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http://dx.doi.org/10.13047/KJEE.2014.28.5.588

Characterizing visitors' awareness of trekking safety programs and regulations in the Jirisan National Park  

Cho, Woo (Dept. of Tourism Development, Sangji Univ.)
Sung, Chan Yong (Dept. of Environmental Planning, Keimyung Univ.)
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Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology / v.28, no.5, 2014 , pp. 588-596 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study investigated the efficacy and drawbacks of a trekking accident prevention programs of the Jirisan National Park using visitor survey data. In total, 394 visitors were surveyed at the entrances to Seongsamjae, Jungsanri, Baekmudong, and Ssanggyesa trails on both weekdays and weekends. The trekking accident prevention training course has not been widely publicized. Only 23.4 % of the survey respondents have participated the training course. The training course itself appears to be useful in that 51.1 % of the course participants positively responded the contents of the course, suggesting that, if well publicized, the program can help prevent trekking accident. The trekking time regulation was relatively well publicized. Of the survey respondents, 72.4 % were aware of this regulation, and 72.2 % of them agreed on applying this regulation to other national parks. Accident vulnerability analysis shows that respondents who were aware of the regulation tend to be more experienced and skilled in trekking and more prepared for accident than those who were not. Also, respondents who were satisfied more on park safety facilities tend to be more experienced and skilled in trekking and more prepared for accident.
Keywords
NATIONAL PARK VISITOR SURVEY; TREKKING TIME REGULATION; TREKKING EXPERIENCE; ACCIDENT VULNERABILITY;
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