期刊名称：eco.mont - Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research and Management
印刷版ISSN：2073-106X
电子版ISSN：2073-1558
出版年度：2017
卷号：9
期号：special issue
页码：66-74
DOI：10.1553/eco.mont-9-sis66
出版社：Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
摘要：In Germany, as in many Western societies, demographic change will lead to a higher number of senior visitors to natural recreational areas and national parks. Given the high physiological requirements of many outdoor recreation activities, especially in mountain areas, it seems likely that demographic change will affect the spatial behaviour of national park visitors, which may pose a challenge to the management of these areas. With the help of GPS tracking and a standardized questionnaire (n=481), this study empirically investigates the spatial behaviour of demographic age brackets in Berchtesgaden National Park (NP) and the potential effects of demographic change on the use of the area. Cluster analysis revealed four activity types in the study area. More than half of the groups with visitors aged 60 and older belong to the activity type of Walker.
