “Interpretation”, where guides and guided tours can help with the encounters. Information given prior to and during the visit can ensure visitors are aware that animal encounters are subject to nature and cannot be guaranteed. Originality/value The presence of areas where a number of animals are in captivity and can be viewed by visitors is an important decision for national parks and protected areas, as animals represent a potential attraction for visitors. Nevertheless, this decision creates an ethical dilemma in relation to the exploitation of animals, exacerbated by recent and increasing pressure on sustainable management. This study provides valuable results for guiding park managers in making reasoned decisions.
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Zejda, David, and Josef Zelenka. "The Concept of Comprehensive Tracking Software to Support Sustainable Tourism in Protected Areas." Sustainability 11, no. 15 (2019): 4104. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11154104.

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Visitor management in protected areas requires knowledge of visitors—their numbers, time-space curves, motivation, behavior, and satisfaction as an important input. The systematic analysis, comparison, and synthesis of visitor monitoring methods, with the focus on methods for individual tracking, is conceptualized in the form of a mind map. The map serves as a basis for managed dialogues with experts from several protected areas in the Czech Republic. The theory and experts’ practical insight are processed by the means of systems analysis with the aim to formulate (1) a guideline for the integration of heterogeneous data about visitors and (2) the concept of an advanced intelligent software tour guide with an individual tracking function. The proposed concept aims to achieve comprehensive monitoring of visitors’ time-space behavior in the context of their socio-demographics, goals, preferences, feelings, and the resulting impressions. In addition, the visitor flows may be interactively influenced in a personalized way by the application, leading to better individual impressions and satisfaction, with full respect for the carrying capacity of the territory. Related challenges, such as the stimulation of visitors to use the application, are discussed. The ongoing experimental implementation of the concept as a part of a comprehensive destination application is mentioned at the end.
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Zeleke, Ahmed Nuru, and Tuğba Deniz. "The Impact of Visitor Profile on Effective Management of Protected Areas: A Case of Atatürk Arboretum." Sustainability 15, no. 6 (2023): 5208. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su15065208.

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Protected areas are important for education and scientific research, in addition to making a significant contribution to the economy in terms of tourism and recreation. One of the most important factors in the effective management of these areas are the visitors. In this article, the effect of visitors on the effective planning and management of arboretums, which is one of the protected areas used for scientific research, education, and observation concerning various species of plants, was investigated. This study focused on the visitors to Atatürk Arboretum, segmented into specific subgroups by applying cluster analysis according to their activities. The data were obtained via conducting face-to-face questionnaires with the visitors (n = 383) in the area. The cluster groups were characterized by the perceived importance of their desired benefit, and socio-demographic and behavioral characteristics. The socio-demographic characteristics of the visitors were determined using descriptive statistics, and the relations among visitor characteristics were determined through linear regression analysis. The visitor segments which differed from each other significantly were identified as recreationalists and photographers and learners. This study has practical and managerial implications for understanding the role of visitors in the management of the arboretum. The study revealed that the arboretum was visited for reasons outside of its establishment purposes. These findings might directly help the arboretum managers in improving more effective visitor and resource management strategies.
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Andrea, Veronika, Stilianos Tampakis, Georgios Tsantopoulos, and Evangelos Manolas. "Environmental problems in protected areas." Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal 25, no. 6 (2014): 723–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/meq-01-2014-0006.

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose an approach regarding the management measures for solving environmental problems in protected areas. Two neighboring protected areas with different features were chosen in order to investigate the similarity of the environmental problems with regard to these two areas and if it is possible for these problems to be solved through a network of protected areas. Design/methodology/approach – The research was carried out through the use of a questionnaire which was distributed to the inhabitants and visitors of both areas, as well as through interviews with the representatives of organizations responsible for the management and administration of those areas and representatives of the municipalities and the regional authorities these two national parks belong to. Simple random sampling was applied to the inhabitants and cluster sampling to the visitors. Findings – The results show that with regard to the visitors the most important problem is illegal hunting while for the inhabitants equally important is the problem of pollution and cleanliness. However, those responsible with the management of the two National Parks think that the greatest threat to the wider area is the problem of floods. Originality/value – The views of the stakeholders in a given time, provides us with the best possible information for solving the problems faced and can be used as a tool for increasing the effectiveness of the measures which have been taken to deal with the particular problems.
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Kajikawa, Masahiro, Takafumi Miyasaka, Yutaka Kubota, Akihiro Oba, and Katori Miyasaka. "Quantifying nationality bias in social media data on different platforms for visitor monitoring in Nikko National Park, Japan." Geographica Pannonica 27, no. 4 (2023): 228–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.5937/gp27-46222.

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Geotagged social media data have been used widely for visitor monitoring in protected areas. The data might, however, over or underestimate visitors from specific countries due to nationality bias, i.e., differences between nationality of actual visitors versus those visitors who post on social media. This study aimed to quantify nationality bias in social media data for visitor monitoring. We conducted a questionnaire survey in Nikko National Park, Japan. Questions covered the nationality of visitors and their usage of social media, and other visitor attributes and behavior. Foreign visitors had significantly different attributes and behaviors compared to Japanese. Non-Japanese Asian visitors were overrepresented in Instagram and Facebook data. In comparison, the X platform was more representative of all visitors. Nationality bias in different platforms needs more attention and further study in different areas.
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Gstaettner, Anna Maria. "Risk and responsibility: Managing visitors in recreational protected areas." Thesis, Gstaettner, Anna Maria (2020) Risk and responsibility: Managing visitors in recreational protected areas. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2020. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/60279/.

