VISITOR MANAGEMENT & MONITORING PRINCIPLES AND THE EXAMPLE OF GEOPARK & TECTONIC ARENA SARDONA

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Geopark Ralsko visits Geopark Sardona 11 13 October 2015 VISITOR MANAGEMENT & MONITORING PRINCIPLES AND THE EXAMPLE OF GEOPARK &

1 Geopark Ralsko visits Geopark Sardona October 2015 VISITOR MANAGEMENT & MONITORING PRINCIPLES AND THE EXAMPLE OF GEOPARK & TECTONIC ARENA SARDONA Prof. Dr. Dominik Siegrist HSR Hochschule für Technik Rapperswil (Switzerland) Geopark Sardona,

2 THE ALPS HERE WE ARE xxx 2

3 Tourism in the Alps 9.9 mio. beds 666 ski areas 500 mio guest nights ha ski slopes 60 mio day tourists 52% artificial snowing 400 large pa s 3 Gesellschaft für ökologische Forschung

4 What is Visitor Management? 4

5 What is Visitor Management? Development of nature-based tourism increases pressure on ecosystems Origin in the debate on carrying capacity of NP in the US Development and implementation of visitor management frameworks mainly in NP (US, CA, NZ ) Visitor management as an important instrument to organise outdoor activities in sensitive areas Spatial planning as a fundamental base (Swiss Law on Spatial Planning) Visitor monitoring as tool for quality control 5

6 What is Visitor Management? Visitor management = offer development + visitor guidance + visitor information (incl. heritage interpretation) 6

7 Aproaches of visitor management Reduction of influence f.e. limiting outdoor activities Enlargement of offer f.e. visitor centers Amelioration of stability f.e. better materials Limitation of use f.e. closing trails Involvement by parties affected, f.e. round tables Influence of expectations, f.e. reduce place marketing 7 7

8 Visitor Guidance visitor guidance = measures to influence leisure acitivites in question of their spatial, temporal and quantitative distribution Different strategies Appeal strategy, f.e. on site information for visitors Convention strategy, f.e. spatial plan, visitor management concept Agreements, f.e. between climbing associations and municipalities Norm strategies, f.e. zoning in national parks 8

9 Visitor Guidance Norm strategy, example zoning in national parks Core zone and surrounding zone with specific requirements 9

10 Visitor Guidance Appeal strategy, example information of visitors Sensitising of skiers in areaa with wild animals with flyers & panels Source: campaign RdG 10

11 Visitor Monitoring Photo trap Radar Induction loop 11

12 Visitor Monitoring Hiker frequencies Wilderness Park Zurich (manual countings and induction loops) 12

13 VMC Tectonic Arena Sardona 13

14 Starting point & Goals Alpine character of Tectonic Arena Sardona Many natural and cultural attractions (poi s) Touristic trends & other uses Interconnection between Geopark and Tectonic Arena Sardona Characteristic activities summer & winter 14

15 Ausgangslage & Zielsetzung 15

16 Starting Point & Goals Agreement between communities as legal base Visitor management concept as voluntary instrument Concretion of desired uses Coordination of requests of use and protection Integration of concerned stakeholders 16

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18 Tectonic Arena Sardona - Protection Inventaries 18

19 Ergebnisse 19

20 Tectonic Arena Sardona Touristic Uses 20

21 Ergebnisse 21

22 Procedure & Process Milestones From summer 2011 Autumn 2011 Elaboration of principles VMC Interviews with stakeholders October 2011 Round table 1 Winter 2012 First draft VMC July 2012 Round table 2 Autumn 2012 Winter 2013 Open Open Completion VMC Decision of the board Consultation with the communities Implementation by the management 22

23 Procedure & Process Involved stakeholders Representatives of municipalities Representatives of cantons & government Tourism industry Outdoor sports, Alpine Club Gamekeeper, hunters Nature conservation organisation Others 23

24 Procedure & Process Methodolgy 1. Definition of landsape entities 2. Analysis of subjects of protection, outstanding universal value OUV 3. Analysis of uses, conflicts & synergies 4. Identification of need for action 5. Recommendations & prioritisation of measures 24

25 Vorgehen / Prozess 25

26 Results Targets Preservation, protection & promotion Enabling nature-based tourism Orientierung at carrying capacity of landscape Priority protection in the UNESCO perimeter (tectonic arena) Priority use (and protection) in the Geopark perimeter Information & sensitisation 26

27 Results Tools / instruments Development of product and marketing Information & sensitisation Visitor management (guidance, information) Regulation of potential futuer conflicts 27

28 Ergebnisse Principles Priority 1: Information, signalisation & offer development Priority 2: Construction measures No priority: interdictions & monetary fines (not in the competence of Tectonic Arena Sardona 28

29 Ergebnisse 29

30 Ergebnisse 30

31 Results Strategies for 10 different outdoor activities Walking, alpine hiking, mountaineering, climbing Mountainbiking, e-mountainbiking Paragliding Skitouring, snowshoeing Motor bike / quad / skidoo Helicopter flights 31

32 Ergebnisse Non location-dependent measures - 1 A1Offer development & marketing Promotion logo presence IG TAS Promotion partnerships IG TAS A2 Information & education Infomation concept visitor management Map of Tectonic Arena Sardona Interactive information plateform Contact with offerers of maps and plateforms Proactive communication policy IG TAS 32

33 Ergebnisse Non location-dependent measures - 2 A3 Visitor guidance Promotion of trails A4 Preservation OUV Measures forpreservation OUV 33

34 Ergebnisse Location-dependent measures 1 1 Kerenzerberg / Murgsee Motor cycles / wild animals (high) 2 Flumserberge / Spitzmeilen Walking - mountainbiking (high) Foot damage walkers, mountainbiking (medium) 3 Weisstannental Icefall climbing wild animals (medium) 34

35 Ergebnisse Location-dependent measures 2 4 Pizolgebiet Walking mountainbiking (high) Paragliding wild animals (medium) 5 Calfeisental: No need for action 35

36 Ergebnisse Location-dependent measures 3 6 Flims Foot damage walking, mountainbiking (medium) Vegetation walking mountainbiking (medium) Paragliding wild animals (medium) Snoshoeing wild animals (high) Helicopter flights wild animals (medium) 36

37 Ergebnisse Location-dependent measures 4 7 Sernftal Foot damage walking, mountainbiking (medium) Snoshoeing wild animals (high) 8 Mullern / Äugsten / Schilt Foot damage walking, mountainbiking (high) Motorcycling / quad / skidoos - wild animals (high) 9 Passes Walking mountainbiking (high) 37

38 Results Synthesis Need for action is on different levels (from medium to high) Strongest need for action: snowshoing, mountainbiking Few disturbance of geological heritage Attention of new activities (f.e. mountainbiking, night outdoor activities) 38

39 Information & Sensibilisierung Thank you for yor interest! Holzsteg HSR, Y. Maurer 40

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