Lockdown measures implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic led to a rise in people’s visits to forests and urban green spaces. However, as vaccination efforts progressed and infection rates declined, it remained uncertain whether forest visitation levels would return to pre-pandemic norms or even decreased. To explore the post-crisis status of forest visits, we conducted a comprehensive analysis using data from a representative online panel survey conducted in Switzerland. Specifically, we compared data collected one week prior to the lockdown (in March 2020), on visit frequency, duration, activities and locations visited, with data collected two weeks after the lockdown was enforced (2020), and also with data from the summer of 2021. We aimed to determine if forest visitation had returned to normal by the time of the third survey. Our findings indicate that during times of crisis, visitation patterns and recreational preferences in urban green spaces, such as forests, undergo changes, with some of these changes exhibiting greater persistence than others. Meanwhile the activities during a forest visit as well as motivations of forest visits seem to return to their initial levels after the crisis, for example, the changes in the frequency or lengths of the visits appear to be more persistent. Recognizing and understanding these changes are crucial for urban planners and forest management authorities to adapt policies and effectively address the evolving needs of visitors.

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COVID-19 大流行如何改变了瑞士的森林游览：是否会恢复正常？


COVID-19 大流行期间实施的封锁措施导致人们参观森林和城市绿地的次数增加。然而，随着疫苗接种工作的进展和感染率的下降，森林参观水平是否会恢复到大流行前的正常水平甚至下降仍不确定。为了探讨危机后森林访问的状况，我们利用在瑞士进行的一项代表性在线小组调查的数据进行了全面分析。具体来说，我们将封锁前一周（2020 年 3 月）收集的有关访问频率、持续时间、活动和访问地点的数据与封锁实施后两周（2020 年）收集的数据以及夏季的数据进行了比较2021 年。我们的目的是确定到第三次调查时森林访问是否已恢复正常。我们的研究结果表明，在危机时期，森林等城市绿地的访问模式和娱乐偏好会发生变化，其中一些变化比其他变化表现出更大的持久性。与此同时，森林访问期间的活动以及森林访问的动机似乎恢复到危机后的初始水平，例如，访问频率或长度的变化似乎更加持久。认识和理解这些变化对于城市规划者和森林管理当局调整政策并有效满足游客不断变化的需求至关重要。