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Self-guided recreational visits to protected areas can involve exposure to a variety of environmental hazards and the risk of injury or death. Accidents and incidents occurring in these areas may be followed by litigation actions against managing authorities. If visits to national parks are framed as managed tourism and recreation products, do visitors expect that natural park experiences are safe? The thesis is a ‘PhD by publication’ comprising five original journal articles. The first paper explores responsibility for safety from the perspective of protected area management agencies in Australia, defining the context within which risk management decisions are made. The second and the third paper then focus on the examination of the extent and nature of visitor risk. First, trends and patterns of visitor incident occurrence in Western Australian protected areas are analysed. Aspects that contribute towards unintentional injuries are then identified and the importance of comprehensive incident reporting is discussed. The final two papers consider the visitors’ perspective of risk and responsibility for safety. Four visitor groups are identified that differed in their perceptions on responsibility-sharing in four Western Australian parks. The final paper examines visitors’ expectations of the level of risk management control and explores aspects that contribute to visitors feeling safe in parks. Adopting an interdisciplinary mixed-methods approach, the research includes an email-based Delphi study, an epidemiological approach to analyse visitor incident data, and a fieldwork component with data obtained through a visitor questionnaire. Each study was driven by an underlying curiosity about how visitors approach risk, how much management guidance is demanded by visitors in natural tourism settings and what elements affect individual efforts to staying safe. Park managers and visitors largely agreed that management agencies have some obligation to manage the safety of park experiences, albeit acknowledging that visitor behaviour is a significant driver of incident occurrences. Many of the visitors sampled in this research attributed at least some responsibility for safety to management agencies and responsibility-sharing perceptions affected some aspects of preparedness for risk. Results of this thesis suggest that risk management and control is a desired attribute of nature-based experiences in recreational protected areas, with the extent of management intervention affecting visitors’ confidence to deal with an emergency situation during their visit. However, park management agencies need to consider the wider implications when additional risk management measures are introduced if they affect people’s appreciation of danger and their perceptions on the requirement to prepare for risk.
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Reid, Scott Edmonds. "An Adaptive Assessment of Visitor Impacts to Protected Areas." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/32365.

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As an applied approach to recreation management, adaptive management allows researchers and protected area managers to cooperatively improve management policies, and achieve the dual mandate to protect natural resources and provide high-quality recreational experiences. Through an evaluation of the efficacy of campsite and campfire management policies, this research provides land managers with an empirical assessment to aid in the adaptation and improvement of their visitor management strategies. Results from the Shenandoah National Park camping management study suggest that an established camping visitor containment strategy succeeded in reducing the areal extent of camping impacts while minimizing restrictions on visitor campsite selection options. Findings from the campfire research in seven protected areas indicate that current campfire policies have been largely ineffectual at reducing resource damage, and may exact a heavy toll in visitor experiences via campfire restrictions. The incorporation of resource and social research in this research offers a holistic approach to the evaluation of management objectives and affords protected area managers a more balanced perspective on the assessment of their policies. The conclusions reached by this integrated research will provide land managers with germane and timely information that will allow them to adapt their policies to better achieve their recreation management objectives.<br>Master of Science
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Farrell, Tracy Ann. "Visitor Impact Assessment and Management for Protected Areas in Central and South America." Diss., Virginia Tech, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/40425.

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Ecotourism and protected area visitation have been steadily increasing in recent years in Central and South America, inevitably resulting in natural resource impacts. The consequences of such impacts may include natural resource degradation, diminished aesthetic qualities, or decreased functionality of certain facilities like recreation sites and trails. Recreation ecology and visitor impact management expertise and tools are available to help balance the potentially conflicting management goals of protecting natural resources and permitting visitation but such knowledge has not been widely used in Central and South America. The goals of this research were to characterize certain visitor-related natural resource impacts and to determine how these impacts could be assessed and managed in Central and South America. The research included case studies of eight protected areas in Costa Rica and Belize, trail impact assessment research at Torres del Paine National Park in Chile, and development of a new visitor impact assessment and management framework, presented as three papers intended for journal submission. The first paper had two objectives: 1) to identify visitor-related natural resource impacts at selected protected areas in Costa Rica and Belize to increase awareness about visitor impact problems, and 2) to apply and compare rapid trail and recreation site impact assessment procedures to provide study site managers with impact data and impact assessment procedures. A variety of natural resource impacts were reported by interview subjects and recorded by rapid assessment procedures. The management utility of the rapid trail and recreation site impact assessment procedures were compared and discussed and the need for developing additional rapid assessment procedures to evaluate other resource impacts reported by protected area managers was also identified. The intent of the second paper was to investigate trail impacts at Torres del Paine National Park. Study objectives included measuring the frequency and magnitude of selected trail impacts, and comparing the relative impact contribution of the amount of use, vegetation type, trail position and trail grade on common condition indicators such as width and incision. Findings somewhat contradicted those of other studies, revealing that amount of use significantly contributed to trail width and incision. However, findings also indicated that vegetation type and trail grade contributed to number of informal trails and trail incision, respectively. A variety of management strategies were recommended and suggestions were provided for future monitoring studies. The purpose of the third paper was to propose a new visitor impact assessment and management framework that would provide managers with a feasible means of addressing visitor impact management concerns for selected protected areas in Central and South America. The Protected Areas Impact Assessment and Management (PAIAM) framework was adapted from existing frameworks like carrying capacity and the Limits of Acceptable Change to provide a simple, cost-effective and relatively quick decision making process. PAIAM analyzes visitor impacts using an expert panel and incorporates stakeholders and local residents into decision making. This study experimentally applied the new framework in Mexico and compared PAIAM to existing frameworks. The focus of this dissertation is on Central and South America since they are heavily visited ecotourist regions that could potentially benefit from applying recreation ecology and visitor impact expertise and tools to protected area management. This research demonstrated that a variety of visitor impacts are affecting natural resources and visitor facilities like trails and recreation sites at selected protected areas in Central and South America. This research also developed and applied rapid impact assessment procedures and visitor impact frameworks for use in Central and South American protected areas.<br>Ph. D.
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Halpenny, Elizabeth A. "Environmental Behaviour, Place Attachment and Park Visitation: A case study of visitors to Point Pelee National Park." Thesis, University of Waterloo, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/718.

