Key Figures for the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Talk given at the "Parliamentary Evening: „25 years protected areas in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern – biodiversity policy as contribution to a sustainable (economical) development “ on Wednesday, 25th November 2015, at the Information Office of the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern to the EU, Brussels.

1. Economic Impacts of Tourism
in Large Scale Protected Areas
Key Figures for Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Parliamentary Evening:
„25 years protected areas in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern –
biodiversity policy as contribution to a sustainable (economical)
development “ 25.11.2015, Brussels
Niklas Scheder

2. Large Scale Protected Areas of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
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3. Why Monitoring of Tourism in Protected Areas?
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“Any phenomenon that is not measured and reported does
not exist politically. Governments, societies, communities and
individuals place more value on that which is documented.“
Prof. Paul F.J. Eagles
• Self-evaluation and benchmarking
• Justify budget
• Internal and external marketing/communication
• Gain regional acceptance
• Visitor Management

4. Evaluation of Regional Economic Impacts: A Brief History
• 2001/02: First attempt to evaluate economic impacts of tourism within
the Berchtesgaden National Park region
• 2003-05: Development of a standardized method for the evaluation of
economic impacts of tourism in German large scale protected areas
based on three case study regions
• 2006-2019: Application to 14 national parks and 12 biosphere reserves
by a series of research projects
• Funding was always granted by by the Federal Ministry for
Environment, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB) and Federal Nature
Conservation Agency (BfN) as well as some of the local management
bodies
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5. Research Design
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Destination Survey
Short Interviews
Long Interviews
Gross Tourist
Spending
Countings
& Official Statistics
Visitor Days per Year
Total Income &
Income Equivalents
(FTE)
Direct & Indirect
Multipliers
Computation Official Statistics
Visitor Structure
Expenditures &
Motivation

6. Visitation

7. Visitors with a High Affinity towards Protected Areas
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low
high
 only economic effects induced by the core group of visitors can be linked to
protected areas
= core group

8. 27.11.2015 Department for Geography and Geology / Chair for Geography and Regional Research 8
Awareness and Share of Visitors with a high PA Affinity
*STEINGRUBE & JESCHKE (2011)
89,5%*
65,4%
77,2%
69,6%
32,7%
47,7%*
31,5%
27,5%
21,7%
4,9%
0,0%
10,0%
20,0%
30,0%
40,0%
50,0%
60,0%
70,0%
80,0%
90,0%
100,0%
Müritz NLP VP Boddenlandschaft NLP Jasmund NLP Schaalsee BR SO-Rügen BR
Knowledge of PA High Affinity (Core Group)

9. Visitor Numbers
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PA Year of study Visitation Days Overnight
Guests in %
Daytrippers
in %
Schaalsee BR 2011/12 490.000 17,6 82,4
SO-Rügen BR 2011/12 5.288.000 93,3 6,7
Müritz NLP 2004 / 2010* 375.000* 90,8 9,2
Jasmund NLP 2013/14 679.000 91,8 8,2
VP Bodden-
landschaft NLP
2013/14 4.766.000 84,8 15,2
Total 11.598.000
*STEINGRUBE & JESCHKE (2011)

10. Visitor Spendings
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Avg. spending per Person per Day in €
PA Overnight Guests Day Trippers
Core Group Other Core Group Other
Schaalsee BR 58,60 48,40 20,40 17,20
SO-Rügen BR 76,50 75,60 - 17,20
Müritz NLP 58,00* 57,91* 16,68* 12,58*
Jasmund NLP 81,70 72,00 23,10 15,20
VP Bodden-
landschaft NLP
70,50 68,00 20,50 14,90
*STEINGRUBE & JESCHKE (2011)

11. Economic Impacts

12. Economic Impact Assessment: Value Added Analysis
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SchaalseeBiosphereReserve

13. Economic Impacts for Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
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Gross Turnover in € Total Regional Income in € Full Time Equivalents
PA All Visitors Core Group All Visitors Core Group All Visitors Core Group
Schaalsee BR 11.609.500 3.032.100 5.747.800 1.489.200 336 87
SO-Rügen BR 379.274.800 19.890.000 203.924.700 10.875.750 14.281 762
Müritz NLP 20.236.200* 9.677.500* 10.410.900* 4.970.700* 768** 367**
Jasmund NLP 47.509.000 13.959.400 24.838.500 7.327.200 1.583 467
VP Bodden-
landschaft NLP
290.049.800 94.420.500 150.392.000 49.070.350 9.582 3.126
total 728.443.100 131.302.000 384.903.000 68.762.500 25.782 4.442
*STEINGRUBE & JESCHKE (2011)
**own computation based on data from STEINGRUBE & JESCHKE (2011)

14. Special Events: e.g. Birding
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• additional study in 2013
• 74,5% of visits only because of
the cranes
• 6.246 visitor days through crane
day trippers (11,5%)
• 127.340 visitor days through
crane overnight guests (88,5% )
 Special nature events elevate
the average PA affinity in a
significant way: among crane
tourists 46% had a high national
park affinity compared to 31,5%
annual average

15. Conclusion
• Regional income due to the core group of PA Visitors in MV ≈ 70 million €
(not including Flusslandschaft Elbe BR & Nature Parks)
• One Time Evaluation → Continuous Monitoring
e.g. Müritz NLP:
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2004 2010
Visitation Days 390.000 375.000*
Share of Core Group 43,7 % 47,7* %
Total Regional Income 6.858.800 € 10.410.900* €
Full Time Equivalents 628 768**
*STEINGRUBE & JESCHKE (2011)
**own computation based on data from STEINGRUBE & JESCHKE (2011)

16. 27.11.2015 Department for Geography and Geology / Chair for Geography and Regional Research 16
Thank you.