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Establishment of a cross border socioeconomic monitoring in
Šumava and Bavarian Forest National Parks
Florian Porst, 26th of April 2017
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|Outline
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1 The National Parks
2 Basic Survey in Bavarian Forest National Park
2.1 Research interests
2.2 Counting
2.3 Interviews
3 INTERREG-project
3.1 Aims
3.2 Steps
3.3 State of play
4 Conclusion
Establishment of a cross border socioeconomic monitoringin Šumava and Bavarian Forest National Parks
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|1 The National Parks
3Establishment of a cross border socioeconomic monitoringin Šumava and Bavarian Forest National Parks
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|1 The National Parks
4Establishment of a cross border socioeconomic monitoringin Šumava and Bavarian Forest National Parks
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|1 The National Parks
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Bavarian Forest NP established 1970 (oldest NP in Germany)
> 900 km² protected area
> 1000 km markedtrails (hiking and cycling)
Actual: Five bordercrossings between the parks(three more in an environmental impact assessment (CZ))
Establishment of a cross border socioeconomic monitoringin Šumava and Bavarian Forest National Parks
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|1 The National Parks
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Why Transboundary Cooperation?
Nature does not know human borders
Effective nature conservation needsa crossborder perspective
Regarding visitor management:
Border becomes less important for visitors (tourists and locals)
Increase of crossborder tourism
New challenges (visitor number, distribution, expectations)
Establishment of a cross border socioeconomic monitoringin Šumava and Bavarian Forest National Parks
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|Visitor management
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Who?Where?
How many?
When?
What activities?
Visitor monitoringEstablishment of a cross border socioeconomic monitoringin Šumava and Bavarian Forest National Parks
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Period: April 28, 2013 to May 11, 2014
2.1 Research interests
Total number of visitors
Sociodemographic structure of visitors
Behaviour/Distribution (space and time), attitude andexpectations of visitors, satisfaction with infrastructure
Combination of counting and interviewing necessary
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|2 Basic Survey in Bavarian Forest National Park
Establishment of a cross border socioeconomic monitoringin Šumava and Bavarian Forest National Parks
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| 2 Basic Survey in Bavarian Forest National Park
2.2 Counting (automatical)
• Visitor counting from April 28, 2013 to May 11, 2014
Usage of counting devices for longterm outdoor use
• 14 sites, 15 different counters
10 thermal sensors (for walkers, cyclists, cross-country skiers etc.)2 pressure mats (for walkers)2 pressure tubes (for cyclists)1 vibration sensor (for cyclists)
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2.3 Counting (manual)
• Counting by human observers at 64 sites
• Counting on 12 days distributed
over 12 months
(6 weekdays, 6 Sundays/holidays)1
Ludwigsthal
Urwald
Mittelsteig-
hütte
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Debrník (CZ)
Grenze
Nationalpark
Bayerischer Wald
| 2 Basic Survey in Bavarian Forest National Park
Establishment of a cross border socioeconomic monitoringin Šumava and Bavarian Forest National Parks
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Results:
• Permanent monitoring at 14 sites
+ Counting by human observers at 64 sites on 12 days
+ Parking tickets at the national park centres
= total number of visits (April 2013 - April 2014): 1.3 million
(at the parking lots of the national park centres: 0.4 m visitors)
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| 2 Basic Survey in Bavarian Forest National Park
Establishment of a cross border socioeconomic monitoringin Šumava and Bavarian Forest National Parks
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Identification of four longtermcounting locations throughstatistical analysis
P 27 Fredenbrücke
P18 WaldhausreibeE 17 TrinkwassertalsperreP76 Brechhäuslau
Relationship between the counting sites known through basic survey
Calculating data for all locations
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Locations
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| 2 Basic Survey in Bavarian Forest National Park
2.3 Interviews
• Standardised interviewson 12 days(distributed over 12 months)
• Different questionairesfor locals and tourists
• Duration around 15 minutes
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| 2 Basic Survey in Bavarian Forest National Park
• Questions about socio-demographics, attitude, expectations, activities, satisfaction,…
• Collection of data aboutbehaviour in space and time (route analysis)
982 interviewed visitors
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Title:
Establishment of a transboundary socioeconomic Monitoring in Šumava and Bavarian Forest National Parks
Project duration: 3 years (1.1.2017 – 31.12.2019).
Project costs: 672.000 Euro (funding rate: 85%)
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| 3 The INTERREG-Project
Establishment of a cross border socioeconomic monitoringin Šumava and Bavarian Forest National Parks
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3.1 Aims
Get data about corossborder tourists as basis for managementdecisions
Learn about different expectations, attitude, needs of visitorsfrom both countries
Identifiy conflicts of nature protection and recreational use
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| 3 The INTERREG-Project
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3.2 Steps
Step 1: Basic survey in Šumava National Park
Step 2: Joining the Data from both Parks
Step 3: Developing five longterm survey modules
Step 4: Longterm crossborder visitor counting
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| 3 The INTERREG-Project
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Step 3: Longterm survey modules (five)
Themes: Evaluation of crossborder movements, knowledgeabout national parks, restrictions,…; Attitude towardsnature, satisfaction with infrastructure, expectations, visitor behaviour, regional economics, acceptance,…
All modules surveyed once while the project
Each year surveyed one module after the project(five-years-regular cycle)
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| 3 The INTERREG-Project
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Step 4: Longterm crossborder visitor counting
Automatical counting in both parks
Counting at border crossings
Joining data
Credible dataabout (crossborder) tourism
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| 3 The INTERREG-Project
Establishment of a cross border socioeconomic monitoringin Šumava and Bavarian Forest National Parks
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3.3 State of play
Transboundary tender for external expertise finished
May 2017: First Workshops
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| 3 The INTERREG-Project
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Conclusion:
Visitor monitoring is an important basis for an effectivevisitor management
A basic survey is a big effort (but worth it)
First longterm crossborder visitor monitoring
valuable experiences for other parks/protected areas
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|4 Conclusion
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Leaving nature to nature
in line with eco-friendly tourism –
that is tomorrows challenge for the
management of protected areas!