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This thesis explores the relationship between place attachment and pro-environmental behaviour expressed by visitors to Point Pelee National Park. Place attachment, the functional, cognitive and emotional bond with a place, may play a role in promoting environmentally responsible behaviours. This may be especially true of place-specific pro-environmental behaviours; however place attachment may also have a "carry-over" effect in that its impact on individuals' self identity may also foster pro-environmental behaviour in individuals' every day lives. <br /><br /> An exploration of these relationships was achieved, first by measuring the intensity of place attachment and pro-environment behavioural intentions expressed by visitors to Point Pelee National Park. This was followed by an examination of the relationship between these two constructs using correlation analysis and structural equation modeling. Data was collected with a mail-based self-completed questionnaire. A quota sample of visitors to Point Pelee National Park was utilized. A response rate of 32% (<em>n</em> = 355) was achieved. <br /><br /> The relationship between place attachment and pro-environmental intentions was explored further through the measurement of several related variables. These factors include place satisfaction (based on an appraisal of nature, social and activity-based environments), motivation for visiting the park (related to social interaction and nature observation, as well as activity-based and learning opportunities), distance between the park and visitors' residences, membership in environmental organizations, and visitation patterns including visitation to the park during childhood, length of affiliation with the park, length of visit to the park, and frequency of visitation to the park. Theoretical and empirical research suggests that these factors may affect place attachment, pro-environment behavioural intentions, and/or the relationship between these two constructs. <br /><br /> Study results found positive associations between place attachment and all of these variables with the exception of visitation motives associated with learning and engaging in a favourite activity. The strongest predictive relationships were observed with anti-substitution (the inability of an individual to substitute the park for another destination because of a lack of resources such as time or money or a lack of awareness of comparable sites) followed by frequency of visits to the park; park commitment (based on Friends group membership and donations of time and money to the Friends group); Friends of Point Pelee (FoPP) membership; and park relationship (which was based on visitation to the park as a child and length of affiliation); and, satisfaction with the park. <br /><br /> Results support the proposition that place attachment has a strong positive association with both park-specific pro-environment behavioural intentions (e. g. , Write letters in support of Point Pelee N. P. and similar protected areas) as well as general pro-environment behavioural intentions (e. g. , Pay extra for transportation if it is environmentally-friendly). Place attachment strongly predicted park-specific, and moderately predicted general pro-environmental intentions. A number of other variables had an indirect effect on park-specific intentions; notable effects were demonstrated by frequency of visits; park relationship; visitation to the park as a child; place satisfaction; social satisfaction; FoPP membership; and, park commitment; anti-substitution. These affects were mediated by place attachment. After place attachment the strongest predictors of park-specific intentions were anti-substitution; frequency of visits; park commitment; and, general environmental commitment (which was based on membership in an environmental organization and donations of time and money to that organization). <br /><br /> Place attachment was not the only direct predicator of general pro-environmental intentions; general environmental commitment and membership in an environmental organization also directly predicted general pro-environmental intentions. Notable indirect effects, mediated by place attachment were produced by frequency of visits; park relationship; FoPP membership; park commitment; and anti-substitution. The strongest predictors of general pro-environmental intentions were general environmental commitment, followed by place attachment, membership in an environmental organization, and frequency of park visitation. <br /><br /> These findings correspond with much of the literature published on place attachment formation and the development of pro-environmental behaviours. The most notable contribution of this study is its comparison of place attachment's impact on general versus place-specific behaviours, and the role that several related variables play in this relationship.
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Reigner, Nathan P. "Exploring Visitors: Using the Theory of Planned Behavior to Understand Visitor Behavior and Improve the Efficacy of Visitor Information in Haleakalā National Park." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/36048.

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Resource and visitor experience degradation in Haleakalā National Park resulting from recreational use of the Pools of 'Ohe'o has led park officials to discourage visitor use of the pools. This study uses the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) to examine relationships among visitors' attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control with regard to exploring the pools, their intentions to explore, and their actual behaviors while visiting the pools. Further, this study examines the influence of persuasive messages on visitors' behavior at the pools. Persuasive message treatments emphasize either the dangers of exploring the Pools of 'Ohe'o or resource protection and visitor experience impacts of recreational use at the pools. Through regression analysis of attitudes, norms, and perceived behavioral control with intention to explore, TPB is generally found to be an effective model for understanding visitor behavior at 'Ohe'o's Pools, particularly when visitors are exposed to persuasive messages. Results of analysis of variance indicate that the TPB model components of attitudes and subjective norms with regard to traveling companions and National Park Service officials are influenced by exposure to the persuasive treatment messages. Additionally, both intention to explore the pools and observed exploration behavior are significantly lower among those visitors receiving any persuasive treatment message. Thus, results of this research generally support the individual relationships assumed within TPB. With identification of the most influential components of visitor behavior, as understood through the TPB model developed in this study, managers of Haleakalā National Park will be able to develop and apply persuasive interpretive messages that maximize safe and sensitive visitor recreational behavior at the Pools of 'Ohe'o.<br>Master of Science
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Kalisch, Dennis [Verfasser], and Volkmar [Akademischer Betreuer] Hartje. "Recreational use of protected areas in Germany: Evaluating visitors’ perception of crowding in the Wadden Sea National Park / Dennis Kalisch. Betreuer: Volkmar Hartje." Berlin : Universitätsbibliothek der Technischen Universität Berlin, 2012. http://d-nb.info/1023947153/34.

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Perry, Otárola Alejandra Isabel. "Caracterización de los visitantes del Parque Nacional Llanos de Challe, Región de Atacama." Tesis, Universidad de Chile, 2017. http://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/151376.

