“…Perceived human crowding has also been defined as the maximum amount of people who can use a site without an unacceptable alteration in the physical environment or an acceptable quality of the visitor experience ( Sanz-Blas, Buzova, & Schlesinger, 2019 ; Wall & Mathieson, 2006 ; Zehrer & Raich, 2016 ). Previous research has confirmed that subjective psychological factors (such as consumer expectations and preferences, perception of other customers, or social inclusions), or objective factors (such as actual visitor encounters) can influence the perception of crowding ( Aguiar & de Farias, 2020 ; Budruk, Schneider, Andreck, & Virden, 2002 ; Sivey, McAllister, Vally, Burgess, & Kelly, 2019 ). Perceived severity of crowding also correlates significantly with the level of satisfaction derived from an activity ( Huang, Huang, & Wyer, 2018 ; Moharana & Pradhan, 2019 ; Shelby & Heberlein, 1986 ; Sim, Koo, Koo, & Lee, 2018 ; Thomas & Saenger, 2018).…”