Managing carrying capacity at Arches National Park:

Visitor use of Arches National Park has grown dramatically in the past few decades and now exceeds 1 million visits annually. This has led to the trampling of fragile soils and vegetation, as well as crowding on trails and at attraction sites. The National Park Service developed and applied its Visi...

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1. Verfasser: Manning, R. E. (VerfasserIn)
Körperschaft: CAB International (MitwirkendeR)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Wallingford CABI in association with team [2012]
Schriftenreihe:Tourism Cases
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Zusammenfassung:Visitor use of Arches National Park has grown dramatically in the past few decades and now exceeds 1 million visits annually. This has led to the trampling of fragile soils and vegetation, as well as crowding on trails and at attraction sites. The National Park Service developed and applied its Visitor Experience and Resource Protection framework to measure and manage carrying capacity at Arches; the first national park to use a management-by-objectives framework for this purpose. The process has led to an insightful exploration of the balance between preservation of the environment and visitor experience. The mitigating strategies have included (i) division of the park into a series of spatial zones; (ii) visitor education about when and where to visit, and appropriate visitor behaviour; (iii) sizing of parking lots to limit crowding; (iv) fencing to discourage walking off maintained trails; (v) regulation and enforcement of overflow parking; and (vi) mandatory permits for use of some park attractions, including those accessed through popular ranger-led tours
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (5 Seiten) Illustrationen, Diagramm, Karte
DOI:10.1079/tourism.2020.0013

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