Conceptualizing the National marine sanctuary visitor counting process for marine protected areas

Burns, Robert Ignatius; Andrew, Ross G.; Allen, Mary E.; Schwarzmann, Danielle; Moreira, Jasmine Cardozo

doi:10.1080/14724049.2020.1746794

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“…Conceptual diagram of a visitor monitoring process that can be applied to aquatic protected areas. This process is adopted from the work of Burns et al [107] (2020), which outlines the process as it can be applied to National Marine Sanctuary sites within the U.S. The process covers four phases, from foundational assessment to application to field study and data collection.…”

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Blue Water Visitor Monitoring Potential: A Literature Review and Alternative Proposal

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This review presents a summary of existing visitor monitoring methods and relevant studies in land and marine-based areas, with a focus on the application to unique aquatic settings. Various opportunities and challenges exist with respect to the use of each method in different marine settings. These methods differ in terms of the complexity, costs, level of accuracy, and detailed information they provide. Furthermore, the feasibility of applying these methods also depends on the site attributes of a marine area. Since each marine area varies in geographical scale and environmental and social conditions, some methods will be more appropriate or perform more successfully than others in a particular location. Therefore, the consideration of these methods should be part of a proposed alternative process, focused on adaptive monitoring that scales to address visitor ebbs and flows in these aquatic areas. The proposed alternative seeks to develop consensus around quantitative goals for visitor monitoring and estimating techniques in marine settings, using a customizable mix of methods and techniques. This alternative effort progresses to subsequent tasks and discussions, and recommendations are made considering the feasibility and confidence of using these methods in particular marine settings and future pilot sites.

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Blue Water Visitor Monitoring Potential: A Literature Review and Alternative Proposal

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“…This sanctuary protects a coral barrier reef, extensive seagrass beds, mangrove-fringed islands, more than 6000 species of marine life, as well as historical and archeological heritage such as shipwrecks [33]. This study is part of a larger scale project called National Marine Sanctuaries Visitor Counting Process (NMS-COUNT) [30], which will be used to aid NOAA management decisions regarding recreational use in national marine sanctuaries. It is clear that Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary is a touristic destination that offers users several recreational activities such as world-class diving, swimming, snorkeling, and fishing.…”

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“…Two survey instruments, one designed for general use information and one designed for more economic information related to scuba divers and snorkelers in Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary were part of the NMS-COUNT project [30] and were the two survey instruments used for this study. The questions selected from the survey instruments were designed to measure recreational satisfaction and crowding levels.…”

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“…This study is part of a larger scale project called National Marine Sanctuaries Visitor Counting Process (NMS-COUNT) [30], which will be used to aid NOAA management decisions regarding recreational use in national marine sanctuaries. It is clear that Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary is a touristic destination that offers users several recreational activities such as world-class diving, swimming, snorkeling, and fishing.…”

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User Satisfaction and Crowding at Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary

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Effective management and monitoring of recreational use is fundamental in marine protected areas. The primary purpose of this study is to examine user’s satisfaction levels, crowding levels and the relationship between them at Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Online surveys were sent via Qualtrics to email addresses obtained from the state of Florida during the summer of 2020. The results showed that the respondents felt very satisfied and only slightly crowded while snorkeling or scuba diving during their most recent 2019 trip in the Florida Keys, although satisfaction was still negatively impacted by crowding. An analysis of variance (ANOVA) showed that satisfaction levels were significantly lower in users who saw more people than they expected. A linear regression indicated significantly lower satisfaction with increasing age. Furthermore, a multiple regression showed that experiencing natural surroundings has a significant positive relationship in overall trip satisfaction, i.e., users that are more satisfied experiencing natural surroundings are also likely to be more satisfied with their overall trip satisfaction. This study suggests that the convergence of social and natural resource research and practices can help managers to create better policies that will maximize human benefits from, and minimize human pressures on, ocean and coastal environments.

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“…To prevent and limit all the negative aspects of excessive tourism development and of overtourism, the management of natural protected areas has to program continuous monitoring, with the aim of controlling the flows of visitors (Burns et al, 2020) and being aware of the kinds of effects that are arising and their possible consequences on the physical environment and on the host community. The first step in this process is visitor use monitoring.…”

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Tourism Development in Italian Natural Protected Areas: Traditional and Innovative Tools to Face Overtourism and Other Possible Negative Effects

Ferrari

Iaffaldano

2021

Overtourism, Technology Solutions and Decimated Destinations

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Conceptualizing the National marine sanctuary visitor counting process for marine protected areas

Cited by 8 publications

References 13 publications

Blue Water Visitor Monitoring Potential: A Literature Review and Alternative Proposal

Blue Water Visitor Monitoring Potential: A Literature Review and Alternative Proposal

User Satisfaction and Crowding at Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary

Tourism Development in Italian Natural Protected Areas: Traditional and Innovative Tools to Face Overtourism and Other Possible Negative Effects

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