Environment and Society, Utah State University, 5215 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322, USA.
Environ Manage. 2012 Oct;50(4):542-54. doi: 10.1007/s00267-012-9910-x. Epub 2012 Jul 20.
An on-site visitor survey instrument was developed to examine visitor perceptions of resource impacts resulting from backcountry hiking activities. The survey was conducted in the Bear Lake Corridor of Rocky Mountain National Park, CO and examined visitor characteristics that may influence visitor perceptions of specific resource conditions. Findings indicate that visitors are more perceptive of recreation-related resource impacts that are the result of undesirable behavior and, while visitors do perceive resource impacts, visitors tend to be more affected by crowding. Factors such as local ecological knowledge and knowledge of minimal-impact practices positively influence visitor perceptions of resource impacts. These findings support the use of visitor education on ecological knowledge and minimum-impact as a means of increasing visitor awareness of recreation impact issues.
现场游客调查工具旨在调查游客对远足活动造成的资源影响的看法。该调查在科罗拉多州落基山国家公园的熊湖走廊进行，研究了可能影响游客对特定资源状况看法的游客特征。调查结果表明，游客对因不良行为而产生的与娱乐相关的资源影响更为敏感，尽管游客确实意识到了资源影响，但游客更容易受到拥挤的影响。当地生态知识和最低影响实践知识等因素对游客对资源影响的看法有积极影响。这些发现支持利用游客教育来提高生态知识和最低影响，以提高游客对娱乐影响问题的认识。
