Trails in guiding recreational activity in Helsinki, Southern Finland
The aim of the paper was to investigate the potentials offered by trails in guiding recreational activity. The study is based on interviews and questionnaires concerning recreationists using two recreation areas owned by the city of Helsinki in Southern Finland. According to the results, the recreat...
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Finnish Society of Forest Science
1977-01-01
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| author | Kellomäki, Seppo |
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| description | The aim of the paper was to investigate the potentials offered by trails in guiding recreational activity. The study is based on interviews and questionnaires concerning recreationists using two recreation areas owned by the city of Helsinki in Southern Finland. According to the results, the recreationists visit terrain without trails every time they visit a recreation area. The main reason for this was obtaining varying recreational experiences. The recreationists used, however, the same route nearly every visit, which suggests that trails have a great potential in guiding reacreational activities. Special attention was paid to the role of trails in activities involving physical exercise. The correlation between the socio-economic background of recreationists and their preferences for trails was very low. The PDF includes a summary in English. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5535d611314a4e468336ae3ca833d3042022-12-21T19:15:00ZengFinnish Society of Forest ScienceSilva Fennica2242-40751977-01-0111410.14214/sf.a14833Trails in guiding recreational activity in Helsinki, Southern FinlandKellomäki, SeppoThe aim of the paper was to investigate the potentials offered by trails in guiding recreational activity. The study is based on interviews and questionnaires concerning recreationists using two recreation areas owned by the city of Helsinki in Southern Finland. According to the results, the recreationists visit terrain without trails every time they visit a recreation area. The main reason for this was obtaining varying recreational experiences. The recreationists used, however, the same route nearly every visit, which suggests that trails have a great potential in guiding reacreational activities. Special attention was paid to the role of trails in activities involving physical exercise. The correlation between the socio-economic background of recreationists and their preferences for trails was very low. The PDF includes a summary in English.https://www.silvafennica.fi/article/4979 |
| spellingShingle | Kellomäki, Seppo Trails in guiding recreational activity in Helsinki, Southern Finland Silva Fennica |
| title | Trails in guiding recreational activity in Helsinki, Southern Finland |
| title_full | Trails in guiding recreational activity in Helsinki, Southern Finland |
| title_fullStr | Trails in guiding recreational activity in Helsinki, Southern Finland |
| title_full_unstemmed | Trails in guiding recreational activity in Helsinki, Southern Finland |
| title_short | Trails in guiding recreational activity in Helsinki, Southern Finland |
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