Rila Monastery Nature Park Management Plan - part - usaid

February 2004 Appendix 31
Goals Indicators
criteria
• Develop an improved visitor safety and
• A system for monitoring of the limits of
emergency action system jointly with the
admissible change/and of tourist load is
Mountain Rescue Service at the Bulgarian Red introduced.
Cross, the Fire Safety National Service, the • Unnecessary infrastructure is removed,
Bulgarian Army, the National Police and others; the new infrastructure is optimized,
• Reorganize the tourism and recreation related recreation sites are constructed
buildings and provide levels and forms of tourism (camping sites, picnic sites, outlook
that do not threaten the naturalness of natural
etc.)
complexes, religious and cultural values of the • Waste water treatment facilities are
Rila Monastery and their unity;
constructed.
• Introduce a system for monitoring and
• Information boards are placed in the
management of motor vehicle access in the Park urban areas around the Park.
(including motor vehicle entry permits, traffic • Tourism and recreation related materials
redirection etc.);
of the Rila Monastery NP are
• Improve existing and create new tourism
distributed.
infrastructure (camping sites, recreation sites and
outlooks, marking and other items ensuring visitor
information and safety.). The marking to be
considered with the national and international
requirements and standards;
• A tourist safety system is implemented.
• Introduce tourist and visitor behavior rules and a
system for their promotion and enforcement;
• Elaborate and implement a solid household waste
and waste water management system;
• Implement a tourism promotion program for the
Park (including information boards at the main
entry points, in near-by settlements and by
presentation of suitable materials in tourist
information centers);
Rila Monastery Nature Park
Management Plan (Draft) – Appendices
2004 - 2013
Measurement and evaluation tools Participants
and tourist distribution in the Park;
as well as problems.
• Degree of compliance of the
capacity and purpose of the
infrastructure with the
Management Plan requirements
(norms).
• Annual analysis and report on
the degree of tourist load and the
results of monitoring the limits
of acceptable change.
• Number of buildings
(complexes) with functional
waste water treatment facilities.
• Number of information carriers/
distribution points.
• Number of violators of the
Management Plan regimes and
standards – annual report.
• Number of tourist accidents in
the Park – annual report.
• Number of uncontrolled dump
sites. Number of cases of waste
collected in the prescribed
locations in excess of their
annual capacities.
• Degree of tourist awareness of
the effective regimes. Degree of
tourist satisfaction from the
tourist services – sociological
survey every 3 years.
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