Monitoring Visitor Numbers in New Zealand National Parks and Protected Areas Research Completed
Title
Monitoring Visitor Numbers in New Zealand National Parks and Protected Areas
Lead Author
Gordon Cessford , Rob Burns
Organisation(s)
Department of Conservation
Contacts
Abstract
This report outlines the main difficulties encountered whe monitoring visitors, the range of visitor monitoring options avaiable to park managers, and the features that park managers would like in their visitor counting tools. Following this is an outline of progress in the development of visitor counting tools and systems by the New Zealand Department of Conservation up to 2008, which includes an outline of the key lessons learned from this research. The identification of visitor behaviours is an essential component of visitor management in protected arreas. The fundamental baseline information required in any visitor monitoring programme is the number of visitors, and how these are distributed in time and space. However in the past, obtaining visitor counts in a reliable and cost effective manner has proved more difficult than expected. This report does not contain any technical specifications for the counters developed, but provides a key reference resource for anyone involved in the general development and ues of visitor counting systems’
Keywords: visitors, monitoring, national parks, counters, recreation, tourism
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Areas of Focus
Provision (delivery type & infrastructure)
Topics
Sport and Recreation Types
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1379
Added
October 18, 2011
Last Modified
February 17, 2016