Abstract
A limit on use is often practiced overnight in mountain national parks to reduce users’ environmental impact on campgrounds and cabins or huts, where they spend most of their time. This study aims to propose an appropriate management system to mitigate the problems observed in Daisetsuzan National Park’s unmanaged campsites. We looked into three mountain national parks in Taiwan to learn about an established campground reservation system. We collected information on campgrounds and cabins in these three national parks through a literature review and internet surveys. The distribution of campgrounds and cabins was mapped using ArcMap 10.8.1. They effectively reduced the distance between adjacent campgrounds and controlled each campground’s area. This was done by tolerating some informal sites among online reservable campgrounds. The results of the interview surveys with the three park managers showed that the reservation system helped reduce the crowding problem. Introducing a lenient reservation system, with the support of related stakeholders and park users, would be a promising option to mitigate soil erosion and overuse problems in campsites in Daisetsuzan National Park’s alpine zone and in other campsites in fragile environments worldwide.
Highlights
Trekking and camping are the main recreational activities in mountain parks
Used for Daisetsuzan National Park shapefiles of trails in a projected coordinate system, WGS
In March and June to September 2018, we interviewed the three national park managers to learn about the online park and mountain entry permit application system, the campgrounds’ reservation systems, and their effectiveness
Summary
Trekking and camping are the main recreational activities in mountain parks. Campgrounds and cabins or huts are often located along the trails in remote alpine areas to meet overnight park users’ accommodation needs. The campsite intervals in Daisetsuzan National Park (average = 7.3 km, range = 2.5–13.8 km) are larger than those along the Batongguan Traverse Route in Yushan National Park (average = 5.6 km, range = 1.3 km–12.9 km). The latter has the largest intervals among the three studied trails in Taiwan’s national parks. National Park” [43], “campsites in Daisetsuzan National Park should be reviewed by related organizations, taking into consideration the impact on the surrounding ecosystem and the use of the site by trekkers. Deletions, additions, or location changes will be considered based on the opinions of local mountain associations and park users”
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