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Memoria para optar al Título Profesional de Ingeniero Forestal<br>Las áreas protegidas son un componente esencial en las estrategias de conservación de biodiversidad, sin embargo, su correcto funcionamiento se ha visto amenazado por problemas de gestión, derivados de un mal manejo de los recursos económicos, falta de personal especializado, falta de control en el uso público, entre otras razones. En relación al uso público de las áreas protegidas, para abordar su gestión, se ha demostrado indispensable conocer los tipos de visitantes que frecuentan un área determinada, sus motivaciones y comportamiento. Dependiendo del tipo de visitante se podrán adaptar, en las áreas protegidas, las políticas ambientales para obtener resultados amigables con la conservación, generando acciones en función del grado de movilidad de los visitantes y su interacción con el entorno. En este contexto, esta memoria tiene como objetivo identificar el perfil de los vistantes del Parque Nacional Llanos de Challe, en la región de Atacama. Específicamente se identificaron sus características sociodemográficas, motivaciones y familiaridad con el Parque logrando determinar una tipología de visitantes. Para el logró de los objetivos se realizaron encuestas a los visitantes chilenos presentes en el parque durante enero y febrero del año 2012. Los resultados arrojaron que la mayor parte de los visitantes del Parque provienen de la región de Atacama, es un estrato joven con un nivel educacional alto, situación laboral activa e ingresos mensuales superior al sueldo mínimo. En relación a las motivaciones, comportamiento y familiaridad con el parque, se obtuvieron cuatro tipos de visitantes. De los cuales, la mayoría acude al parque motivado por la playa, para recrearse y descansar y no por un interés en los atributos naturales del Parque. Por otro lado, se obtuvo que un grupo no menor de visitantes asocia el parque con un área de conservación de biodiversidad. Además, existe un número de visitantes que no presenta interés por la naturaleza del Parque ni percibe de forma correcta su función, quienes podrían estar presentando comportamientos ambientales negativos. Para revertir esta situación es necesaria la entrega eficiente de información, entendiendo que la información ambiental como instrumento de sensibilización social hacia los valores ecosistémicos debiese ser objetivo prioritario para la conservación de la naturaleza en áreas protegidas.<br>Protected areas are an essential component of biodiversity conservation strategies, however, in many cases, its correct functioning has been threatened by management problems, due to poor management of economic resources, lack of specialized personnel, and lack of control in public use, among other reasons. In relation to the public use of protected areas, to approach their management, it has been proved indispensable to know the types of visitors who frequent a particular area, their motivations and behavior. Depending on the type of visitor, environmental policies in protected areas can be adapted to obtain conservation friendly results, generating actions based on the degree of visitor mobility and their interaction with the environment. It is within this context that this study has the object of identify the profile of the visitors of the Llanos de Challe National Park, in the Atacama region. Specifically, sociodemographic characteristics, motivations and familiarity with the park were identified, thus determining a typology of visitors. To achieved these objectives Chilean visitors to the park were surveyed during the months of January and February of 2012. The results obtained showed that the majority of visitors of the park come from the Atacama region, are mainly young people with a high educational level, an active labor status and monthly income higher than the minimum wage. In relation to the motivations, behavior and familiarity with the park, four types of visitors emerged. In general, most visitors come to the park for the beach, looking for recreation and rest instead of experiencing the natural attributes of the park. On the other hand, it was obtained that a high percentage of the visitors associated the park as a natural area of conservation of biodiversity. There are, however, a number of visitors who are not interested in the nature of the park and do not correctly perceive the park's function, which may be contributing to negative environmental behavior. To reverse this situation it becomes necessary to deliver information efficiently; it is imperative to view environmental information as an instrument of social awareness for ecosystem values in order to ensure the conservation of nature in protected areas.
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Fisher, Chris C. "Communication and interpretive visitor services in protected areas of northern Thailand, an evaluation and assessment." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ40047.pdf.

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Palmieri, Maria Luísa Bonazzi. "Educação ambiental em áreas protegidas do Estado de São Paulo e sua contribuição à escola." Universidade de São Paulo, 2018. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/91/91131/tde-26072018-150813/.

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As visitas a espaços não formais como as áreas protegidas têm sido utilizadas na educação escolar. Estudos já realizados mostram a importância dessas visitas, bem como algumas de suas fragilidades. Porém, há necessidade de se compreender a contribuição desses momentos para a escola. Assim, o objetivo desta pesquisa foi analisar a existência de contribuições dessas visitas às escolas e, caso existentes, caracterizá-las, considerando as concepções e práticas dos envolvidos na visitação e os seus contextos institucionais. Dados iniciais foram coletados por meio de questionário e permitiram mapear as áreas protegidas do Instituto Florestal e da Fundação Florestal, unidades da Secretaria do Meio Ambiente do Estado de São Paulo, que desenvolvem atividades de uso público com estudantes e professores, com foco nas visitas escolares monitoradas. A partir das respostas, foram selecionadas duas áreas, uma de cada unidade, para análise. Foram realizadas observações de visitas escolares monitoradas, entrevistas com representantes das áreas e professores das escolas visitantes e coletados documentos referentes a essas áreas. Para análise, consideraram-se referências do campo da educação escolar e da educação ambiental na perspectiva crítica, bem como documentos normativos referentes à educação ambiental em áreas protegidas. Constatou-se que em 72% (quarenta e nove) das sessenta e oito áreas protegidas administradas pelo Instituto Florestal e Fundação Florestal que responderam a pesquisa são desenvolvidas atividades de uso público com professores e alunos, sendo que as visitas escolares monitoradas ocorrem em 66% (quarenta e cinco áreas), com a presença das trilhas em grande parte dessas áreas. Nas concepções dos envolvidos, são indicadas contribuições à educação escolar, com ênfase na vivência propiciada aos alunos. Das três visitas acompanhadas, apenas uma propôs metodologia diferenciada da expositiva, com busca de objetos na trilha. Em todas predominaram informações biológicas, sem valorização, na prática pedagógica, da conservação e sem relação com a perspectiva crítica da educação ambiental. Deste modo, as contribuições ficam restritas à sua importância enquanto momento de vivência no ambiente natural pelos estudantes, conforme valorizado pelos entrevistados, e atividade prática complementar. Considerando estes resultados, confirma-se a hipótese de que as visitas escolares monitoradas contribuem para a educação escolar. Essa contribuição ocorre por meio da oportunidade da visita (como direito e parte da formação cidadã), da vivência no ambiente natural proporcionada aos alunos (que possibilita o despertar de sentimentos e emoções) e da contribuição ao trabalho docente (apoio para a realização de atividade prática e momento de relaxamento, com diminuição do desgaste profissional). Para a potencialização e ampliação dessas contribuições, em direção à perspectiva crítica da educação ambiental, são propostos aspectos pedagógicos e institucionais a serem considerados na visitação escolar monitorada em áreas protegidas.<br>Visits to non-formal places, such as in protected areas, have been used in school education. Researches show the importance of these visits as well as some weaknesses. However, there is a need to understand the contribution of these moments to the school. Thus, this research goal was to analyze the existence of contributions from these visits to school and, in case of affirmative answer, typify them considering visitors\' conceptions and practices and their institutional context. Initial data have been collected through a questionnaire. This allow a mapping of protected areas from the Forest Institute and Forest Foundation, both units of Environment Secretariat of São Paulo State that develop public use activities with scholars and teachers, focused on monitored school visits. From the answer of the questionnaire, two areas of different units have been selected for analyses. This study also holds observations of monitored school visits and interviews of representatives from the areas and teachers from schools that have visited the venue. It also collected documents of these areas. For analysis, were considered references in school education field and in environmental education in a critical view as well as normative documents regarding environmental education in protected areas. It has been observed that in 72% (forty nine) of sixty eight protected areas administrated by the Forest Institute and Forest Foundation that answered the questionnaire public use activities are being developed with scholars and teachers, giving that monitored school visits occurred in 66% (forty five areas), with the presence of tracks in most of them. The point of view of everyone involved show contributions to school education, emphasizing the experience provided to students. From the three visits followed, only one proposed a different explanation methodology, with objects search during the track. In all of them, prevailed biological information, without any promotion of conservation in the pedagogical practice and without relation with a critical perspective of the environmental education. Thus, contributions are limited to its importance as students\' personal experiment moment in a natural habitat, according pointed by interviewers, as well as a complementary practice. Considering these results, has been confirmed the hypothesis that monitored school visits contribute to scholar education. This contribution occurred by visits opportunity (as a right and part of citizen training), by providing students to live in a natural habitat (allowing feelings and emotions to awake) and by contributing to teachers work (supporting the development of a practical activity and a relax moment which can reduce work-related strain). In order to enhance and amplify all these contributions toward a critical perspective of environmental education, this study proposes pedagogical and institutional aspects that must be considered in monitored school visits in protected areas.
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Do, Huong Hue. "Differences between Vietnamese and Western Protected Area Visitors in Viet Nam: Evidence from Cat Tien National Park." Thesis, Griffith University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/366324.

