Dear colleagues,

welcome at this website with an enquiry on tourism issues in European mountain protected areas. This enquiry has been prepared with the full support of the EUROPARC Federation.
Any response from you would be really very much appreciated.We suppose that information acquired through your participation - filling of the questionnaire will be valuable not only for us but for other protected area managers as well which can definitely contribute to better knowledge and understanding of tourism issues within European mountain protected areas.
Results of the enquiry will be delivered to all participants and to members of EUROPARC Federation (e.g. through the Bulletin of EUROPARC Federation, the EUROPARC website). You can find deeply information about reasons for preparation of this enquiry in an accompanying letter (email) which has been sent to your administration.
This simple questionnaire has two parts. First of them is focused on basic tourism issues in your protected area, second one applies only to protected areas which deal with down-hill skiing activities.
You can fill the questionnaire either in English or in German languages. Please, comment particular questions in the questionnaire more deeply if you like. Don’t worry, this electronic version of the questionnaire is designed for long comments. After filling of the questionnaire submit that and it will be automatically sent by email to us. If you have any questions, additional comments etc., do not hesitate to contact us at the email address: banas@prfnw.upol.cz.
Thank you for your time and participation.

Marek Banaš, MSc.
Palacky University in Olomouc
Czech Republic

Dr. Jan Štursa
President, EUROPARC Czech Rep.
Czech Republic



The questionnaire on tourism issues in mountain protected areas in Europe

Note:
* Not be confused because of using an abbreviation NP (national park) for all types (categories) of protected areas in particular questions of this questionaire!
* 1.zone of NP means the most strictly preserved zone-core zone
Don’t worry if you have no exact data for any of questions (e.g. number of visitors). Please try to guess that. If it is no possible, please write: „no information“



Contact person/email address in your NP:

1. What is the full name and type (category) of your protected areas ?
(you can mark more options if applicable)
Type (category) of protected area:
national park
nature park
regional park
biosphere reserve
other option

2. What is the total annual amount of visitors in your NP ?
Totally per annum (approx number of visitors)
During winter season (approx number of visitors)
During summer season (approx number of visitors)
Note: When is “winter season” in your NP ? (which months)

3. Do you have a management plan of tourism in your NP ?
yes
no
management plan is being under preparation at present
If yes ? Write the name of the management plan and year of its processing, please:

