In recent years, Hoʻomaluhia Botanical Garden in Kāneʻohe, Oʻahu, has faced many problems resulting from increasing visitation. The management staff at Ho‘omaluhia has a long-term goal to develop a visitor management (VM) plan to address these issues. Our role was to help inform their future long-term VM plan through data collection and a set of recommendations. To do so, we reviewed VM plans from similar outdoor recreational sites, collected and analyzed Hoʻomaluhia visitor data to identify visitor trends, and gathered feedback from stakeholders (visitors, garden staff, and residents of the nearby neighborhood) to help develop controlled access management and VM strategies. Our final recommendations aim to manage increased visitation to the garden and its impact on the local community.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Morgan, Alyssa
• McLaughlin, Caroline
• Sin, Megan
• Jacques, Megan

Subject

• Sustainability
• Inclusion
• Environment
• Well-Being
• Infrastructure
• Community

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 91231
• E-project-030423-024133

Keyword

• Controlled access management
• Visitor management
• Botanical garden
• Visitor management plan

Advisor

• Giapoudzi, Despoina
• Mathews, Lauren M.

Year

• 2023

Center

• Hawaii Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Honolulu Botanical Gardens

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 9 - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
• 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities

Date created

• 2023-03-04

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Source

• E-project-030423-024133

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2023-04-19