Chair persons: Peter Fredman & Jack Corbett

Peter Fredman
Monitoring National Park Visitors – Short and Long Term Changes

Nelly Robles
The Program for Visitor Management at Monte Alban, Mexico: A Strategy for Managing Mass Tourism through Innovation

Jack Corbett
Moving through Mountains: Who Comes? Who Cares?

Tetsuya Aikoh
The Actual Situation and the Attitude of Visitors of Feeding to the Wild Animal in the Japanese Suburban Forest

Melanie Percy
Monitoring Human Use around Wildlife Movement Corridors in the Rocky Mountains, Alberta, Canada

Marcel Hunziker
Experimental Long-Term Evaluation of a Campaign to Reduce-Freeriding-Wildlife Conflicts of Snow Sports

Jan Vidar Haukeland
Visitor monitoring in a World Heritage Area – the West Norwegian Fjords Nærøyfjorden and Geirangerfjorden

Hanne Lykkja
Visitor management in the West Norwegian Fjords - bridging the gaps between disciplines, sectors and administrative levels

Fernanda Kreischer Bandeira Diniz & Douglas Pimentel
Social Carrying Capacity at a Brazilian protected area

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Chair persons: Steven Selin & Jeoffrey Dehez

Steven Selin
Backbone Leadership and River Recreation Corridors: The Mon River Valley Coalition

Jeoffrey Dehez
The contribution of proximity-based analysisto outdoor recreation management

Laurent Chazée
Monitoring recreational and educational services provided by Mediterranean Wetlands: how natural capital impact human and social capital?

Reiko Gokita
Effectiveness of consensus-building methods using sustainable tourism indicators in the collaborative management of Japan’s national parks: a case study of the Oku-Nikko area in Nikko National Park

Hanne Sorensen
Stakeholders to the Rescue, Biosphere Reserve in the Chilean Andes

Posters

Julius Arnegger
Supporting Georgia’s protected areas: linking conservation and local development

Kan Elena
A new concept for sustainable natural resources management in Uzbekistan: the case of the Lower Amudarya state biosphere reserve

Igor Stamenković
Attitudes of the government and non-government sectors towards development of ecotourism in protected natural areas in Autonomous Province of Vojvodina (Serbia)

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Chair persons: Maaike Bergsma & Marius Mayer

Maaike Bergsma
Tourism Markers for National Parks - The case of The Netherlands

Marius Mayer
The recreational value of German national parks – consumer surplus analyzed with travel cost models

Marija Perić
Protected Areas in the Function of Promotion of Tourism in Western Serbia

WWF Adria (Željka Rajković)
Promotional film: MPAs a winning card for sustainable tourism

Posters

Uglješa Stankov
National parks are going social? An exploratory study of former Yugoslav countries on Facebook

Marija Cimbaljević
ICT in promoting and interpretation in protected areas – example of Serbian national parks

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Chair persons: Miłosz Jodłowski & Jurij Gulič

Miłosz Jodłowski
Management strategies for outdoor recreation in Central European high-mountain national parks

Jurij Gulič
Monitoring of disturbances in the natural environment on Pohorje Mountain (Slovenia)

Erica Udas, Philipp Sacher et al.
Towards a carbon-neutral university:Assessing the recreational value of a university forest and the tradeoffs with other ecosystem services

Kateřina Kaprová
Modelling the recreation demand for natural areas in the Czech Republic

Marcin Rechciński
Is PPGIS always an effective management tool? Reflections based on the Tatra National Park case study

Naume Marinoski
Spatial-planning aspects of tourism development in the protected area Jasen

Posters

Akke Folmer
Wildlife and flora and the valuation of green places: a comparison between local and national green places in the Netherlands

Katelin McArdle (Chelsey Walden-Schreiner will present)
Evaluating Youth Conservation Corps Trail Improvement Projects: Sampling & Data Collection Protocols

Nikola Milentijević
Applying of the GIS Technology to Spatial Analysis of the Geo-cultural heritage of the Municipality of Prokuplje, Serbia

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Chair person: Teresa Cristina Magro

Teresa Cristina Magro
Adventure Races: what do athletes, organisers and park managers think about it

Božidar Jaković
Touristic events as generators ofvisitationsincrease and tourism sustainability in Nature parks

Ricardo M. Nogueira Mendes
Organized mountain biking events within peri-urban protected areas. How many are too many?

