Visitors' Perceptions of a Trail Environment and Effects on Experiences: A Model for Nature-Based Recreation Experiences

Dorwart, Catherine E.; Moore, Roger L.; Leung, Yu‐Fai

doi:10.1080/01490400903430863

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“…This finding applies to a greater degree to visitors who have the wilderness (e.g. a national park) as their primary attraction/destination (Uysal et al 1994, Puhakka 2011 and have a higher environmental concern (Floyd et al 1997, Dorwart et al 2009). …”

Section: Factors Influencing Visitor Motivationmentioning

confidence: 94%

Linking visitor motivation with attitude towards management restrictions on use in a national park

Gundersen

Mehmetoglu

Vistad

et al. 2015

Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism

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The increasing demand for visiting wilderness areas often requires management actions that both conserve the natural resources and ensure a high quality visitor experience. Many of the alpine national parks in southern Norway hold the last remaining populations of wild reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) in Europe. Therefore management needs more effective tools to reduce or remove recreational impact on wild reindeer populations. Management actions should also consult research-based knowledge on visitors. Therefore, this study explores the link between visitor motivations and their attitudes towards management actions on track-related -The strategy of 'area restriction' is highly controversial for local communities, due to their long tradition with subsistence harvesting, grazing and traditional agriculture; therefore such a strategy will receive only low approval among the locals and leave the management with low legitimacy at the local level.-The strategy of 'management of the track system' will affect most non-local visitors, but these visitors are more flexible in adapting to a new trail system in the area, or may shift to another area.-Visitors with strong place attachment, as well as wilderness seekers who desire solitude are difficult to influence with physical management actions.-A management strategy that will limit the area of use and behaviour of off-track visitors should include information about ecosystem vulnerability.4

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Section: Factors Influencing Visitor Motivationmentioning

confidence: 94%

Linking visitor motivation with attitude towards management restrictions on use in a national park

Gundersen

Mehmetoglu

Vistad

et al. 2015

Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism

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“…In support of this, Urry (1990) 'holds the practices of photography and tourism to be both conceptually and practically Evidence illustrates a strong link between photography and tourism, so researchers have turned their attention to the data collection method of visitor-employed photography (Haywood 1990;MacKay and Couldwell 2004;Markwell 2000;Dortwart, Moore, and Leung 2009), which is a structured method that allows the in-depth investigation of destination image through the use of prompted, visitor-captured photographs. Scholars argue that destinations' images should be believable, simple, appealing, distinctive, and should resonant with visitors' experiences (Gilmore 2002;Kotler and Gertner 2002).…”

Section: Photography Visual Representation and Travel Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Do Marketers Use Visual Representations of Destinations That Tourists Value? Comparing Visitors’ Image of a Destination with Marketer-Controlled Images Online

Michaelidou

Siamagka

Moraes

et al. 2013

Journal of Travel Research

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“…Many types of research have focused on identifying the characteristics of landscape perception according to various groupings such as age, or residents versus tourists [31,[37][38][39][40][41]. In addition, a number of studies suggest ways to manage landscapes and trails through various landscape perceptions [20,42,43].…”

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confidence: 99%

Exploring Landscape Perceptions of Bukhansan National Park According to the Degree of Visitors’ Experience

Lee

Son

2017

Sustainability

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This study explores differing landscape perceptions of Bukhansan National Park according to the degree of visitors' familiarity, and discusses the utilization of commonality and diversity of landscape perception in sustainable landscape management. Visitor-employed photography (VEP) was used to capture the overall response to experiencing landscape directly on-site. According to the degree of familiarity of national parks, visitors were recruited into two groups: inexperienced group (the novice group) and experienced group (the veteran group). We collected photographs and photo-logs of liked and disliked landscape from the participants. Additional interviews were conducted to supplement the content of the photo-logs. The objects of landscape were classified into spatial configurations and specific elements. The cognitive process of landscape perception is divided into four stages: perceptual, expressive, interpretative, and symbolic. Emphasizing the narrative aspects of landscape, accepting and interpreting the phenomenon can vary according to an individual's interest and background. We used semantic network analysis to analyze the content of participants' photo-logs. The content at the interpretative level showed that the two groups had very different perceptions of anthropic elements. The novice group emphasized walkability and accessibility, while the veteran group regarded naturalness and historicity as more important. In conclusion, it is a very useful way to analyze the differences of perceptions of two visitors, both the novice group and the veteran group to grasp the positive or negative perceptions of people's impacts on the landscape. Understanding the value of relevant visitors through analysis results is one way to resolve potential conflicts.

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Visitors' Perceptions of a Trail Environment and Effects on Experiences: A Model for Nature-Based Recreation Experiences

Cited by 113 publications

References 31 publications

Linking visitor motivation with attitude towards management restrictions on use in a national park

Linking visitor motivation with attitude towards management restrictions on use in a national park

Do Marketers Use Visual Representations of Destinations That Tourists Value? Comparing Visitors’ Image of a Destination with Marketer-Controlled Images Online

Exploring Landscape Perceptions of Bukhansan National Park According to the Degree of Visitors’ Experience

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