Visitor management

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The South Downs National Park: Applying Best Management Practice	Apr 2010
by Roger Budden The recently designated South Downs National Park introduces a ‘new’ holiday destination in the UK, providing a rare opportunity to develop a new sustainable tourism product. All National Parks are unique in their make-up and their challenges to manage... more
Tourist Guiding Services: Coping with Changes in the Market	Dec 2009
by Mark Hillsdon The correct management of guiding services can have a significant impact on a destination and so mismanagement must be avoided. As the UK is a relatively expensive holiday destination, offering a high quality tourism experience is a key way to compensate.... more
Britain’s Coaches: Partnership and Passengers	Mar 2009
by Stephen Barber A recent Confederation of Passenger Transport UK (CPT) survey indicated that twice as many Brits were planning to holiday in the UK this year compared to last year. This article examines the volume and value of the coach tourism segment of the domestic... more
Dancing with Visitors - Why Tourism Strategies can Never be the Same	Jul 2003
By Mandy Lane At the end of last year, a unique set of circumstances in the North East of England dictated the need for a new regional tourism framework to complement the Regional Economic Strategy (RES). The previous tourism strategy ended in December 2002, leaving... more
Visitor Centres	Jul 2002
By Haydn Morris Visitor centres are taken for granted as part of the tourist scene. They perform the vital tasks of informing, promoting, interpreting, servicing and managing, but they are costly to develop and to operate. Finance, especially for operating costs,... more

2H: Developing Visitor Management Plans
Introducing a visitor management plan is a way of influencing visitor activities so that their positive impacts can be maximised and negative impacts minimised. This section outlines the stages involved in developing a plan:auditing and creating a position... more
2E: Setting up a Visitor Payback Scheme
This component outlines the value of visitor payback schemes (VPSs), which encourage tourists to make a voluntary contribution towards local environmental improvements. It: explains the necessary factors and infrastructure required to set up a VPSprovides... more