Anna Sophie Frieser, M.Sc.

• Management of protected areas
• Tourism research
• Regional economics
• Sustainable regional development
• Economy of protected areas

Regional economic effects of sustainable tourism in nature parks and 'total economic valuation' of the National Natural Landscapes

• Funding body: UFOPLAN – BMU/Bundesamt für Naturschutz, Bonn
• Duration: 07/2020 – 12/2025
• Budget: 574.000 EUR
• Leadership: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Hubert Job
• Contact persons: Anna Frieser, M.Sc., Dr. Manuel Woltering

In recent years, almost all German national parks and biosphere reserves have now been analyzed with regard to their regional economic effects on the surrounding regions. The resulting data, such as the number of visitors per year or the proportion of guests coming because of the status as a protected area, are part of the Integrative Monitoring Program of the Federal Government and the Federal/State Working Group on Nature Conservation, Landscape Management and Recreation (LANA). For the category of nature parks, such an assessment of their importance for the tourism economy in Germany is still pending. Due to the large number of nature parks with more than 100 representatives, however, it is not possible to carry out a comprehensive case-by-case analysis. Instead, a nationwide statement is made on the basis of detailed knowledge of selected case studies by means of extrapolation. Furthermore, it is the aim of the project to carry out a 'total economic valuation' for the first time on the basis of the results on the economic importance of tourism as well as further analyses for all three categories of National Natural Landscapes.

since 01/2022
Research assistant at the Chair of Geography and Regional Research at the Julius-Maximilians-University of Würzburg

11/2021
Master of Science, Applied Human Geography, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg Master thesis: "State oft he art of socio-economic nature park research".

06/2018
Bachelor of Science, Geography, University of Augsburg Bachelor thesis: "Possibilities and limits of the implementation of a city management in Füssen".

Practical activities

04/2019 – 12/2019 & 07/2021 – 12/2021
Student Assistant, Chair of Geography and Regional Research, Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg

10/2020 – 02/2021
Training, Design Thinking School at the Hasso Plattner Institute

01/2020 – 09/2020
Internship, Student Assistant, Mercedes Benz AG

07/2018 – 09/2018
Internship, Markt und Standort Beratungsgesellschaft mbH

08/2017 – 04/2018
Student Assistant, Chair of Human Geography, University of Augsburg

08/2015 – 09/2015
Internship, Wirtschaftsrathaus of the City of Nuremberg

Frieser, A., Bittlingmaier, S., Piana, T., Majewski, L. (2023): „Ökonomische Bewertung des nachhaltigen Tourismus in deutschen Naturparken“. In: Kühne, O., Sedelmeier, T., Jenal, C., Freytag, T. (Hrsg.): Landschaft und Tourismus. RaumFragen: Stadt – Region – Landschaft. Wiesbaden.

Frieser, A. und Hilpert, M. (2021): Touristisch geprägte Klein- und Mittelstädte. Zentrale Handlungsfelder für Ortszentren mit großer Besucherzahl. In: Standort 45 (3): 187-193.