Visitor experience in high-use areas : a study of the hiker experiencescape at Ryten-Kvalvika, Lofoten
Today, urbanisation increases the wish for people to visit nature areas. People gain several personal benefits from the outdoor activities that e.g. nature-based tourism provides. Ryten Mountain and Kvalvika Beach (Ryten-Kvalvika) are two popular attractions for hikers, located side by side in the L...
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ftunivmob:oai:nmbu.brage.unit.no:11250/3022164 2023-05-15T17:08:14+02:00 Visitor experience in high-use areas : a study of the hiker experiencescape at Ryten-Kvalvika, Lofoten Turistopplevelser i områder med høyt besøkstrykk : en studie av opplevelsesrommet for turgåere ved Ryten-Kvalvika, Lofoten Sønstevold, Eirik Aas, Øystein Keller, Rose Norway, Nordland, Lofoten 2022 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3022164 eng eng Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3022164 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internasjonal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.no CC-BY-NC-ND Visitor management Experiencescape Outdoor recreation Naturbasert reiseliv Nature-based tourism Turisme Master thesis 2022 ftunivmob 2022-10-05T22:43:06Z Today, urbanisation increases the wish for people to visit nature areas. People gain several personal benefits from the outdoor activities that e.g. nature-based tourism provides. Ryten Mountain and Kvalvika Beach (Ryten-Kvalvika) are two popular attractions for hikers, located side by side in the Lofoten archipelago (Northern Norway). On average, more than 50 000 people annually have visited either one or both these attractions the last years. The attractions are located within Lofotodden National Park, which obligates careful management of natural resources and conservation values as well as high-quality experiences. A visitor survey from the national park in 2019 revealed among other things that visitors were negatively affected by disturbance from other visitors and human waste. To better understand how visitors experience these hikes, this thesis aims to explore impacts on visitor experiences of the hikes to Ryten-Kvalvika. Using a qualitative approach, 20 semi-structured interviews were conducted on-site to explore what factors influenced the hike experiences. Informants with different ages, genders and origins were selected randomly. To synthesise and discuss the findings, an outcome-focused model (OFM) and an experiencescape model was used. Results showed that uncontrollable factors such as weather and views influenced many visitor experiences, both positively and negatively. Furthermore, the results indicated that visitor expectations were of high importance to visitor experiences. Knowledge on visitor experiences is important for optimal management of Norwegian national parks due to the increasing attention of social dimensions in the management strategies. Because this study only covers self-reported perceptions of the experiences, further research on other angles and aspects of the experiences are needed. Urbanisering øker menneskers ønske om å besøke naturområder. Folk får flere personlige fordeler av aktiviteter utendørs, som for eksempel naturbasert reiseliv tilbyr. Ryten og Kvalvika ... Master Thesis Lofoten Nordland Nordland Northern Norway Nordland Open archive Norwegian University of Life Sciences: Brage NMBU Lofoten Norway Lofotodden ENVELOPE(12.833,12.833,67.833,67.833) Kvalvika ENVELOPE(9.887,9.887,64.048,64.048) |
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Today, urbanisation increases the wish for people to visit nature areas. People gain several personal benefits from the outdoor activities that e.g. nature-based tourism provides. Ryten Mountain and Kvalvika Beach (Ryten-Kvalvika) are two popular attractions for hikers, located side by side in the Lofoten archipelago (Northern Norway). On average, more than 50 000 people annually have visited either one or both these attractions the last years. The attractions are located within Lofotodden National Park, which obligates careful management of natural resources and conservation values as well as high-quality experiences. A visitor survey from the national park in 2019 revealed among other things that visitors were negatively affected by disturbance from other visitors and human waste. To better understand how visitors experience these hikes, this thesis aims to explore impacts on visitor experiences of the hikes to Ryten-Kvalvika. Using a qualitative approach, 20 semi-structured interviews were conducted on-site to explore what factors influenced the hike experiences. Informants with different ages, genders and origins were selected randomly. To synthesise and discuss the findings, an outcome-focused model (OFM) and an experiencescape model was used. Results showed that uncontrollable factors such as weather and views influenced many visitor experiences, both positively and negatively. Furthermore, the results indicated that visitor expectations were of high importance to visitor experiences. Knowledge on visitor experiences is important for optimal management of Norwegian national parks due to the increasing attention of social dimensions in the management strategies. Because this study only covers self-reported perceptions of the experiences, further research on other angles and aspects of the experiences are needed. Urbanisering øker menneskers ønske om å besøke naturområder. Folk får flere personlige fordeler av aktiviteter utendørs, som for eksempel naturbasert reiseliv tilbyr. Ryten og Kvalvika ... |
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Aas, Øystein Keller, Rose |
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Visitor experience in high-use areas : a study of the hiker experiencescape at Ryten-Kvalvika, Lofoten |
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Visitor experience in high-use areas : a study of the hiker experiencescape at Ryten-Kvalvika, Lofoten |
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Visitor experience in high-use areas : a study of the hiker experiencescape at Ryten-Kvalvika, Lofoten |
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Visitor experience in high-use areas : a study of the hiker experiencescape at Ryten-Kvalvika, Lofoten |
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visitor experience in high-use areas : a study of the hiker experiencescape at ryten-kvalvika, lofoten |
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Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås |
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