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The Effects of Visitor's Service Quality Affecting Visitor's Satisfaction in National Parks  

Lee, Ju-Hee (Division of Tourism, College of Business, Daegu University)
Bae, Min-Ki (Division of Tourism, College of Business, Daegu University)
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Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science / v.95, no.1, 2006 , pp. 113-123 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this paper was to identify the effects of visitor's service quality affecting visitor's satisfaction in national parks(NPs). After reviewing the literature, this research selected and developed the indicators of visitor's service (VS) and have formulated the hypothesis of this research. This research had obtained data through a questionnaire, which surveyed 4,423 visitors at 8 NPs in 2005. We have analyzed the data using descriptive statistical methods, factor analysis, Pearson's correlation analysis, and multiple linear regression method. We found that 1) the results of factor analysis, the five factors of visitor's service (FVSs) i.e., assurance, reliability, empathy, tangibles, responsiveness have extracted. 2) in bivariate analysis, the positive relationships between user's satisfaction and FVSs are fairly low but statistically significant. The higher the value of the five factors of VS the higher the degree of user's satisfaction, 3) in multiple regression analysis, FVSs have been statistically significant at one percent level, and 4) the relative contribution of the assurance of VS on user's satisfaction have been determined to have respectively 2.85 times more important than that of the empathy of VS. The research results suggest that the management of natural resources, cultural resources, and park facilities in national park was the most important factor to increase visitor's satisfaction.
Keywords
Visitor's Service Quality; Visitor's Satisfactions; National Park; SERVQUAL;
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