Outdoor recreation activities- Demand

The local recreation demand was mapped using the location of beneficiaries of recreational opportunities as an indicator, including both residents and tourists. Thus, we quantified the local recreation demand based on the number of residents and tourists, using national census data and occupancy rates of tourist accommodation establishments at the municipality level. The following explanations are partly cited from Schirpke et al. (2017)¹ .

• <font 14px/inherit;;inherit;;inherit>National Census data</font>
• <font 14px/inherit;;inherit;;inherit>Occupancy rates of tourist accommodation</font>

<font 14px/inherit;;inherit;;inherit>(1) Disaggregate data to municipality level</font>

<font 14px/inherit;;inherit;;inherit>Tourism occupancy rates were converted into a 'permanent resident equivalent' by dividing the number of nights by 365 and added to the number of residents, representing the number of people that might daily benefit from recreational opportunities.</font>

<font 14px/inherit;;inherit;;inherit>(2) Calculate permanent resident equivalent</font>

<font 14px/inherit;;inherit;;inherit>Next, the density per municipality is calculated and the demand rescaled from 0 (low) to 100 (high) to compare it with recreation supply and flow.</font>

<font 12px/inherit;;inherit;;inherit>¹Schirpke, U., Meisch, C., Marsoner, T., Tappeiner, U., 2017. Revealing spatial and temporal patterns of outdoor recreation in the European Alps and their surroundings. Ecosystem Services, doi: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.11.017.</font>