Understanding the economic value of marine sanctuaries such as the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS) is important to justify public and private investments and to provide information to support...

This paper focuses on the development of a systematic data collection effort that allows managers to better understand the visitors to marine resource areas managed by NOAA Office of National...

This review presents a summary of existing visitor monitoring methods and relevant studies in land and marine-based areas, with a focus on the application to unique aquatic settings. Various opportunities...

Through the National Marine Sanctuaries Visitor Counting Process (NMS-COUNT), marine protected area (MPA) resource managers gain valid and reliable data and methods to advance predictive capability and understanding of visitors....

Open access, free resources by the Journal of Tourism Futures for this Special Issue of transformation and the regenerative future of tourism. Articles in this issue cover topics including regenerative...

The Optimal Value Framework is a strategic approach that can be used to help destination stakeholders work together to understand and optimize the value of tourism for their community, agree...

From 2014 to 2017, the National Park Service (NPS) Social Science Program (SSP) worked with RSG via a contract to develop and conduct pilot implementation of an in-park Socioeconomic Monitoring...

This visitor capacity guidebook, in combination with the “Visitor Use Management Framework,” provides managers with processes to collaboratively develop long-term strategies to manage the amounts and types of visitor use...

This report intends to understand and define better the environmental and social footprint of coastal and maritime tourism in major global marine regions such as the Mediterranean, the Caribbean, the...

This proposed set of guidelines from the Organization of American States provides an overview of the structure, focus, benefits, and characteristics of Community-Based Rural Tourism in countries throughout the Americas...