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Tourism and Nature Experience
The World Conservation Union defines national parks as areas that are principally open to the public and should offer “spiritual and recreational opportunities“. Consequently, tourism in national parks must be in line with these objectives. Recreation in national parks is primarily derived from encountering and experiencing undisturbed nature.
03.05.2011,
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Photo: NP Oö KalkalpenPrinciples
It is a priority for the national park administrations to offer visitors an authentic experience of nature combined with environmental education. Adequate regulations must ensure that mere sports activities are clearly subordinate to these protection goals. > more about: Principles
03.05.2011,
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Photo: HollingerNature in "Spirit of Nature"
Not only nature in the strict sense, in other words' animal and plant world, benefited from nature, but the man himself, but the extent to which man is not even part of nature? And how much of human nature requires for his mental and physical wellbeing? > more about: Nature in "Spirit of Nature"
03.05.2011,
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Photo: NP Hohe TauernVisitor Programmes
In the national parks, visitor streams are controlled in order to ensure a better protection of ecologically sensitive areas and draw the visitors’ attention to special attractions or representative parts of the national park. > more about: Visitor Programmes
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Photo: Archiv NP Kalkalp...Links
Links to national park visitor programmes: > more about: Links
03.05.2011,
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Photo: LammerhuberEconomic Importance
A study published in early 2005 by the Institute of Tourist Land Use Planning ITR (at the request of the Ministry of Life) confirms the outstanding role of the national parks. > more about: Economic Importance
03.05.2011,
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Photo: NP Neusiedler See...Visitor numbers
As our national parks are freely accessible, no precise numbers of visitors can be determined, of course. The figures that can be recorded refer to the participants in excursions and guided hikes, the visitors of information centres and exhibitions, the participants in events and student groups. > more about: Visitor numbers
09.06.2011,
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Photo: KovacsCertificate course “Austrian National Park Ranger”
The certificate course and the manual underlying it provide the groundwork for an Austria-wide uniform training pathway which builds on the existing, high-quality training programmes so far offered by the individual national park administrations. > more about: Certificate course “Austrian National Park Ranger”
09.06.2011,
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Photo: eb&p Umwelt...Protected areas as a driving force of a future-proof regional development
The present report deals with the strong and weak points of 13 Austrian protected areas. It is based on bachelor theses and seminar papers prepared at the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences. > more + downloads about: Protected areas as a driving force of a future-proof regional development
07.06.2011,