Program

14 October

15.00-19.00 registration at Vittoria Conference Centre
20.00 buffet at Tettuccio restaurant


15 October

8.30-9.00 registration
9.00-13.00 plenary session
9.00-10.15 welcome to the participants from the organizers, local institutions representations and International Steering Committee
10.15-10.45 coffee break
10.45-13.00 invited speakers addresses:
Ralf Buckley, Tourism as a conservation tool
Giovanni Sanesi, Monitoring visitor-flows in Tuscany’s forests: preliminary results and clues



13.00 lunch

14.30-16.30 parallel sessions: 3 paper sessions and 1 panel session


Short title: Socio-economic impact
Chair: Marcel Hunziker

Papers:
Tek Jung Mahat, Madan Koirala, Assessing nature of visitors flow and revenue generation at the Central Zoo of Nepal
Francesco Marangon, Maurizio Spoto, Francesca Visintin, Assigning economic value to natural protected areas: an environmental accounting model
Marius Mayer, Luisa Vogt and Marco Pütz, Regional economic impacts of nature-based tourism in Switzerland – the relevance of activities and landscape elements
Mart Reimann, Üllas Ehrlich, Dependence of tourism destinations non-market value on the visit rate: the contingent valuation case study of Jägala waterfall
Luisa Vogt, Beyond economic impact research: an actor-oriented analysis of the competitiveness of trekking tourism in the Piedmont Alps (Italy)


Short title: Needs and tools
Chair: Don English

Papers:
Kenneth Chilman, Les Wadzinski, Andy West, A new recreation visitor inventory that parallels other resource inventories
Tony Griffin, Susan A. Moore, Simon Darcy and Gary Crilley, Developing a national approach to visitor data collection, management and use for protected areas: thoughts from Australian research and practice
Frank Grigel, Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose: Visit types across Canada’s National Parks
Mayuree Nasa, Dachanee Emphandhu, Sura Pattanakiat and Sukumal Kitisin, Database system development of nature-based tourism in protected areas, Chiang Mai Province
Rogier Pouwels, René Jochem, René Henkens, Criteria for scientific tools for recreation planning in nature areas
Karen Ziener, Formal concept analysis – a method for exploring complex responses of tourist surveys


Short title: Local community
Chair: Andreas Muhar

Papers:
Amma Buckley, Right or responsibility? Local people as ‘visitors’ in protected areas on the south coast of Western Australia
Liljana Elmazi, Klodiana Gorica, Economic effect of alternative tourism. Events and festivals
Gerd Lupp, Werner Konold, Landscape preferences and perception in Mueritz National Park (Germany)
Marjo Neuvonen, Eija Pouta, and Tuija Sievänen, National park visitors' attachment to a place, quality perceptions and visit intention
Jan Å. Riseth, Parks for whom? A Norwegian policy dilemma: recreation vs indigenous interests
Tuija Sievänen, Marjo Neuvonen and Eija Pouta, National park visitors’ interest to use tourism services in rural communities


Short title: Parks Canada
Title: Parks Canada integrated approach to visitor experience
Chair: Greg Danchuk

Panelists:
Greg Danchuk, Introduction to the session
David MacDonald, The science of the explorer quotient
Steve Whittingham, Using the EQ science to plan for opportunities for visitor experience
Myriam Lavallee, Using the EQ program to provide opportunities for visitor experience


16.30-16.45 coffee point

16.45-19.00 parallel sessions: 2 paper sessions and 1 panel session


Short title: Management
Chair: Dominik Siegrist

Papers:
Martin Cihar, Viktor Trebicky, and Jindriska Stankova, Stakeholder’s monitoring and involvement: management option for Sumava National Park (Czech Republic)
Wolfgang Haider, Jenifer Riley, Nina Mostegl, The Sea-to-Sky playground: individual outdoor recreation and commercial recreation on public land in winter
Anna R. Lewis, Sustainable camping at Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia: overcoming methodological challenges
Micaela Solinas, Simona Clò, Manuela Nicosia, Eco-volunteering programs as good practices for nature conservation and sustainable tourism development in protected areas
Tiziano Tempesta, Samer Arkilo, Recreational demand of the Euganean Hills Regional Park (Veneto – Italy)
Zhang, C.Z., Xu, H.G. and Su, B.T., Meeting needs equals enhancing satisfaction? Case study of Cableway and lift riding in world heritage site Wulingyuan, China


