Weekend visitors' views and perceptions at an urban national forest park of Cyprus during summertime
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Resumo: | Urban national forest parks provide nature preservation and recreational opportunities for socio-economically disadvantaged communities as well as tourists. We empirically examine the preferences and satisfaction of visitors in the Athalassa National Forest Park, which is located in a peri-urban area in the capital city of Cyprus. This study examines visitors' evaluation of the Athalassa in 600 face-to-face interviews during summertime weekends. A two-step cluster analysis identified two distinct clusters of visitors based on the three dimensions of satisfaction that resulted from the factor analysis and the characteristics of the visit. The dual role of the urban forest National Park was highlighted. Both local and tourist visitors were satisfied and appreciative of the setting and support services, although only the local and higher income visitors were willing to pay an entrance fee, whereas tourists avoided expressing their opinion. Management implications: This study highlighted a number of deficiencies and produced information that could be used to integrate the management decision-making process and assist in defining major lines of action for more inclusive use of urban national forest parks. The results revealed that the visitors were overall satisfied with the park, but the benefits promoted from this important green infrastructure were not evenly distributed across different sections of society with older age groups and those of lower socio-economic status were not accessing the park to the same extent as other groups, thus there is some room for improvement. However, in a time of economic crisis, the management of the park must be based on a combination of satisfying the two clusters and on improving efforts in different infrastructures. |
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Weekend visitors' views and perceptions at an urban national forest park of Cyprus during summertimeProtected AreasManagementTourismRecreationGreeceSatisfactionValuationWildlifeQualityUrban national forest parks provide nature preservation and recreational opportunities for socio-economically disadvantaged communities as well as tourists. We empirically examine the preferences and satisfaction of visitors in the Athalassa National Forest Park, which is located in a peri-urban area in the capital city of Cyprus. This study examines visitors' evaluation of the Athalassa in 600 face-to-face interviews during summertime weekends. A two-step cluster analysis identified two distinct clusters of visitors based on the three dimensions of satisfaction that resulted from the factor analysis and the characteristics of the visit. The dual role of the urban forest National Park was highlighted. Both local and tourist visitors were satisfied and appreciative of the setting and support services, although only the local and higher income visitors were willing to pay an entrance fee, whereas tourists avoided expressing their opinion. Management implications: This study highlighted a number of deficiencies and produced information that could be used to integrate the management decision-making process and assist in defining major lines of action for more inclusive use of urban national forest parks. The results revealed that the visitors were overall satisfied with the park, but the benefits promoted from this important green infrastructure were not evenly distributed across different sections of society with older age groups and those of lower socio-economic status were not accessing the park to the same extent as other groups, thus there is some room for improvement. However, in a time of economic crisis, the management of the park must be based on a combination of satisfying the two clusters and on improving efforts in different infrastructures.Foundation for Science and Technology [UID/SOC/04020/2013]COST Action [FP1204]Elsevier Science BvSapientiaKaranikola, ParaskeviPanagopoulos, ThomasTampakis, Stilianos2019-11-20T15:07:44Z2017-032017-03-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/13192eng2213-078010.1016/j.jort.2016.10.002info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-24T10:25:16Zoai:sapientia.ualg.pt:10400.1/13192Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T20:04:23.022264Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Weekend visitors' views and perceptions at an urban national forest park of Cyprus during summertime |
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Weekend visitors' views and perceptions at an urban national forest park of Cyprus during summertime |
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Weekend visitors' views and perceptions at an urban national forest park of Cyprus during summertime Karanikola, Paraskevi Protected Areas Management Tourism Recreation Greece Satisfaction Valuation Wildlife Quality |
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Weekend visitors' views and perceptions at an urban national forest park of Cyprus during summertime |
title_full |
Weekend visitors' views and perceptions at an urban national forest park of Cyprus during summertime |
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Weekend visitors' views and perceptions at an urban national forest park of Cyprus during summertime |
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Weekend visitors' views and perceptions at an urban national forest park of Cyprus during summertime |
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Weekend visitors' views and perceptions at an urban national forest park of Cyprus during summertime |
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Karanikola, Paraskevi |
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Karanikola, Paraskevi Panagopoulos, Thomas Tampakis, Stilianos |
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Panagopoulos, Thomas Tampakis, Stilianos |
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Sapientia |
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Karanikola, Paraskevi Panagopoulos, Thomas Tampakis, Stilianos |
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Protected Areas Management Tourism Recreation Greece Satisfaction Valuation Wildlife Quality |
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Protected Areas Management Tourism Recreation Greece Satisfaction Valuation Wildlife Quality |
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Urban national forest parks provide nature preservation and recreational opportunities for socio-economically disadvantaged communities as well as tourists. We empirically examine the preferences and satisfaction of visitors in the Athalassa National Forest Park, which is located in a peri-urban area in the capital city of Cyprus. This study examines visitors' evaluation of the Athalassa in 600 face-to-face interviews during summertime weekends. A two-step cluster analysis identified two distinct clusters of visitors based on the three dimensions of satisfaction that resulted from the factor analysis and the characteristics of the visit. The dual role of the urban forest National Park was highlighted. Both local and tourist visitors were satisfied and appreciative of the setting and support services, although only the local and higher income visitors were willing to pay an entrance fee, whereas tourists avoided expressing their opinion. Management implications: This study highlighted a number of deficiencies and produced information that could be used to integrate the management decision-making process and assist in defining major lines of action for more inclusive use of urban national forest parks. The results revealed that the visitors were overall satisfied with the park, but the benefits promoted from this important green infrastructure were not evenly distributed across different sections of society with older age groups and those of lower socio-economic status were not accessing the park to the same extent as other groups, thus there is some room for improvement. However, in a time of economic crisis, the management of the park must be based on a combination of satisfying the two clusters and on improving efforts in different infrastructures. |
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