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Protected areas in Viet Nam and other developing Asian countries are being subjected to growing ecological stress due to increases in the number of domestic and international visitors associated with the country’s rapid development and integration into the global economy. International tourists largely adhere to a widely recognised biocentric Western construct of the ‘ecotourist’, leading to more predictable implications for management and product development. In contrast, little is known about the characteristics of domestic visitors to Viet Nam’s protected areas and in particular the extent to which they adhere to the model of the Western ecotourist. Ecotourism is popularly defined as embracing three core criteria: emphasis on relatively undisturbed nature-based attractions; provision of environmental learning and education opportunities; and management and planning protocols that are compatible with the sustainability ‘triple bottom line’. Within that distinctive market segment, ecotourists show variability along a hard-soft spectrum in which harder or softer ecotourists are differentiated respectively by dedicated or casual interest, preference for physical rigour or comfort, and commitment to deep or shallow environmentalism. An intermediate group of ‘structured ecotourists’ combines harder and softer ecotourism characteristics.<br>Thesis (PhD Doctorate)<br>Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)<br>Griffith Business School<br>Griffith Business School<br>Full Text
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McCrone, Ann. Visitor impacts on marine protected areas in New Zealand. Dept. of Conservation, 2001.

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1958-, Brown Greg, and Cooperative Research Centre for Sustainable Tourism, eds. Managing Australia's protected areas: A review of visitor management models, frameworks and processes. Sustainable Tourism CRC, 2006.

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1977-, Lemieux Christopher J., and Parks Research Forum of Ontario., eds. Social science research in parks and protected areas: Proceedings of a symposium held at the Algonquin Provincial Park Visitor Centre. Parks Research Forum of Ontario, 2005.

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1942-, Graham R., Nilsen Per 1956-, Payne R. J, and Heritage Resources Centre, eds. Innovations and challenges in the management of visitor opportunities in parks and protected areas: --commemorating the work of the late Robert Graham. Heritage Resources Centre, University of Waterloo, 1995.

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Joppa, Lucas N., Jonathan E. M. Baillie, and John G. Robinson, eds. Protected Areas. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118338117.

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Gillespie, Josephine. Protected Areas. Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40502-1.

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Association, Canadian Forestry, ed. Protected areas. Canadian Forestry Association = Association forestière canadienne, 1994.

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Phillips, Adrian, ed. Financing Protected Areas. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland, and Cambridge, UK, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/iucn.ch.2000.pag.5.en.

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Claudet, Joachim, ed. Marine Protected Areas. Cambridge University Press, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781139049382.

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Gubbay, Susan, ed. Marine Protected Areas. Springer Netherlands, 1995. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0527-9.

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Hutchinson, Oliver, and Niall Finneran. "Between High and Low Tide. Participatory Approaches to Managing England’s Coastal and Riverine Natural and Cultural Heritage: A Case Study from the CITiZAN Initiative." In Managing Protected Areas. Springer International Publishing, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-40783-3_6.

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AbstractThe English coastline represents arguably the most extensive and diverse natural landscape in the country, drawing a wide range and number of visitors annually. Here we focus specifically on the intertidal zone, the part of the shore revealed before and after the high tide. This is an area of rich ecological diversity and also of important historical interest. The intertidal zone is not just associated with the sea, but also the tidal zones of rivers and their estuaries. In this chapter, we will be considering the impact of the recently completed Heritage Lottery Funded CITiZAN project (Coastal and Intertidal Zone Archaeological Network) and how it sought to engage communities in the recording of fragile cultural and natural heritage on Britain’s coasts. Although obviously having an archaeological focus, we argue that this project can act as a template for future sustainable inclusive and participatory approaches to managing coastal heritage, and not solely in the UK.
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Hewlett, Denise, Richard Gunton, Debra Gray, et al. "Tourism and Visitor Management in Protected Areas Post-pandemic: The English Context." In Managing Protected Areas. Springer International Publishing, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-40783-3_15.

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AbstractProtected areas comprise of some of the most precious and sensitive habitats on the planet. However, many of these areas are also used as major tourism and leisure destinations. Managed well, these areas can safeguard biodiversity conservation with multiple positive benefits to local populations and economies. Yet, where not carefully planned and managed, there has long been recognition of the possibility of negative impacts on natural environments and social consequences for local communities. This chapter considers such impacts experienced in Dorset, UK, post the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. It reviews how effective some of the most commonly used tools for preventing and/or ameliorating impacts can be in a situation that proved to overwhelm many protected area agencies and other key stakeholders. As such insights for both academics and practitioners are provided in terms of what data and how such data might be collated and used to enhance management strategies in reactive situations.
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Belfort, Jocelyn, Hugues Séraphin, and Godson Lubrun. "Managing a UNESCO World Heritage Site in a Post-colonial, Post-conflict and Post-disaster Destination. The Case of the Haitian National History Park." In Managing Protected Areas. Springer International Publishing, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-40783-3_7.

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AbstractThe Haitian National History Park, which comprises the historical sites of the Citadel, Sans-Souci and Ramiers, is Haiti’s sole UNESCO World Heritage Site. The site aims to contribute to fostering a sense of community among all Haitians. Equally importantly, it seeks to instil a sense of national pride despite the negative image of Haiti conveyed by the popular media. All the attempts to turn the Park into a tourist destination have failed however, despite the site’s huge potential. On top of the political, economic and social issues faced by modern Haiti, the lack of leadership on developing tourism strategies also impacts negatively on the promotion of the site. This chapter considers the main difficulties of managing a Caribbean UNESCO site within a post-colonial, post-conflict and post-disaster context. Key issues that are faced include: lack of professionalism of tourism actors, lack of leadership and absence of vision, lack of knowledge of visitor needs and requirements, as well as the problematic external image of Haiti as a tourism destination. Although the focus of the paper is on a cultural heritage site, we raise wider issues here that have relevance to other debates around how heritage in an environment such as Haiti’s might be managed.
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Sarra, Annalina, Adelia Evangelista, and Tonio Di Battista. "Assessment of visitors’ perceptions in protected areas through a model-based clustering." In Proceedings e report. Firenze University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.36253/978-88-5518-461-8.46.

