Visitor Management in Protected Areas: From ‘Hard’ to ‘Soft’ Approaches?

Mason, Peter

doi:10.1080/13683500508668213

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“…Remarkably few studies take such a balanced view of the disturbance issue and acknowledge that the conservation benefits of public access can potentially over‐ride direct demographic costs to individuals. Much of the research on this topic has focused on remote areas such as Antarctica, where visitor impacts on breeding bird colonies and appropriate visitor management strategies have been extensively studied (Yorio et al . 2001, Mason 2005).…”

Section: Research Perspectives and Approachesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Approaches to measuring the effects of human disturbance on birds

Gill¹

2007

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Human recreational activities are often considered as potential threats to biodiversity, by restricting animals’ access to resources that otherwise would be exploited. Because access to wildlife areas is one major means of increasing their public value, and hence the pressure to conserve them, it is clearly critical to be able to identify accurately when human presence is a threat to conservation and when it is not. A wide range of methods have been used to assess the impacts of human disturbance on wildlife and these methods are summarized here. The type of method used depends principally on whether the disturbance issue relates to a particular site, a particular group of individuals or whole populations. Within these categories, both comparative and experimental approaches have been used to assess behavioural, distributional, demographic and population responses to human presence. Examples of each approach are given here, together with an assessment of the information each method provides.

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Section: Research Perspectives and Approachesmentioning

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Approaches to measuring the effects of human disturbance on birds

Gill¹

2007

Ibis

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“…As a means of protecting conservation, some managers restrict access to heritage resources where excess visitor numbers may result in overcrowding or cause damage (Austin, 2002;Mason, 2005;Santana-Jiménez & Hernández, 2011). Indeed, some managers at HVAs with a strictly curatorial imperative consider themselves more as guardians of heritage, rather than providers of access to heritage, consequently concluding that "public access is not a prominent part of management consideration" (Garrod & Fyall, 2000, p. 684).…”

Section: Visitor Access Conservation and Protection Of Resourcesmentioning

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Management Challenges at Film-Induced Tourism Heritage Attractions

Bakiewicz

Leask

Barron

et al. 2017

Tourism Planning & Development

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“…In the arena of research into visitor management, researchers advocate that visitor management has become one of the important means of government and public agencies alike of managing the impacts of tourism (Mason, 2005). In the past 20 years or so, scholars also point out that studying tourists' on-site behaviours in the field of visitor management could serve as a significant way to help reduce the negative impacts of tourism (Grossberg, Treves, & Naughton-Treves, 2003;Mason, 2005;Orams & Hill, 1998).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In the past 20 years or so, scholars also point out that studying tourists' on-site behaviours in the field of visitor management could serve as a significant way to help reduce the negative impacts of tourism (Grossberg, Treves, & Naughton-Treves, 2003;Mason, 2005;Orams & Hill, 1998). In particular, modification of visitor's behaviour has been consistently regarded as a key principal to maintain a sustainable destination development, which could be done through education, enlightenment, and establishment of the code of conduct (Robinson, Heitmann, & Dieke, 2011).…”

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Ecotourism site in relation to tourist attitude and further behavioural changes

Cheng

Jin

Wong

2013

Current Issues in Tourism

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Despite the emergence of ecotourism in both practice and academic literature in China during recent decades, relatively little is known about the role of ecotourism site, especially in relation to tourist attitude and further behavioural change. This article seeks to address the deficit on the role of ecotourism site in Chinese domestic tourist attitude change and further adaptation of sustainable behaviour. Using a qualitative research approach with 28 interviews, the authors show that Chinese domestic tourists have become more environmentally conscious after visiting ecotourism sites and further reveals the influence of the perceived health benefits, and the ecological value of unity of nature and human beings on Chinese domestic tourists attitude change. The findings offer important implications for both tourism practitioners and academics.

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Visitor Management in Protected Areas: From ‘Hard’ to ‘Soft’ Approaches?

Cited by 74 publications

References 12 publications

Approaches to measuring the effects of human disturbance on birds

Approaches to measuring the effects of human disturbance on birds

Management Challenges at Film-Induced Tourism Heritage Attractions

Ecotourism site in relation to tourist attitude and further behavioural changes

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