Recreation, Tourism and Nature in a Changing World
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Recreation, tourism and nature in a tourism and nature Recreation, Recreation, tourism and nature in a changing world changing world The Fifth International Conference on Monitoring and Management of Visitor Flows in Recreational and Protected Areas Recreational and Protected Areas and Protected Recreational Monitoring and Management of Visitor Flows in Wageningen, The Netherlands, 30 May - 3 June 2010 Book of Abstracts Edited by Martin Goossen, Birgit Elands and Ramona van Marwijk Recreation, tourism and nature in a changing world Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Monitoring and Management of Visitor Flows in Recreational and Protected Areas Wageningen, the Netherlands May 30–June 3, 2010 Edited by: Martin Goossen, Birgit Elands & Ramona van Marwijk Editors Martin Goossen, Alterra (Chair) Birgit Elands, Wageningen University (CoĉChair) Ramona van Marwijk, Wageningen University (CoĉChair) Citation Goossen, M., Elands, B., Marwijk, R. van (eds.). 2010. Recreation, tourism and nature in a changing world. Proceedings of the fifth international conference on Monitoring and Management of Visitor flows in recreational and protected areas, May 30–June 3, 2010, Wageningen, The Netherlands English language check Sophie Hopkins Copyediting Ramona van Marwijk, Meike van den Brink, Rutger de Jong Cover Junus Tahitu Published by Alterra, Wageningen University and Research centre Printed by GSC, Wageningen, the Netherlands ISBN 978ĉ90ĉ327ĉ0387ĉ5 Table of contents Preface............................................................................................................................................. 11 Keynote addresses Staatsbosbeheer, everything nature has to offer Harry Boeschoten .......................................................................................................................... 13 Biodiversity is about life, our life! Ignace Schops ............................................................................................................................... 15 Wildlife reserves: sanctuaries, commons or commodities? Matthijs Schouten........................................................................................................................... 18 ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS Ecological Impacts: research outcomes and management strategies To what extent do different management regimes affect environmental impacts along the Ningaloo Coastline, Western Australia? Anna Lewis .................................................................................................................................... 19 Does recreation affect Natura2000 goals for breeding birds? A case study for the Veluwe Rogier Pouwels, Henk Sierdsema, Adrienn Aranyosi, Michiel van Eupen, René Henkens ....................... 22 Spatial overlap of biodiversity and recreational use in protected areas Pirkko Siikamäki, Katja Kangas, Stuart Cottrell, Susanna Schroderus ................................................. 25 The frequency of scraping trees by kayaking in mangrove estuary in Okinawa, Japan Masaki Toyama, Masanori Take, Tetsuya Aikoh, Takao Kadekaru, Tatsuo Terasaki.............................. 27 On the stone footpath ĉ Reactions to abrasion reducing measures at Besseggen, Jotunheimen National Park, Norway Cathrine Restad, Øystein Aas, Line C. Wold ...................................................................................... 29 Recreation ecology and visitor impact research: International perspectives Recreation impact research in Turkish Mediterranean; Studies in Olimposĉ Beyda ğları National Park Meryem Atik .................................................................................................................................. 31 Moving forward through looking back – Early recreation ecology research in Germanĉspeaking Europe Christopher Garthe......................................................................................................................... 33 Evaluate trail surfacing effectiveness in Yangmingshan National Park, Taiwan ROC: an index approach HsiuĉChuan Lin, YuĉFai Leung, ShengĉI Hsu ........................................................................................ 35 Future opportunities in recreation ecology research: Lessons learned from the USA Christopher Monz........................................................................................................................... 37 TARGET GROUPS Ethnic diversity and outdoor recreation in forest and nature areas Public support for the protection of nature and landscape explained by ethnicity and images of nature Birgit Elands, Arjen Buijs ................................................................................................................. 39 Adolescents’ outdoor recreation – a comparative study Sandra Gentin ................................................................................................................................ 41 Migrants’ perspectives on urban forests: the influence of a migration background on patterns of forest use and perception Marion Jay, Ulrich Schraml.............................................................................................................. 43 Contemporary Dutch literature and nature images: Analyses of nature images in Dutch literature of autochthonous writers and allochtonous writers with a Moroccan background Marjolein Kloek, Matthijs Schouten................................................................................................... 45 What enables or prevents diverse groups, including black and ethnic minorities, from using and enjoying British woodlands? Liz O’Brien, Bianca AmbroseĉOji, Jake Morris .................................................................................... 47 Urban public spaces: Different people, different wishes, different expectations? Karin Peters................................................................................................................................... 49 Mountain bikers in forest habitats: negligible recreationists or notorious disturbers? Mountain bikers in forests and wildlife habitats Christiane Brandenburg, Hemma Tomek, Wolfgang Lexer, Friedrich Reimoser, Felix Heckl, Andreas Muhar............................................................................................................................... 51 Mountain Bikers' personal responsibility and knowledge versus the setting of close legal limits and standards in nature and landscape Tilman Kluge.................................................................................................................................. 53 Mountain Bikers, recreationists, land owners and conservationists: Multiple conflicts in Hannover’s Deister region Frauke Lehrke, Eick von Ruschkowski, Stefan Rüter.......................................................................... 56 VISIMAN. Development of a flexible visitor management tool for national and regional natural parks Dominik Siegrist, Christophe Clivaz, Susanne Gessner, Mathias Manz, Andreas Rinkel, Reto Rupf, Nathalie Stumm, Michael Wernli ................................................................................................................... 58 Visitor segmentation for destination management and marketing Customer service metrics as a basis for segmentation of forest recreationists James Absher, Donald English, Robert Burns.................................................................................... 61 Exploring relationships between visitor motives, satisfaction, recreation quality and attitudes towards protected area management in the Gesaeuse National Park, Austria Arne Arnberger, Renate Eder, Brigitte Allex, Petra Sterl, Robert C. Burns ........................................... 63 Segmenting US Forest recreationists: river users, front country users and wilderness users Robert Burns, Alan Graefe, James D. Absher.................................................................................... 65 Visitor counting and surveys in a dispersedĉuse mountain area in Norway Vegard Gundersen, Oddgeir Andersen ............................................................................................. 67 Wilderness purism revisited: The value of a simplified standardised scale for monitoring purposes Odd Inge Vistad, Marit Vorkinn......................................................................................................... 69 Simulation of tourism strategies for alpine destinations Veronika Wirth, Ulrike Pröbstl, Wolfgang Haider ................................................................................ 73 VISITOR EXPERIENCES Recreational and tourism experiences Mediating the tourist experience and appropriate levels of interpretation– Exploring reaction to the transformation of Irish natureĉbased tourism Noel Healy..................................................................................................................................... 76 Submerging in the Antarctic tourist experience: analysing the diverse expectations and experiences of diving and nonĉdiving tourists in Antarctica Machiel Lamers, Hans Gelter........................................................................................................... 78 A neglected component of Turkish National Park system: “Quality of the recreation experience” Selcuk Sayan ................................................................................................................................. 80 Motives and social values in visitor management, recreational