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Protected areas are well-defined geographical spaces that, in view of their recognized, natural, ecological or cultural values, receive protection. They have the twofold mandate of protection of natural resources and providing a space for nature-based tourism activities. In the last years, the nature-based tourism is experiencing positive and sustainable growth worldwide. Understanding the value attached by visitors to their destination and know their assessment on various activities in which they are engaged during their stay is a key element in shaping tourist’s satisfaction. Objective of this research was to identify the profiles of visitors to tourist destinations within Natural Park of Majella (Abruzzo region, Italy) and to assess the link with their satisfaction. The data for this study were collected by means of a structured questionnaire administrated to tourists who visited the sites of the protected area during the last three summer months. A total of 150 valid questionnaires were obtained and form the base of the data analysis. Through a Bayesian model-based clustering, better known as Bayesian Profile Regression, we partition visitors into clusters, characterized by similar profiles in terms of their demographic characteristics (age, gender, education attainment), as well as, in terms of the features of their travel behaviour (accommodation, length of stay, past visitation experience). A further benefit of the followed approach lies in the ability of that Bayesian technique of simultaneously estimating the contribute of all covariates to the outcome of interest. In our context, we explore the association of detected groups with the tourists’ satisfaction. In the survey, the global quality of tourism service is segmented into single features and respondents were asked to give their level of appreciation on a five-point Likert satisfaction scale. To estimate the latent trait measured by the items and related to the overall satisfaction we followed an IRT modelling.
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Hameed, Asim, Øyvind Sørdal Klungre, Andrew Perkis, Gøran Bolme, and Andrew Brownridge. "User Evaluation of a Storytelling Application Assisting Visitors in Protected Nature Areas." In Interactive Storytelling. Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-92300-6_34.

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Walker, Therez B., and Natalya Lawrence. "Advocacy for protected areas in the Caribbean: a collaborated approach to ecotourism in Antigua and Barbuda." In Tourism transformations in protected area gateway communities. CABI, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9781789249033.0005.

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Abstract The Caribbean is unique for its diverse marine and terrestrial environment that provides shoreline protection, food security and livelihoods, as well as facilitating tourism and other economic activities, for its residents and visitors alike. The role of Protected Areas (PAs) for conservation has been realized, and consideration must be given to the intricate linkages between social, economic and biological systems on small islands. The North East Marine Management Area (NEMMA) plays a significant role in the island of Antigua and Barbuda, for its importance to biodiversity conservation, as it connects many marine PAs in one continuous zone over the commercially important east coast of the island. This chapter highlights the advocacy work of those in gateway communities, and the importance of stakeholder collaboration in developing ecotourism. Practical implications emerge, as this case provides a framework for governance to collaborate for a more inclusive form of sustainable ecotourism in PAs.
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González-Herrera, Manuel Ramón, Rosa Herminia Suárez-Chaparro, and Karina Hernández-Casimiro. "Contribution of tourism to sustainable development: Samalayuca Dunes (Mexico)." In Tourism transformations in protected area gateway communities. CABI, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9781789249033.0006.

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Abstract In achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), especially in protected natural areas (PNAs), it is necessary to promote the conservation of an area's natural and cultural heritage. The objective here is to potentiate a low-impact tourism model with the participation of the local community in the Samalayuca Dunes, Mexico, to achieve the SDGs. To this purpose, a participatory low-impact tourism strategy was built with stakeholders in gateway communities, based on three pillars: natural/cultural heritage; economic development; and social wellbeing. The strategy integrated six stages: a perception study on the development model; situational diagnosis of the Public Use Zone; study of natural and cultural resources for tourism use; tourism carrying capacity; sustainability criteria; and design of interpretive ecotourism trails. As a result, a sustainable tourism protocol, recommendations for a management and public use programme, an interpretation and environmental education programme, and a code of conduct for visitors were transferred to the community.
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Luci, Andrés Ried, and Ana Goytia Prat. "Sense of place and meaning attributed to nature as a tool for understanding tourists' experiences in nature-based tourism destinations - the visitor perspective." In Managing visitor experiences in nature-based tourism. CABI, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9781789245714.0005.

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Abstract This chapter proposes an alternative model for analysing the tourism experience in nature-based tourism destinations (NBTDs): a qualitative approach that enables interpretation of the complex and hermeneutical nature of tourism experiences. The model rests on three pillars: (i) comprehension of the attributes comprising sense of place (SP); (ii) understanding the links between visitors and the sites where tourism experiences occur; and (iii) interpretation of the perceived benefits of tourism experience in NBTDs. The model was applied in two natural protected areas in Spain and Chile. The findings demonstrate that the model facilitates the identification of meanings that NBTD visitors assign to their experience and enables us to establish links between visitors, tourists and the territory.
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Luci, Andrés Ried, and Ana Goytia Prat. "Sense of place and meaning attributed to nature as a tool for understanding tourists' experiences in nature-based tourism destinations - the visitor perspective." In Managing visitor experiences in nature-based tourism. CABI, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9781789245714.0049.

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Abstract This chapter proposes an alternative model for analysing the tourism experience in nature-based tourism destinations (NBTDs): a qualitative approach that enables interpretation of the complex and hermeneutical nature of tourism experiences. The model rests on three pillars: (i) comprehension of the attributes comprising sense of place (SP); (ii) understanding the links between visitors and the sites where tourism experiences occur; and (iii) interpretation of the perceived benefits of tourism experience in NBTDs. The model was applied in two natural protected areas in Spain and Chile. The findings demonstrate that the model facilitates the identification of meanings that NBTD visitors assign to their experience and enables us to establish links between visitors, tourists and the territory.
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Sgambati, Domenico, Erica Moura, Ala Eddine Said, et al. "Monitoraggio, conservazione e informazione nella Baia Di Ieranto: un modello circolare per la gestione delle Aree Marine Protette." In Proceedings e report. Firenze University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.36253/978-88-5518-147-1.60.