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Chair persons: Tessa Hegetschweiler & John van den Berg

Tessa Hegetschweiler
Physical and social aspects of forest recreation – approaches to a comprehensive monitoring

Barbara Latosińska
Social media dynamics affecting differences between online and onsite surveys: First findings from a case study in the TricityLandscape Park, Poland

John van den Berg
Online visitor monitoring in Dutch nature reserves and National Parks

Liisa Kajala et al. (Veikko Virkkunen will present)
Long term visitor monitoring in protected and recreational areas – results from Finland and Estonia

Andreas Skriver Hansen
Introducing visitor produced pictures as a strategy for studying and monitoring visitor experiences in outdoor recreation management

Sofia Bizarro
Monitoring Outdoor recreation in Serra da Estrela Natural Park, Portugal

Posters

Julia Hupka, Christina Czachs (Christiane Brandenburg will present)
Gathering information about leisure and recreational activities in an open landscape setting

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Chair persons: Alan Graefe & Reto Rupf

Reto Rupf
The rocky path – defining a trail and route network for a new national park. Case study Parc Adula, Switzerland

Alan Graefe
Using Photo Elicitation to Understand Hiker Perceptions of Energy and Communication Related Development Along the Appalachian Trail

Akihiro Kobayashi
Investigating the Incident Profile of Vulnerable Climber Segments: Older Climbers in the North Japan Alps

Karen Hornigold
Modelling use of forest recreation routes; an application for woodlark (Lullulaarborea) conservation

Hemma Preisel
Spatio-temporal Patterns of Mountain Bikers in the Wienerwald Biosphere Reserve

Posters

Mária Bihuňová
Arboretum Mlyňany (Slovakia) – what can we learn and experience more?

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Chair persons: Catherine Pickering & Tuija Sievänen

Catherine Pickering
What’s the latest research on mountain biking in protected areas?: Results from the special issue of the Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism

Peter Fredman
Predicting Outdoor Recreation – Experts vs. the Public

Tuija Sievänen
Foresight Outdoor Recreation – A discussion based on monitoring experiences in the Nordic context

Marjo Neuvonen
Future prospects of nature-based recreation and tourism in Finland

Melanie Percy
Monitoring Human Use around Wildlife Movement Corridors in the Rocky Mountains, Alberta, Canada

Arvid Viken & Gaute Svensson
Borders of outdoor recreation

Catherine Pickering
What have we learn in the past 12 years about Monitoring and Management of Visitors in Recreational and Protected Areas? Current knowledge and future research directions

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Chair person: Arne Arnberger

Arne Arnberger
Visitors’ trade-offs between physical and social factors of bark beetle impacted recreational forests

Dominik Siegrist
R-Types - Development of a typology of recreationists as a base for planning and design of nature-based recreation areas

Hanny Kadijk
The Dutch and German Waddencoast: Similar but different. An entrepreneurial context

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Chair persons: Sabine Hennig & Timo Derriks

Sabine Hennig
Natural areas for everyone – What infrastructure do people with disabilities require?

Timo Derriks
Meaningful knowledge for coastal city RV park creation: Understanding RV camping in practice

Vladimir Stojanović
May the concept of ecolodge and ecohotel enhance the development of ecotourism in national parks of Serbia?

Stefan Türk
Barrier-free nature experience in national parks - Evaluation of visitor guidance through experience engineering

Posters

Pavel Pešout (Ondrej Vitek will present)
Nature Houses in the Czech Republic

Milan Bradić
Eco-labels in tourism and hospitality industry

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Chair persons: Kelly de Bie & Michael Campbell

Kelly de Bie
Understanding and fostering local community support for protected areas engulfed by urban sprawl

Željka Rajković
Nature Conservation for Local Community: Sustainable Tourism Planning

Takahiro Kubo
Which local policies increase revisit intention to Amami Oshima Island, Japan? Using Best–Worst scaling methodology

Anastasiia Morozova & Michael Campbell
Sustainable Tourism Development in Belize: A Comparison of two communities at different stages of development

Mart Reimann
Trail use and willingness to participate in trail management by local community of the Neeruti protected area, Estonia

Posters

Supawinee Songpornwanich
Development of Success Factors of CBT Learning Organization at Doi Inthanon National Park

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Chair persons: Martin Goossen & Robert C. Burns

Martin Goossen
Smart monitoring visitors National Parks

Thomas Jones
Comparing Climber Monitoring Methods on Mount Fuji

Robert C. Burns
Testing the use of wild game cameras for US Forest Service recreational visitor monitoring in Oregon/Washington, USA

Hélène Draux (Anton Stahl Olafsson will present)
Online participatory GIS mapping of marine recreation in Denmark: contrastingcrowdsourced and representative survey approaches

Claudia Hödl
Geocaching in protected areas – a survey of potential negative effects on the natural environment and implications for future management in the Donau-Auen National Park, Austria

Halina T. Kobryn
Evaluating conflict potential in the marine and coastal areas of the Kimberley region of northern Australia through public participation GIS

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Chair persons: Karolina Taczanowska & Gerd Lupp

Gerd Lupp
Geocaching – A harmless recreational activity of digital natives or a threat for forest conservation? Case studies from Bavaria

