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 Native and endemic species


Introduced animals


Introduced plants


Island Control and Monitoring


Applied marine research


Fisheries Management


Marine control and surveillance


Site and Naturalist Guides


Visitor Management System


Quotas and patents of operation


Environmental management in populated areas


Special use for protected areas


Agricultural development

     Visitor

 management system

                                                       for Galapagos

The Directorate of the Galapagos National Park, as the institution responsible for tourism management in the archipelago, applies a system for constant control and monitoring of the state of visitor sites and the flow of visitors.

Management system for visitors
For more information contact with:
Magaly Oviedo, +593 (0)5 252 6189 Ext. 222, moviedo@spng.org.ec

The Directorate of the Galapagos National Park operates a Visitor Management System (SIMAVIS) to manage the use of the protected areas of the National Park and the Galapagos Marine Reserve.



PART I:
ZONIFICATION
OF PUBLIC USE
PART II:
ACEPTABLE
VISITOR LOAD 
PART III:
TOURIST MONITORING
PART IV:
ITINERARIES




   Management programs.




Monitoring of terrestrial visitor sites




Monitoring of marine visitor sites




Administration of the Naturalist Guide System





Control of tourism operations 




Collection of entry fees to protected areas






TOURISM



Visitor site and naturalist guides




Visitor management system




Quotas and operating patent





RULES OF THE NATIONAL PARK
FOR VISITORS





2008 ANNUAL REPORT
VISITORS STATISTICS






INSTITUTION

Directory, regulation, management, finances, etc.
NEWS

SERVICES

CONTACT
NATIONAL PARK

Management of native
and endemic species

Control and eradication
of introduced animals

Control and eradication
of introduced plants

Island control and monitoring
MARINE RESERVE

Applied marine research

Management and support for fisheries

Marine control and monitoring
TOURISM

Visitor sites
and naturalist guides

Visitor management
system

Local participation,
quotas y patents
DEVELOPMENT

Environmental management
in populated areas

Special use
of protected areas

Agricultural development
SCIENCE

Approved projects, applications, field
protocols, etc..


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This website has counted on the supported of Araucaria XXI, the Program for the environmental sustainability of human development in Latin America of the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation Development (SAICD), The Autonomous Organization for National Parks of the Ministry of Environment and Rural and Marine Affairs.