Short title: Disturbance
Chair: Robert Manning (to be confirmed)

Papers:
Bachisio Arca, Pierpaolo Duce, Michele Salis, Donatella Spano, Pierpaolo Dore, Assessing the impact of recurrent wildfires and tourist activities in a Mediterranean area
Réka Bodnár, Vandalism and its prevention possibilities in the region of Lake Balaton
Christiane Brandenburg, Wolfgang Lexer, Felix Heckl, Andreas Muhar, Friedrich Reimoser, Richard Zink, Andreas Bartel, Nobody knows the trouble they cause? - The behaviour of forest users and their knowledge about wildlife disturbance
Katja Kangas, Pirkko Siikamäki, Miska Luoto, Antti Ihantola, Does tourism affect bird populations in protected areas?
Martin Müller, Marius Mayer, Manuel Woltering, Hubert Job, Visitor attitudes towards natural disturbance: the case of the bark beetle in Bavarian Forest National Park, Germany
Peter Newman, Robert Manning, Kurt Fristrup, Managing soundscapes in National Parks: An adaptive management approach in Muir Woods national monument, California
Dilya B. Woodward, Lucy Bastin, The impact of ecotourism on vegetation cover in Almaty Nature Reserve


Short title: Recreation ecology
Title: Progress in recreation ecology research and thought
Chair: Yu-Fai Leung

Panelists:
Michael Campbell and David Walzer, The Future of Recreation Ecology in Canada: go big or go home?
David N. Cole, The significance of recreation impacts: The importance of scale
Yu-Fai Leung, Yi-Chung Hsu, Chi-Chuan Lue, Dau-Jye Lu, Does recreation ecology have a place in East Asia? Some insights from Taiwan
Teresa C. Magro, Cristina do M. Santiago and Maria de J. Robim, Finding a balance: applied ecology is not a second-class research
Susan A. Moore, What is the place of democracy in recreation ecology?


20.30 dinner at Le Panteraie restaurant (ten minutes walk from the conference centre)



16 October

8.30-10.30 parallel sessions: 3 paper sessions and 1 workshop


Short title: Sports
Title: Management challenges of mountain sports
Chair:

Papers:
Milosz Jodlowski, Lukasz Depta, Przemyslaw Wójcik, Climbing impact on the relief and vegetation of the Tatra National Park
Ju-Hyoung Lee, Renate Bürger-Arndt, A comparative study of offers for recreation in nature parks in Germany and in recreation forests in Korea
Tobias Luthe, Ralf Roth, Extended vulnerability of ski tourism to global change
Antonio Raschi, Alfonso Crisci, Sara Mikicic, Climate change and ski areas in Trentino Region, Italy
Veronika Wirth, Ulrike Pröbstl, Wolfgang Haider, The role of sport activities in Alpine summer tourism


Short title: Perceptions and preferences
Chair: Wolfgang Haider

Papers:
Chieh-Lu Li, Yi-Chung Hsu, Chi-Chuan Lue, and James D. Absher, Re-examine the measure of values Cross-culturally: the case of recreation visitors in Hong Kong and Taiwan
Rachel Parry, Sue Williams, John A. Watkins, Understanding the recreation preferences and constraints of low participation social groups
M. Partalidou, O. Iakovidou, Safeguarding Rural Tourism Experience. Do different quality norms exist?
Elena Petrova, Yoji Aoki, Yury Mironov, Anastasia Petrova, Katsunori Furuya, Hajime Matsushima, Norimasa Takayama, Comparison of natural landscapes appreciation between Russia and Japan: methods of investigation
Áurea Rodrigues, Elisabeth Kastenholz, Apolónia Rodrigues, Walking trails in recreational and protected areas: an exploratory study to the tourist’s perception of the natural landscapes


