Towards Smarter Management of Overtourism in Historic Centres Through Visitor-Flow Monitoring

visitor impact monitoring and management in an ecotourism site

every time a visitor sets foot in an ecotourism site, he/she causes a negative impact. this is an unavoidable fact. an ecotourism program initiates many public use activities that will have impacts ,both positive and negative. an ecotourism management plan seeks to minimize the negative impacts.therefore monitoring and managing of visitor impacts are fundamental ecotourism management strategie...

National Historic Trails Interpretive Center Visitor Survey

In order for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to comply with the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA), and better meet the needs of the public; a visitor satisfaction survey was conducted at 24 BLM recreation sites in 13 states during fiscal year 2011 (FY11). The survey was developed to measure each site's performance related to BLM GPRA Goal 3.1 Provide for a quality recreation exp...

The Functions and Planning of Visitor Centres in Regional Tourism

The values of any specific society can be interpreted from the functions of the physical infrastructure it develops. Cultures which are sports oriented will support massive stadiums, those with spiritual concerns maintain great cathedrals, mosques and shrines, and those with environmental concerns create physical structures to celebrate and protect the places they value. In the world of tourism...

Towards Smarter Cars

Simulation of Air Flow through Skylight in Historical House, Case Study: Historic House of Mosavar-al-Molki

One of the main architectural characteristics in the central area of Iran is the relation between life and climatic conditions; e.g., the four-seasonal house which is a typical kind of the central-yard house. As the climate of Isfahan is more pleasant than other desert regions in the central part of Iran, wind towers are replaced with skylights to ventilate the pool area of hoze-khane. So far, ...