Karolina Taczanowska
Application of GPS-tracking to analyse the spatial behaviour of cable car users – a case study from thesummer season in the Tatra National Park, Poland

Katja Kangas
A novel GIS –based approach to reconcile the needs for nature conservation, tourism and recreation

Luís Monteiro
Using GPS data from Web 2.0 platforms to assess informal trail network and its impacts in protected areas

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Chair persons: Karolina Taczanowska & Gerd Lupp

Chelsey Walden-Schreiner
Incorporating the digital footprints of visitors in protected area use and impact monitoring: Case studies from the USA and Australia

Gerd Lupp
Using trigger trail cameras for visitor monitoring – Applications in Bavaria

Takafumi Miyasaka
Feasibility of using mobile phone GPS for visitor monitoring in a national park: a case study in Oku-Nikko, Japan

Ondrej Vitek
The more data we have, the more we doubt methodology

Petra Šťastná
First Experience with Automated Counting System in the Krkonoše Mts. National Park

Posters

Piotr Krzan (Magdalena Sitarz will present)
Visitor monitoring in practices. Few examples from the Tatra National Park (Poland)

Luís Monteiro, Ondrej Vitek
Developing standard procedures for visitor counters calibration in Czech Protected Landscape Areas

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Chair persons: Ulrike Pröbstl-Haider & Clémence Perrin-Malterre

Þorvarður Árnason
Wild thoughts – exploring the meaning(s) of wilderness among Icelandic outdoor recreationists

Ulrike Pröbstl-Haider
Skiing unlimited? Acceptance of resort extension by skiers in Tyrol/Austria

Clémence Perrin-Malterre
Perceptions and behavior of winter sports participants in Regional Natural Park of Bauges

Rognvaldur Gudmundsson
Analyses of overseas tourists in Vatnajökull National Park, Iceland 2010-2015

Jasminka Klanjšček
Relating daily change of visitor number to crowding perception and overall satisfaction in Nature Park Telašćica, Croatia

Miisa Pietilä
Exploring environment−experience relations in Oulanka National Park using participatory mapping

Anna Höglhammer
Perceptions of individuals and organized stakeholders on immigrants’ barriers to nature-based recreation

Posters

Agita Livina
Comparison of local and foreign visitors in two national parks in Latvia

Iztok Škornik
Environmentally friendly visitation in Sečovlje Salina Nature Park

Jan Melichar (Katerina Kaprova will present)
Measuring recreation benefits of forest quality change with contingent behavior model

Martina Markov
Profile characteristics andsatisfaction of Kornati National Park visitors

Teppei Ishiuchi
A Study on Comfort Evaluation using Brain Waves and Questionnaire Survey in Outdoor Spaces

Demir Barić
Exploring Visitors' Desired Benefits In Paklenica National Park, Croatia: Development, Validation And Management Implications Of Measurement Instrumen

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Chair persons: Berit C. Kaae & Stian Stensland

Berit C. Kaae
Latent demand and constraints to water-oriented outdoor recreation in Denmark

Stian Stensland
Constraints and Facilitators to Salmon Angling Participation

Michaël Bishop (Þorvarður Árnason will present)
Outdoor recreation and protection of Iceland‘s Central Highland: Conditions for a consensus among domestic users

Selçuk Sayan
Cultural differences in outdoor recreation: A case study of Saklikent National Park in Turkey

Selçuk Sayan & Dennis Kalisch
Immigrants' urban outdoor recreation: Explorative case studies in Turkey and Germany

Michaël Bishop (Þorvarður Árnason will present)
Outdoor recreation and protection of Iceland‘s Central Highland: Conditions for a consensus among domestic users

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Chair persons: Ross Taplin & Rögnvaldur Ólafsson

Rögnvaldur Ólafsson
Where do the tourists in Iceland go?

Gyða Þórhallsdóttir
Tourism seasonality in Iceland

Ross Taplin
The Multi-dimensional Components of Visitor Loyalty to Protected Areas

Jóhann Garðar Þorbjörnsson, Georgette Burns
Diving between continents: Visitor motivations, disturbance and management implications for Silfra, Iceland.

Emily Wilkins
Recreational activities, place attachment, and intended future visitation under climate change conditions

Estela Farías-Torbidoni
A segmentation approach in determining visitor motivation to engage in physical activities levels. The case of Spanish protected areas

Joanna Hibner
Segmentation of visitors in mountain protected areas based on motivation factors: a comparison between two skiing areas: Kasprowy Wierch area (TPN, Poland) and Skalnaté Pleso area (TANAP, Slovakia)

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Chair persons: Nanda K. Viswanathan & Carla Danelutti

Nanda K. Viswanathan
Sustainable Coastal Tourism on Long Island – A Preliminary Study