Short title: Places
Chair: Robert Burns

Papers:
Sybille Chiari, Florian Schmid, Andreas Muhar, Susanne Muhar, Recreational functions of rivers in Austria: An approach to the visitors’ perspective
Ian Keirle, An importance-performance study of visitor opinions concerning access into the countryside of Ceredigion
Linda E. Kruger, Affinity to place and serious leisure: implications of amenity migration for nearby recreational and protected areas
Marko Koscak, Slovenia: a case-study in sustainable rural development for agriculture and tourism
Claudia Ollenburg, Ralf Buckley, Farm tourism experiences in rural Australia: a continent-wide study of geographical distribution and socio-economic characteristics of farm tourism operators
Dominik Siegrist, Karin Wasem, Optimizing the quality of experience-oriented nature-based tourism offers: the new evaluation tool “Experience Compass”


Workshop: Agent-based simulation
Title: Management and communicative aspects of agent-based simulation models
Conveners: Hans Skov-Petersen, Randy Gimblett

10.30-10.45 coffee point

10.45-11.30 poster session
11.30-12.30 brunch


12.30-14.10 plenary session invited speaker addresses
Elisabete Figueiredo, Quiet struggles - conflicts between residents, visitors and protected and recreational areas’ administrations
Hans Skov-Petersen, The role of agent-based simulation in recreational management and planning

15.00 departure for excursion to Padule protected area
Wear trekking boots!!!  We will do bird-watching...
dinner in the Padule site



17 October


8.30-10.30 parallel sessions: 3 paper sessions and 1 workshop


Short title: PAN Parks
Title: Network approach to Europe’s wilderness destination management
Chair: Mylene van der Donk

Papers:
Niek Beunders, The role of destination management in facing the challenges for protected area tourism development
Stuart P. Cottrell, Perceptions, attitudes and perceived benefits of local residents about tourism development in and around European Protected Area Network Parks
Mylene van der Donk, Ten years of experience in providing wilderness experience opportunities in Europe’s certified PAN Parks
Riikka Puhakka, Stuart P. Cottrell and Pirkko Siikamäki, Role of Oulanka PAN Park in local community development in Northeastern Finland


Short title: Visitor management
Title: Experience orientation and visitor management
Chair: Dominik Siegrist

Papers:
James D. Absher, Alan R. Graefe, Gerard T. Kyle, A reassessment of the encounter – norm – crowding relationship for reservoir-based recreation
Christophe Clivaz, Nancy Favre, Valais excellence: a system to better manage visitor flows during sport events
Zahra Ghelichipour, Andreas Muhar, Visitor risk management in core zones of protected areas: first results from a survey of European park administrations
María Muñoz, Javier Benayas, Quality assessment of public use in National Parks. Application to the Spanish National Park System.
Marcel Hunziker and D. Schletti, How to involve retailers into sensitization of end-users for ecologically responsible behavior – results of a snow-shoe-seller survey


Short title: Spatial knowledge
Chair: Andreas Muhar

Papers:
Danah Duke, Michael S. Quinn, Methodological considerations for using remote cameras to monitor the ecological effects of trail users: lessons from research in Western Canada
Hans Skov-Petersen, Pimin Kefaloukos, Bernhard Snizek, Kvintus.org - a choice based agent-based simulation model integrated with Google Maps
Karolina Taczanowska, Andreas Muhar, Christiane Brandenburg, Potential and limitations of GPS tracking for monitoring spatial and temporal aspects of visitor behaviour in recreational areas
Monica Wachowicz, Daniel Orellana, Chiara Renso, Estefania Muñoz Moraga, Javier Parada, The spatial knowledge representation of players movement in mobile outdoor gaming


Workshop: Forest management
Title: Assessing and modelling the impacts of forest management on recreational use of European forests
Conveners: David Edwards, Frank Søndergaard Jensen, Mariella Marzano


10.30-10.45 coffee break

10.45-12.45 parallel sessions: 3 paper sessions and 1 panel session


Short title: Policy
Chair: Seija Tuulentie

Papers:
Martin Goossen, What do people want in National Landscapes
Lucia Naviglio, The European charter for sustainable tourism (ECST) integrated with other voluntary tools can facilitate a more effective tourism management in Natural Parks
Ulrike Pröbstl, Wolfgang Rid, Green Strategies against increased land consumption in Germany
Stefan Türk, Alex Kraemer, Ralf Roth, Urban greens for recreation, outdoor activities and nature experience
Seija Tuulentie, The role of nature and environmental issues in Finnish tourism strategy. Interpreting national and regional strategy documents


