"Sustainable Tourism, Cultural Heritage and Soft Mobility" Working group

Working group leader: Regional Nature Park Vercors (F)

The working group “Sustainable Tourism, Cultural Heritage and Soft Mobility” set up in 1997, is one of the oldest working groups of the Alpine Network of Protected Areas (ALPARC).

It has carried out numerous actions and edited many publications. Up to now this working group has pursued three directions:
1 – Visits by tourists to the alpine protected areas and the repercussions on the economy of the region of the protected area concerned.
2 – The impact of visits by tourists and the administrative measures necessary.
3 – A specific working group has dealt with the issues relative to cultural activities in the protected areas and conservation issues relative to cultural properties.

This theme was also taken up by the Carpathian Network of Protected Areas as early as 2006. The Carpathian parks have also participated in several actions of the ALPARC Tourism Working group.

Since 2009, the working group is enlarged also to the topics “Cultural heritage” and “Soft mobility”.

Documents:

Information brochure n°6: Evaluation of Frequency (1999)
Dossier n°2: “Tourism in the Alpine Protected Areas “ (2000)
Dossier n°4: “Tourism and Culture in the Alpine Protected Areas – Projects and Experiences“ (2001)
CD ROM – Proceedings of the Nice International Symposium on “The Issues at Stake in Sustainable Tourism in the Protected Areas“ (2006)
CD ROM and proceedings of the “Management of Tourism and Sustainable Development in Protected Areas“ workshop – Alps and Carpathians (2006)
Brochure:"Trains, shuttle buses and carriages replace the private car" (2008, see below)
Dossier "Soft Mobility and Alpine Protected Areas" (2008, see below)