Trail Preferences and Visitor Characteristics in Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Park, Spain

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Public Opinions and Use of Various Types of Recreational Infrastructure in Boreal Forest Settings

“…It may be assumed that the quality of these forests and woodlands are of particular importance to urban dwellers for everyday recreation [4,5]. People choose their areas for outdoor recreation by a number of criteria, including distance from residence, accessibility, environmental preferences, previous experience, and the degree of attachment to a given area [6][7][8][9][10].…”

Los visitantes del Parc Natural de l’Alt Pirineu y la práctica de actividades recreativo-deportivas. una propuesta de segmentación

“…En cuanto a las motivaciones de visita, se incluyeron aquellos indicadores más destacables en base a la consideración de trabajos previos como los elaborados por McColl & Reilly (1993), Wallace & Smith (1997) y Chhetri et al, (2004, Farías et al, (2005). En esta pregunta, al igual que en la relativa a la necesidad de nuevos servicios, los encuestados podían responder hasta un máximo de tres opciones, previa asignación de un orden de prioridad.…”

“…Son diversos los autores que abogan por la incorporación de la segmentación del mercado en los sistemas de gestión de este tipo de espacios (Frochot, 2005;Chi-ok & Ditton, 2006;Schmitz et al, 2007;Schuett & Pierskalla, 2007;Arnberger et al, 2012), siendo abundantes los trabajos desarrollados en este sentido (Brown & Haas, 1980;Collins & Hodge, 1984;Schreyer, 1982;Rollins & Rouse, 1992;Kuentzel & Heberlein, 1992;McColl & Reilly 1993;De Lucio & Múgica, 1994;Merrill & Graefe, 1998;Virden & Schreyer, 1998;Bricker & Kerstetter, 2000;Farías et al, 2005;Schuett & Pierskalla, 2007;Woratschek et al, 2007;Farías 2011a).…”

Visitor Characteristics and Perceptions: Case of Horton Plains National Park In Sri Lanka

“…Segmentation of the recreational supply and demand in natural areas, together with identification of the main conditioning factors of recreational use, are useful for park management. the recreational supply will be existing visitor services (trails, wildlife safari) and demand will be visitor characteristics (Torbidoni et al, 2005).…”

“…In 2004, Department of Wildlife Conservation also conducted the rapid visitor surveys at pilot project sites including Horton Plains and Kawdulla National Parks (Anon., 2004). The common findings in these studies are as follows: Torbidoni et al (2005) studied the recreational supply (trails) and demand (visitor characteristics), as well as some other features of a recreational system in the Aigüestortes Estany i de Sant Maurici National Park (Lleida, Spain). Through the application of a Multiple Correspondence Analysis (when dealing with demand) and Cluster Analysis (when dealing with both supply and demand), 4 groups of visitors and 3 groups of trails were identified.…”