Short title: Space’s analysis
Chair:

Papers:
Vincent Colson, Philippe Lejeune, A regional travel model for predicting the number of visitors in forests: application to the Walloon region
Arend Ligtenberg, Ramona van Marwijk, Bart Moelans, Bart Kuijpers, Recognizing patterns of movements in visitor flows in nature areas
Ramona van Marwijk, David G. Pitt, Where Dutch recreationists walk: path design, physical features and walker usage
Antonia Eisenhut, Ruedi Haller, Jonathan Raper, How does topography influence the use of the mobile guide WebParkSNP in the Swiss National Park?


Short title: Conflicts

Papers:
Rosemarie Ankre, Lena Petersson Forsberg, and Lars Emmelin, Silence – an article of short supply in outdoor recreation? Handling noise conflicts in Swedish planning
Chi-Chuan Lue and Chia-Yu Hung, The influence of visitor use and environmental attributes on soil compaction and erosion along a mountain hiking trail in Taiwan
Dennis Kalisch, Axel Klaphake, The dilemma of recreational use versus nature protection – Responses from National Park authorities in Austria, Germany and Switzerland
Eniko Veress, Green and/or pleasant countryside? Possibilities and barriers of the mountain tourism in Transylvania, Romania


Short title: Beyond crowding
Title: Beyond crowding, updating models of social carrying capacity
Chair: Alan Graefe

Panelists:
Tetsuya Aikoh, Arne Arnberger, Yasushi Shoji, Taro Mieno, Comparison of motivations and crowding preferences between Austrian and Japanese urban forest visitors
Arne Arnberger, Renate Eder, Over- and undercrowding in the urban context: A comparison among Viennese green spaces
Carsten Mann, Arne Arnberger, Crowding in European forests: Status quo and implications for forest management and research
James, D. Absher, Theoretical and practical extensions to the 'traditional' carrying capacity model
Alan Graefe, Robert Burns,  Relationships between crowding, tolerance and satisfaction in outdoor recreation
Robert Manning, Norm crystallization: measurement and comparative analysis
Jerry Vaske, Lori Shelby, Crowding in natural settings: results from 30 years of research

13.00 lunch

Workshop: GIS (at lunch time)
Title: GIS and visitors flows
Conveners: Karolina Taczanowska, Andreas Muhar


14.30-16.30 parallel sessions: 2 paper sessions and Italian session


Short title: Monitoring
Chair: Alan Graefe

Papers:
Hans Olav Brata, Marta Moranduzzo, Managing and monitoring allowance for new second homes in the Rodane region, Norway
Robert Burns, Alan Graefe, Don English, Visitor measuring and monitoring challenges on remote national forests: The case of Alaska, USA
Donald B. K. English, J.M. Bowker, S. J. Zarnoch, Trap shyness in onsite surveys of visitors, evidence from the US national visitor use monitoring
Joel Erkkonen and Liisa Kajala, The role of recreation demand and supply information in monitoring outdoor recreation sustainability
Eick von Ruschkowski, Susanne Valdeig, Rebekka Jakob and Sandra Homann, Designing a visitor monitoring concept for Harz National Park in Germany
Dino Zanon, John Hall, Robin Shaw, Long term benefits of visitor Monitoring – An Australian experience


Short title: Modelling and simulation
Chair: Arne Arnberger

Papers:
Robert M. Itami, Level of Sustainable Activity: Bottom up Vessel Traffic Management
Rene Jochem, Building the model right and building the right model: verification and validation of the recreation simulation model MASOOR
Rupf Reto, Wernli Michael, Ruedi Haller, How to elaborate precise visitor numbers?
Sarah Colas, Martin Fitton and Peter Thaxter, The Progress project: the dynamics of involving the public in managing peri-urban forests
Michael Yuan and Peter Fredman, A Call for a Broad Spatial Under-standing of Outdoor Recreation Use

16.30-16.45 coffee point

16.30-17.30 plenary session
International Steering Committee: discussion, conclusions and greetings

18.00 departure for Casentino park, dinner in Casentino,
excursion will end 19 October in the afternoon

18.00 farewell drink served to participants that are not leaving to Casentino excursion.