MODELING AND FORECASTING GLACIER NATIONAL PARK VISITATION
Kernan MJ. 2019. MODELING AND FORECASTING GLACIER NATIONAL PARK VISITATION. University of Montana
Congestion in GNP is an issue during peak season, but new activities, like cycling on Going-to-the-Sun Road (GTSR), are becoming more popular leading to increased visitation demand over a greater part of the year. Natural events, such as forest fires, can cause visitation to deviate from expectations. Models to forecast visitation or bicycle use on GTSR take factors affecting these use numbers into account and give the park an opportunity to better understand how and when visitors will use GNP. The goal of this paper is to model determinants of park visitation and interpret them alongside forecasts of future visitation.
- Type
- Academic
- Authors
- Kernan, Michael
- Date of Issue
- 2019-08
- Publisher
- University of Montana
- Units
- CRCO , GLAC
- Keywords
- forecasting, modeling, thesis, tourism, visitor use