Assessing patterns of recreational use in large marine parks: A case study from Ningaloo Marine Park, Australia

The Effect of Place Attachment on Pro-environment Behavioral Intentions of Visitors to Coastal Natural Area Tourist Destinations

“…The surveys were distributed to adult camping visitors at the three study sites during a four week period (July 2010) coinciding with the peak visitation period (Smallwood, Beckley, Moore, and Kobryn 2011). Given the costs of research in the remote location, off peak surveys were not feasible.…”

“…Given the costs of research in the remote location, off peak surveys were not feasible. Each of the sites was visited at least once each week at differing times with greater sampling effort at 3 Mile Camp and Coral Bay given their higher numbers and greater turnover of visitors (Smallwood, et al 2011). The survey was restricted to campers as most visitors to the Ningaloo coast camp.…”

Seasonal Spatial Activity Patterns of Visitors with a Mobile Exercise Application at Seoraksan National Park, South Korea

“…This study employed a 3 × 3 km cell as its unit of analysis based on Smallwood et al's [34] previous study. As a result, the study area included 69 cells.…”

Effects of adjacent land tenure on visitor use of Ningaloo Marine Park, Western Australia

“…The strategic placement of marine parks adjacent to existing 43 terrestrial protected areas has been discussed as an option for maximising the 44 conservation of biodiversity (Stoms et al 2005) and increasing financial viability by 45 reducing costs of management, enforcement and monitoring (Klein et al 2008) while 46 also assisting with the provision of visitor facilities. 47 structure within land units of the same tenure type (national parks) ( proximity of the coral to the beach (<100 m) enables easy access for shore-based 83 activities (Smallwood et al 2011). Visitors are also attracted to the wide diversity of 84 fish and megafauna (i.e.…”

“…October (Smallwood et al 2011), while the remaining months have fewer visitors due to 87 high temperatures and occasional cyclones. …”