4. Are following activities allowed in your NP ?
(If yes, please fill complementary information for every activity)
downhill skiing
yes
no
If yes ? approx. number of ski pistes (ski centers)
approx. total length of pistes (if you know)
approx. number of downhill skiers per annum
in which zone(s) of NP is downhill skiing allowed ?
snowboarding
yes
no
If yes ? approx. number of pistes for snowboarding
approx. number of snowboarders per annum
in which zone(s) of NP is snowboarding allowed ?
skialpinism
yes
no
If yes ? approx. number of allowed sites
approx. number of skialpinists per annum
in which zone(s) of NP is skialpinism allowed ?
cross country skiing
yes
no
If yes ? approx. total length of ski routes.
approx. number of cross-country skiers per annum
in which zone(s) of NP is cross-country skiing allowed ?
are routes maintained during winter?
yes
no
snowmobiles for visitors
yes
no
If yes ? approx. number of allowed sites
approx. number of visitors who do the activity per annum:
<100
>100
>1000
in which zone(s) of NP is snowmobilling allowed ?
mountain biking
yes
no
If yes ? approx. number of allowed sites (and length of routes eventually)
approx. number of cyclists per annum
in which zone(s) of NP is mountain biking allowed ?
is there allowed to bike out of hard (paved) trails ?
yes
no
paragliding
yes
no
If yes ? approx. number of allowed sites
approx. number of paragliders per annum
in which zone(s) of NP is paragliding allowed ?
climbing
yes
no
If yes ? approx. number of allowed sites
approx. number of climbers per annum
in which zone(s) of NP is climbing allowed ?
canoeing/rafting
yes
no
If yes ? approx. number of allowed sites
approx. number of boating per annum
in which zone(s) of NP is canoeing/rafting allowed ?
Is there allowed free movement of visitors out of signed (designated) tourist routes in your NP ?
in 1.zone of your NP
yes
no
in 2.zone of your NP
yes
no
in 3.zone of your NP
yes
no
5.Which way is used for regulation of the above mentioned tourism activities in your NP ?
by local government act (incl.municipality)
by rules for visitors issued by national park administration
by central government act or decree (inlc.by law)
by another way (which way ?)
Comments:
6. Are there any hotels, guest-houses, chalets which offer accomodation or food for visitors in most strictly protected areas of your NP ?
in 1.zone of NP:
yes
no
in 2.zone of NP:
yes
no
7. What problem(s) of tourism (winter or summer) do you consider to be the most serious in your NP ? Why ?
Comments
8. How do you solve that problem(s) ? (What are you successful in and what has failed to be solved?)
Comments
9. Do you monitor any problems associated with tourism ? (e.g., biological, economical monitoring).
yes
no
If yes ? write what problem you monitor and what type of monitoring you carry out:
10. Which ways of visitor’s transport are allowed in particular zones of your NP ?
1.zone
private car
bus
rail transport (on the ground)
cableway (aerial)
on foot
on bike
no entrance of visitors
other way (which way)
Comment:
2.zone
private car
bus
rail transport (on the ground)
cableway (aerial)
on foot
on bike
no entrance of visitors
other way (which way)
Comment:
3.zone
private car
bus
rail transport (on the ground)
cableway (aerial)
on foot
on bike
no entrance of visitors
other way (which way)
Comment:
11. Does your National park Administration participate in organization of public transportation within NP ?
yes
no
If yes ? how do you participate in that ?
12. Problems and conflicts between traffic and nature conservation in your NP:
a) What problems and conflicts between traffic and nature conservation are the most serious in your NP ?
b) How do you solve those problems and conflicts ?
Comments:
Ad a):
Ad b):
13. Do you control visitor flow (numbers of visitors) in your NP ?
yes
no
If yes ? in which way :
temporary enclosure of tracks (routes)
limited number of visitors allowed on tracks
limited number of allowed entrances to NP
other way (which way?)
14. Have you set the carrying capacity of your NP in relation to tourism (limits of tourism load)?
yes
no
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Respond to the following questions only if there are any down-hill ski piste(s) localised in your NP
15. In what zone of your NP are down-hill ski piste(s) situated ?
1.zone of NP
yes
no
2.zone of NP
yes
no
3.zone of NP
yes
no
16. Approx how many of down-hill ski pistes are situated only in forest belt and how many above the alpine tree-line (timberline) ?

Situation:Approx. number of ski pistes:
Only under timberline
Only above timberline
Started above and finished below timberline
17. If any of down-hill ski pistes are situated in habitat types which are important in the EC’s Natura 2000 network, please mark a habitat type (viz chart).

Habitat typeOccurence:
Yes/No/Not known
Zone of NP
alpine, subalpine or subarctic heaths and scrubs //
dry heaths (mainly in montane vegetation altitudinal zone) //
natural and seminatural grasslands in alpine or subalpine zone //
montane hay meadows //
bogs and mires //
screes //
coniferous forests //
broadleaved or mixed montane forests //
18. Is there artificial snowing of ski pistes allowed in your NP ?
yes
no
only on particular ski pistes
Comments:
19. Are there any problems with artificial snowing in relation to nature conservation in your NP ?
yes
no
If yes ? what problems ? Comments:
20. Which way is used for controlling of down-hill ski pistes operation in your NP ?
by local government act (incl.municipality)
by rules for visitors issued by national park administration
by central government act (inlc.by law)
by another way (which way ?)
21. Do operators allocate a part of their profit from down-hill skiing operation to land management activities or nature conservation projects ?
yes,operators pay obligatory fee
yes,operators pay voluntary fee
no
Comments:
22. Are down-hill ski pistes used for other activities during summer season ?
yes
no
If yes ? what activities ? (you can mark more options if applicable)
hiking
mountain biking
paragliding
grazing
mowing
other way (which way?)
23. Problems and conflicts between down-hill ski operations and nature conservation in your NP:
a) What problems and conflicts between down-hill ski operations and nature conservation are the most serious in your NP ?
b) How do you solve those problems and conflicts ?
Comments:
Ad a)
Ad b)


Thank you very much for your cooperation. Best wishes !
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