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Modeling and simulation of infrastructure changes in tourism regions

The development of tourism regions in the alpine region faces great challenges, which include climatic changes as well as resources and satisfaction of guests, population and employees.

In order to make the effects of infrastructure changes for the tourism region Wagrain-Kleinarl more comprehensible and to analyze scenarios, a System Dynamics (SD) model is developed in the project, in which, among other things, soft parameters (guest satisfaction, population satisfaction, etc.) and utilization capacities for the tourism location are integrated. This will make it possible for the first time for stakeholders to analyze and evaluate changes together with their direct and indirect effects and implications.

The project is implemented through data research, a structured questionnaire, model building and on-site workshops with the goal of strategy support, for which qualitative scenario calculations are performed for a 10-year outlook.

The SD model can be extended to take into account additional factors and influencing variables. Through adaptations and/or extensions, the model can be adapted for other tourism communities or scaled up for entire regions.