The BiesboschNational Park

Opportunities

Toon Loonen

Developments with a spatial impact

Realisation National Ecological Network

Eiland van DordrechtStrategic Green Project

Projects combining more objectives

Room for Rivers

Garbage Dump Polder Stededijk

The position of the National Park

many organisations are involveddifferent goals and views most of the organisations involved in the projectsare members of the National Parkthere is not a NP overal visionon the total of these projects and developments

Ambition NP

to improve the cohesion between the projects(and of course also with information and education)

Solutions

Last april the board decided to start 2 projects1. The draw up of a new development plan for

recreation and tourism for the large Biesbosch and2. A search fo a new organisational structure

to improve the cooperation between the regionalpartners

Visitor management plan

Visitor management1.What are the possibilities and limitations

of the park?2.What do the tourists want?3 A:What does the park want?

B:How will the park achieve what it wants? C:Do they realise what they want and how can the

management be improved?

Park Analysis

Chapter 1

Market Analysis

Chapter 2

Goals and objective setting

Chapter 3a

Strategic Plan

Chapter 3b

Monitoring and Evaluation

Chapter 3c

The vehicle that we want to use to achievethis goal is the model of a visitor management plan and a tourism development strategywhich is used in Pan Parks.

Pan Park is a quality brand that stands for:

Principle 1 :Protected areas with rich natural heritagePrinciple 2 :Nature ManagementPrinciple 3:Visitor ManagementPrinciple 4 :Sustainable Tourism Development StrategyPrinciple 5 :Business PartnersPrinciple 6 :Sponsors

Change tourism from a threat into an opportunity

Why do we choose a visitor-orientedapproachTourism developments take place in the desired direction

(realizing goals and objectives)Higher visitor satisfaction with indirect benefits

(return visits, expenditures, promotion, public support, economic benefits park and local population)

Better control visitor behaviourEffectively appliance of visitor management strategies

and techniquesAttracting desired type of visitorsJustification investments

What have we done thus far and what are our plans

Market analysis is done already.Park analysis will be done with

several parties (to be discussed) Both analyses will be used as input for a

workshop for members of the board. - What does the park want?- How will the park achieve what it wants?