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This study examines how visitors' satisfaction influences their revisiting intentions and recommendations of recreation forests to others using a regression with a fixed effect model utilizing Stata. A total of 2079 respondents completed a survey conducted at 33 recreation forests in Korea. The results show that the condition of access roads, maintenance of accommodation, facility conditions of trails, forest scenery, maintenance of litter, and accommodation charges were the best indicators of intentions to revisit natural recreation forests, and the condition of access roads, kindness of personnel, forest scenery, cleanness of streams, maintenance of litter, and accommodation charges were the best indicators of recommending natural recreation forests to others. The results of this study provide suggestions for forest recreation management. Managers of recreation forests need to understand and predict their customers' satisfaction, which influences future revisiting and recommending intentions.

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This study thoroughly analyzed how the endangered fox restoration project affects the community, and how much this effect contributes to improving of biodiversity and the recovery of the national ecological axis, which is the final goal of the restoration project. As a result, it was found that prerequisites such as education and promotion for protection of endangered species for local residents and visitors to the national park directly affect the restoration project goal. In addition, as an indirect route, the prerequisites for the restoration project had a positive effect on the local economy, and the regional economic effect was found to have a positive effect on the development of the local community. Finally, it was analyzed that community development contributed to achieving the goal of the restoration project. These results showed that the endangered species restoration project is contributing to the development of the local community by improving the local economy and local awareness and social value by increasing the number of tourists.

This study was conducted to understand the weather characteristics of the mountain environment and the thermal comfort of Gyeryongsan National Park trail and to provide information on activity time, activity space, and activity amount. For the analysis of the thermal comfort of the trail, the temperature of the city center in summer, the average temperature of the National Park Disaster Prevention Weather System (AWS), and the trail. Also, Microclimate elements and canopy closure were also measured in four major trails in Gyeryongsan National Park. After investigating a total of 240 points, thermal comfort was identified. When comparing the average temperature of the city center, National Park AWS, and trail, the average temperature was higher in the order of the city center, Gabsa AWS, Donghaksa AWS, Gabsa Trail, and Donghaksa Trail. As a result, it means that the thermal pleasure experienced by visitors should be considered. According to a survey of four major trails, the average canopy closure is Donghaksa~nammaetop route was high in the order of Donghaksa~Gwaneumbong route, Gabsa~Yeoncheonbong route and Gabsa~Geumjandigogae route. When PMV(Predicted Mean Vote) is 2.8MET, The PMV was highter in the order of Gabsa~Geumjandigogae route, Gabsa~ Yeoncheonbong route, Donghaksa~nammaetop route, Donghaksa~Gwaneumbong route. Through the survey, time information, spatial information, and activity information with high thermal comfort could be presented. By grasping the thermal comfort characteristics of the trail, we intend to lay the foundation for forest trail management measures that can increase the amenity of the trail.