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http://dx.doi.org/10.13047/KJEE.2021.35.2.181

Visitors' Perceptions of Visitor Reservation System in the Seoseokdae Trail Section of Mudeungsan National Park  

Kim, Sang-Mi (Jeollanam-Do Research Institute of Forest Resources)
Kim, Sang-Oh (Dept. of Forestry, Chonnam National Univ.)
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Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology / v.35, no.2, 2021 , pp. 181-192 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study surveyed visitors' perceptions of Mudeungsan National Park's Seoseokdae Trail Section (STS) on the visitor reservation system (VRS). Data were collected from 248 visitors to STS selected through convenient sampling in May 2019. The majority (86.9%) of the respondents rated their overall experience in STS as either "no problem at all" or "little problem". Moreover, 43.0% of the respondents were aware of the VRS. The most popular information source for VRS was the Internet (49.7%), followed by other people (18.4%) and broadcasting media, e.g., TV (17.7%). While 69.9% of the respondents thought that implementation of VRS would be effective in improving managerial conditions of the STS, respondents perceived that "cumbersome reservation procedures" (79.3%) of the VRS operation was the most important problem, followed by "unfairness associated with Internet familiarity gap" (78.7%) and "deprivation of the opportunities to visit freely" (76.3%). The support for VRS implementation was higher among higher-aged, married, higher-educated, more frequent STS visitors, Gwangju residents, and solo visitors than the other groups. The "knowledge level about VRS" and "the awareness level about potential problems associated with VRS operation" negatively influenced the support for the implementation of VRS, while "the perceived managerial effectiveness of VRS" positively influenced it.
Keywords
SOURCE OF INFORMATION; SUPPORT FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF VRS; INTERNET FAMILIARITY; RESERVATION PROCEDURES; LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE VRS; PERCEIVED MANAGERIAL EFFECTIVENESS OF THE VRS;
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