This study aims to investigate how national parks, identified as remarkable and, therefore,
worthy of the trip, are visited and experienced. The main objective of this study was to …

Over the past decade, many national park units in the United States broke visitation records.
Arches National Park (UT, USA) is no exception. Between 2011 and 2021, visitation …

This study illustrates how user-generated content, posted in the form of heritage site reviews
on social media, can serve to reveal the relationship between the cocreated interpretation of …

Abstract Despite growth in National Water Trail designations year after year along with
paddlesports popularity, there is little research on water trail users' experiences within …

Based on the pilot ecosystem analysis of Qianjiangyuan National Park, the ecosystem
services function value index system was determined; multiple methods such as market …

The study assessed visitor experiences through an importance-satisfaction analysis of an
ecotourism site. Data were obtained from visitors (n= 290, response rate 82%) to the Shai …

In many parks and protected areas around the globe, reducing human-caused sounds is a
critical component to providing quality visitor experiences. However, very little research …

This research expanded on prior use of visitor perception data to inform potential social
indicators of soundscape quality, by integrating existing urban-context soundscapes work …

There are estimated to be over 238,000 natural protected areas worldwide and many more
culturally significant protected areas (McCool, 2019). These areas play important roles in our …

Cultural resources are commonly defined as resources that provide material evidence of
past human activities. These resources are unique, as they are both finite and non …