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The 7 years monitoring-conservation-information program in the special B zone of Ieranto bay (belonging to the Marine Protected Area Punta Campanella - Naples, Italy) shows good results in terms of reducing illegal activities (such as illegal fishing, unauthorized boating, pollution and anchoring) and promoting environmental awareness for visitors. This 3-way management model represents one of the best practices of the MPA that could be applied to other MPAs in order to improve the correct usage of a protected area and to decrease/control the illegal actions and protect the environment
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Conference papers on the topic "Visitors to protected areas"

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Tudor, Radu, Ileana Patru-Stupariu, Ancuta Fedorca, and Mirea Marian. "STRUCTURAL CONNECTIVITY ANALYSIS IN THE CARPATHIAN ECOREGION: PRELIMINARY STEPS FOR DEVELOPING LANDSCAPE NETWORKS." In 24th SGEM International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference 2024. STEF92 Technology, 2024. https://doi.org/10.5593/sgem2024v/3.2/s13.40.

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Landscape and ecosystem preservation represents an integrated approach for conserving healthy and interconnected ecosystems. In order to maintain high-quality habitats and maximising the ecosystem services is crucial to have a good bond between connected areas. On both the Romanian and European levels, the backbone of these interconnected areas is formed by Natura 2000 networks [1] The objectives of our study aim to address the Biodiversity 2030 Directive, which mandates the establishment of a coherent network of protected areas and the legal protection of at least 30% of the terrestrial surface of each EU country [2]. Currently, Romania has 23% of its terrestrial surface under protection. To summarise, our goal is to create a landscape network at the level of the Romanian Carpathian ecoregion using structural connectivity analyses, of course, we will accomplish several secondary objectives before reaching this final goal, such as: identifying and classifying connectors, identifying forest patches favourable to the connectivity of protected areas, and classifying protected areas based on connectivity. To ensure high-quality habitats and maximize ecosystem services, such a network requires strong connections between different areas.
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Tighe-Ford, D. J., P. Khambhaita, and W. S. Cheung. "Remote Surveys of Cathodically Protected Seabed Pipelines - a Modelling Study." In CORROSION 1993. NACE International, 1993. https://doi.org/10.5006/c1993-93532.

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Abstract The application of physical scale modelling to the design and evaluation of non-contact surface potential and electric field gradient (EFG) survey techniques is illustrated by a study of a one-sixtieth scale model of a damaged, coated 210 m section of pipeline with two anodes and different areas of coating damage, under exposed and partially buried conditions. Effects of survey distance and the axis/separation of field gradient probes were examined. EFG profiles provided better definition of anodes and different areas of damage than those obtained from measurement of surface potentials. Burial markedly reduced the definition of profiles. The derived anode current outputs, according to the McCoy equation, corresponded well with the measured system output. The study illustrates how physical scale modelling enables the development of databases under defined conditions and facilitates the analysis of data collected offshore.
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Chaudhary, Zia, Avtandil K. Bairamov, Fernandez Rodel, and Fahad Al-Mutlaq. "Cathodic Protection of Reinforced Concrete Seawater Structures in Petrochemical Plants (Case Histories of Longterm Performance)." In CORROSION 2004. NACE International, 2004. https://doi.org/10.5006/c2004-04343.

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Abstract The petrochemical plants in Arabian Gulf use seawater to remove exothermic heat generated in the reactors. In each plant, seawater is stored in large reinforced concrete reservoirs that provide cooling system to the plant. Most of these plants came on-stream in early 1980s. After only few years service, many of those seawater structures started showing signs of distress in the form of cracking and spalling of concrete resulting due to chloride-induced corrosion of the steel reinforcement. Cathodic protection (CP) systems were designed and installed to arrest corrosion of the reinforcing steel in the seawater structures. The cathodic protection systems have an operating history of 8-10 years. Long-term performance and assessment of these systems are described and discussed. The monitoring data collected from these systems have shown that 100 mV decay criterion was met at most of the protected areas and as a result of CP application, free corrosion potentials of the steel reinforcement had been shifted towards less negative potentials by some 150 to 200 mV, exhibiting restoration of steel passivity in many areas. The results show that all CP systems are performing satisfactorily and meeting the design objectives in controlling the corrosion of the steel reinforcement. Visual condition of the protected areas of the structures are exhibiting no signs of deterioration of concrete or rust staining since the commissioning and operation of these CP systems. However, severe deterioration of concrete was noticed in some unprotected or under-protected areas of one structure.
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Ramirez, Agustina, Lucía de León, Juan Sebastian Blandon, and Nelcy N. Atehortua-Sanchez. "Assessing Protected Areas for Migratory Birds in Uruguay Using Correlation Analysis." In 2024 IEEE URUCON. IEEE, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1109/urucon63440.2024.10850461.

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Schmitz, M. F., D. Ruiz-Labourdette, P. F. Sañudo, C. Montes, and F. D. Pineda. "Participation of visitors in the management design of protected natural areas." In SUSTAINABLE TOURISM 2006. WIT Press, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.2495/st060131.

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Stemberk, Josef. "ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF ŠUMAVA NATIONAL PARK." In Fourth International Scientific Conference ITEMA Recent Advances in Information Technology, Tourism, Economics, Management and Agriculture. Association of Economists and Managers of the Balkans, Belgrade, Serbia, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.31410/itema.2020.73.

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The main task of nature protection is to preserve or improve the current state of nature. Thus, it might seem that the economic benefits of the national park are not important for the management of the protected area, but calculating the economic benefits of protected areas for the region improves its acceptance among locals and visitors, as well as political and economic actors. From 2017 to 2019, Šumava National Park (Bohemian Forest National Park) in the Czech Republic and Nationalpark Bayerischer Wald (Bavarian Forest National Park) were subjected to extensive socio-economic monitoring, which included, among other things, research focusing on the economic benefits that visitors brought to both national parks. This article presents the results of research of the regional economic benefits that visitors brought to Šumava National Park compared with those in Bavarian Forest National Park, although the methods and findings were not absolutely identical and therefore difficult to compare.
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Jojić Glavonjić, Tamara, and Suzana Lović Obradović. "PROTECTED STATUS AS A DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY: ATTITUDES OF THE LOCAL POPULATION." In Book of Abstracts and Contributed Papers. Geographical Institute "Jovan Cvijić" SASA, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.46793/csge5.253tjg.