Carla Danelutti
Creating a transnational ecotourism offer: The MEET Experience

Katja Kangas
Nature-based tourism, protected areas and mining in Finnish Lapland

Mojca Zega
MTB Soča Outdoor (Slovenia) – A good case scenario

Dachanee Emphandhu
Visitor Management for Resource Conservation in Community-based Ecotourism, Thailand

Posters

Annamária Kopek
Ecotourism in Balaton Uplands National Park

Jelena Putica & Ivan Perutina
Potentials for Development of Rural Tourism in Blidinje Nature Park

Vladimir Stojanović
Educational and interpretative value of tourism offer as a prerequisite of sustainable tourism in protected areas in Vojvodina

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Chair persons: Patricia A. Stokowski & Douglas de Souza Pimentel

Patricia A. Stokowski
Environmental Interpretation and Forests: Perspectives of Managers and Agencies

Douglas de Souza Pimentel
Interpretative trails to enable an environmental education process in a Brazilian park

Juliana Marcondes Bussolotti
Perception, interpretation and valuation of multifunctional landscapes of protected areas: a contribution to visitor management.

Posters

Tamara Lukić
Outdoor education in protected areas from viewpoint of geographic education

Bojan Đerčan
Special Nature Reserve Obedska Bara: Good Example Of Organization Of Teaching In The Field

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Chair persons: Thomas Hose & Mojca Zega

Thomas Hose
Re Cycling and Geotourism: an adventure approach to appreciating physical landscapes

Mojca Zega
Protecting & Evaluating Geoheritage in Slovenia - Today’s Issues & Challenges

Snjezana Musa
Geodiversity As A Fundamental Determinant In Distinguishing Geoparks In Southeast Europe

Željka Šiljković
Papuk Geopark and the tourism activity

Posters

Anđelko Vrsaljko
Landscape Diversity of the National Park Paklenica as Paradigm of Tourism Development

Ljupče Miljković
Protected natural areas and geoheritage of Homolje - an overview

Nemanja Tomić
Exploring the potential for geotourism development in the Danube region of Serbia

Milica Began
Degradation of in situ geosites caused by anthropogenic factors – analysis of tourists’ attitudes

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Chair persons: Andreas Muhar and Kamal Thapa

Francesca Visintin
Accounting the value4money of Marine Protected Areas

Kota Mameno
Estimating preferences for pricing policies in Japanese national parks using best-worst scaling

Kamal Thapa
Assessing Economic Impact Of National Park Visitation In Nepal

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Chair person: Jeff Dalley

Martin Wyttenbach
Mountainbiking and wildlife – disturbance experiments with roe deer (capreolus capreolus) in Switzerland

Kiyotatsu Yamamoto
Monitoring visitor use and awareness in Sanriku Reconstruction National Park: Towards eco-based disaster risk reduction

Jeff Dalley
Tranquility mapping: A tool for the equitable allocation of soundscapes in protected areas

Marcin Rechciński
Does Natura 2000 always mean an ecotourism potential? Application of PP GIS to the perception study ofthe tourist stakeholders’ values at the local scale of Natura 2000 municipalities

Sunčana Geček
Evaluating ecosystem services in National Park Krka (Croatia)

Tin Klanjšček
Quantifying effects of tourist activities on the environment, tourists, and park services in nature protected areas

Clara-Jane Blye
Do Canadian’s Leave No Trace? A study examining the pro-environmental behaviours of front-country and back-country overnight park visitors

Izidora Marković
Impact factors on protected areas and management policieson a global scale

Luciana Yukie Matsubara & Teresa Magro
Potential of dispersal seeds by endozoochory of Urochloa decumbens seed and Melinis minutiflora by riding animals

Posters

Joachim Rathmann
Trade-offs between the forest ecosystem services biodiversity and recreation: Perception and assessment of deadwood by outdoor recreationists and the general public in Bavaria (SE Germany)

Dajana Bjelajac
Rainfall erosivity as an indicator of potential threat to erosion vulnerability in protected areas of Vojvodina (North Serbia)

Hijiri Shimojima
The environmental impact of mountaineering in the Mt. Everest region

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Chair person: Liisa Tyrväinen

Liisa Tyrväinen
Contribution of nature areas to residents’ health in urban and suburban areas in Helsinki, Finland

Ilze Grinfelde
Enhancing vitality of young students by integrated experience-based outdoor education methods

Estela Farías Torbidoni
The influence of visitor characteristic and natural park facilities on physical activity levels. A case of study

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Posters

Bojana Kalenjuk
Analysis of the State and Offer of the Hospitality Facilities in Special Nature Reserves in Vojvodina

Goran Radivojević
Nature Park ''Šargan – Mokra Gora'' as a Major Hot Spot for Promoting Serbian Gastronomy

Maja Banjac
Gastronomic offer of Gornje Podunavlje Special Nature Reserve for the purpose of authentic development of tourism

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