Environmental Settings of Three Recreation Forests and Their Effects on Visitors' Perception
The Recreation Forests of Malaysia are mostly frequented by the middle income residents. It was shown that there are numerous visitors to these sites especially during the weekends. The study looks at the effects of recreational settings, which are the natural resources conditions and the crowdin...
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| description | The Recreation Forests of Malaysia are mostly frequented by the middle
income residents. It was shown that there are numerous visitors to these sites
especially during the weekends. The study looks at the effects of recreational
settings, which are the natural resources conditions and the crowding conditions on
visits' satisfaction. The excessive use was found to have affected the natural
resources and the crowding levels were found to be very high. However, the study
found that visitors are still highly satisfied with the recreation experience.
Visitors' perceptions of the environmental conditions were assessed for
three Recreation Forests namely Sungai Chongkak, Lentang and Sungai Tua
which are popular among the population of the Klang Valley. Visitors' preferences
and awareness were compared to actual conditions of the Recreation Forests.
Findings on awareness, shows that visitors are more aware of the plant
component resource more than the other parameters. By groups, it was found that
age seems to be a factor in perceiving environmental conditions, where the older
people tend to be more aware of the situation.
Visitors' environmental preferences are more towards general conditions in
term of cleanliness from rubbish and the availability of recreation facilities. They are
less affected by crowd as indicated by what they consider as "pollutants" of the
Recreation Forests. It was found that visitors object more to hearing noise from
other visitors than seeing the crowd.
On placing importance, measured in terms of money and walking distance,
visitors would rather spend more for cleanliness than for solitude. They are willing
to pay up to RM 1 for cleanliness, which was encouraging as the mode. However,
nothing at all is willing to be spent for solitude. More visitors are willing to walk for
cleanliness (500 m) but not at all for solitude conditions. This again emphasised the
lack of importance of solitude, or the lack of aversion to crowd by Recreation
Forests' visitors. In fact, when asked what is their crowd tolerance limit, most
visitors answered "Do not care".
Another finding from this study, is that campers which include visitors of
challenging activities are quite different in their perceptions and preferences of
environmental conditions. The limit of crowd tolerance is less, and this group made
up the most willing to pay up to RM10 and walk up to 1 km.
In conclusion, it was found that the recreational settings do indicate
excessive use of the area. The natural ecology of the areas is significantly affected,
and crowding is intense. It was found that, visitors noticed the conditions of
crowding more than the natural resources'. Nevertheless, the majority of visitors
are still very satisfied of the recreation experience in the Recreation Forests. |
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| spelling | upm.eprints-99832011-02-28T04:26:48Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/9983/ Environmental Settings of Three Recreation Forests and Their Effects on Visitors' Perception Yahya, Noor Azlin The Recreation Forests of Malaysia are mostly frequented by the middle income residents. It was shown that there are numerous visitors to these sites especially during the weekends. The study looks at the effects of recreational settings, which are the natural resources conditions and the crowding conditions on visits' satisfaction. The excessive use was found to have affected the natural resources and the crowding levels were found to be very high. However, the study found that visitors are still highly satisfied with the recreation experience. Visitors' perceptions of the environmental conditions were assessed for three Recreation Forests namely Sungai Chongkak, Lentang and Sungai Tua which are popular among the population of the Klang Valley. Visitors' preferences and awareness were compared to actual conditions of the Recreation Forests. Findings on awareness, shows that visitors are more aware of the plant component resource more than the other parameters. By groups, it was found that age seems to be a factor in perceiving environmental conditions, where the older people tend to be more aware of the situation. Visitors' environmental preferences are more towards general conditions in term of cleanliness from rubbish and the availability of recreation facilities. They are less affected by crowd as indicated by what they consider as "pollutants" of the Recreation Forests. It was found that visitors object more to hearing noise from other visitors than seeing the crowd. On placing importance, measured in terms of money and walking distance, visitors would rather spend more for cleanliness than for solitude. They are willing to pay up to RM 1 for cleanliness, which was encouraging as the mode. However, nothing at all is willing to be spent for solitude. More visitors are willing to walk for cleanliness (500 m) but not at all for solitude conditions. This again emphasised the lack of importance of solitude, or the lack of aversion to crowd by Recreation Forests' visitors. In fact, when asked what is their crowd tolerance limit, most visitors answered "Do not care". Another finding from this study, is that campers which include visitors of challenging activities are quite different in their perceptions and preferences of environmental conditions. The limit of crowd tolerance is less, and this group made up the most willing to pay up to RM10 and walk up to 1 km. In conclusion, it was found that the recreational settings do indicate excessive use of the area. The natural ecology of the areas is significantly affected, and crowding is intense. It was found that, visitors noticed the conditions of crowding more than the natural resources'. Nevertheless, the majority of visitors are still very satisfied of the recreation experience in the Recreation Forests. 1999 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/9983/1/FH_1999_7_A.pdf Yahya, Noor Azlin (1999) Environmental Settings of Three Recreation Forests and Their Effects on Visitors' Perception. PhD thesis, Universiti Putra Malaysia. Forest reserves - Recreational use - Environmental aspects English |
| spellingShingle | Forest reserves - Recreational use - Environmental aspects Yahya, Noor Azlin Environmental Settings of Three Recreation Forests and Their Effects on Visitors' Perception |
| title | Environmental Settings of Three Recreation Forests and Their Effects on Visitors' Perception |
| title_full | Environmental Settings of Three Recreation Forests and Their Effects on Visitors' Perception |
| title_fullStr | Environmental Settings of Three Recreation Forests and Their Effects on Visitors' Perception |
| title_full_unstemmed | Environmental Settings of Three Recreation Forests and Their Effects on Visitors' Perception |
| title_short | Environmental Settings of Three Recreation Forests and Their Effects on Visitors' Perception |
| title_sort | environmental settings of three recreation forests and their effects on visitors perception |
| topic | Forest reserves - Recreational use - Environmental aspects |
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