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The paper presents the results of a survey conducted among the population of two protected areas (PAs) in Serbia − the Carska Bara Special Nature Reserve (SNR) and the Vlasina Outstanding Natural Landscape (ONL). The aim was to determine whether the proclamation of a protected area affects the daily life and economy of the local population and how much the local community is involved in the management process? Emphasizing tourism as the only sustainable activity suitable for protected areas, a survey was conducted. The two areas analyzed here were chosen due to the proximity of settlements, i.e. their presence in the area of protected property, the still present traditional way of using natural resources (grazing, beekeeping, collecting mushrooms, snails and fruits, exploitation of mineral raw materials, fish farming) and the use of wild flora and fauna (mowing meadows, use of reeds and rushes), and length of tenure under protection. An additional point of interest is the fact that one of them is a plain and the other is a mountainous area. The perception of the local residents about life in the protected area, their future plans and the manager, were obtained. Respondents answered questions concerning their perception of everyday life in a protected area. Do they have personal benefit or harm? Are they engaged in tourism? Can they make a decent living from tourism? Is the number of visitors is higher after obtaining the protected status? Who is the manager and is he caring more about nature or the needs of the local population? The survey included 474 residents older than 18, in five settlements of the Carska Bara Special Nature Reserve and in seven settlements of the Vlasina Outstanding Natural Landscape. 39.0% women and 61.0% males made up the sample. The respondents’ average age was 40.8 years old. The majority of those surveyed belonged to the employee category. Responses were analyzed using descriptive demographic statistics, with the help of the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences. The obtained results are quite pessimistic, because they confirm the initial assumption that the population of protected areas in Serbia has very little or no benefit at all from living near a protected area.
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Simon, Ondrej P., Vojtech Barak, Vera Kladivova, et al. "Verifying the safe level of visitors’ pressure in aquatic protected areas: surrogate signal species, dummy individuals and bioindication." In 5th European Congress of Conservation Biology. Jyvaskyla University Open Science Centre, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.17011/conference/eccb2018/108667.

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Žunić, Lejla. "The Tourist Image of the Protected Landscape of Biambare, Sarajevo." In Sixth International Scientific Conference ITEMA Recent Advances in Information Technology, Tourism, Economics, Management and Agriculture. Association of Economists and Managers of the Balkans, Belgrade, Serbia, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.31410/itema.2022.139.

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The protected landscape (PL) of Biambare is one of the most fa­mous green sites for local visitors and tourists of Sarajevo. This area is distin­guished by beautiful Bosnian Alps (Dinarids) meadows and plenty of spec­tacular natural phenomena, especially caves; the Central Biambare Cave is currently the most popular. The terrain is situated at an elevation range of 915–1044 m above sea level, so it mostly has a pleasant pre-mountain climate, etc. Therefore, tourism supply is based on different products and activities: speleology; walking in nature; bicycling; riding; hiking; alpinism; fishing; hunting; skiing; and collecting medicinal herbs and mushrooms. The aim of the paper is to represent the Biambare tourist image based on identifying its central natural attributes and according to the evaluation of the visitor’s experience. The two relevant parameters for understanding tourist impressions are: “satisfaction” and “loyalty”. These are higher among foreign than resident visitors, particularly among Middle Eastern tourists, who favour this site above many others in Canton Sarajevo.
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Zahradník, David, Marek Banaš, Miroslav Zeidler, and Ondřej Vítek. "The impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on the number of visitors in selected protected areas in the Czech Republic." In Public recreation and landscape protection - with environment hand in hand… Mendel University in Brno, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.11118/978-80-7509-831-3-0361.

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Reports on the topic "Visitors to protected areas"

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Cooley, Hazel, and Jonathan Wentworth. Marine Protected Areas and Highly Protected Marine Areas. Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.58248/pn698.

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Agardy, Tundi, and Francis Staub. Marine Protected Areas (Ukrainian). American Museum of Natural History, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.5531/cbc.ncep.0074.

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Gould, William A., Maya Quinones, Mariano Solorzano, Waldemar Alcobas, and Caryl Alarcon. Protected Natural Areas of Puerto Rico. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, International Institute of Tropical Forestry, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.2737/iitf-rmap-02.

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Rising, James, and Geoffrey Heal. Global Benefits of Marine Protected Areas. National Bureau of Economic Research, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w19982.

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Agardy, Tundi, Daniel Brumbaugh, Eugenia Naro-Maciel, and Francis Staub. Marine Protected Areas and MPA Networks. American Museum of Natural History, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.5531/cbc.ncep.0155.

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Marine protected areas (MPAs) are coastal or offshore marine areas managed to protect the natural and/or cultural resources of a particular place. MPA networks, a more recent development, are systems of MPAs designed to increase protection to a geographic area. There can me numerous goals of MPAs though they are mainly related to conservation (e.g., biodiversity conservation, protection of a rare species), or sustainability (e.g., fisheries management, recreation). This module introduces MPAs including the costs and benefits, relations to biodiversity and fisheries management, design and implementation, with a look towards how MPAs can be more effective in the future. Through role-playing, the accompanying exercise allows students to experience the challenges of developing a plan for an MPA that satisfies different users while meeting common objectives.
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Johnson, Arlyne, Madhu Rao, and Kelly Spence. Protected Areas in Lao PDR (Lao). American Museum of Natural History, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.5531/cbc.ncep.0048.

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Richard, C., J. P. Sah, K. Basnet, and Y. Raut. Grassland Ecology and Management in Protected Areas of Nepal, Volume 3: Technical and Status Papers on Grasslands of Mountain Protected Areas. International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), 1999. http://dx.doi.org/10.53055/icimod.303.

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Richard, C., J. P. Sah, K. Basnet, and Y. Raut. Grassland Ecology and Management in Protected Areas of Nepal, Volume 2: Technical and Status Papers on Grasslands of Terai Protected Areas. International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), 1999. http://dx.doi.org/10.53055/icimod.302.

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Richard, C., J. P. Sah, K. Basnet, and Y. Raut. Grassland Ecology and Management in Protected Areas of Nepal, Volume 3: Technical and Status Papers on Grasslands of Mountain Protected Areas. International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), 1999. http://dx.doi.org/10.53055/icimod.303.

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Richard, C., J. P. Sah, K. Basnet, and Y. Raut. Grassland Ecology and Management in Protected Areas of Nepal, Volume 2: Technical and Status Papers on Grasslands of Terai Protected Areas. International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), 1999. http://dx.doi.org/10.53055/icimod.302.

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