Consumers’ Satisfaction Towards Recreational Facilities and Services in Ayer Keroh Forest Recreational Area, Melaka

With the present emphasis on ecotourism, many nature and recreational areas are facing increases in demand. As a result more pressures are being inflicted on the forest recreational areas and other natural areas to provide recreational facilities to users. Facilities in the park are essential to satisfy the needs of visitors; an inadequate provision of facilities and services rendered could lead to congestion and overuse of the facilities; and a lack in services may lessen visitors’ satisfaction. The study was carried out in Ayer Keroh Forest Recreation Area using a sample of 385 visitors. The main aim of this study was to determine and evaluate the visitors’ satisfaction towards the facilities and services provided. Leisure is the most popular past time activity, particularly, among the Malay visitors compared to other ethnic groups. They come in groups, either with family members or friends for picnic which was their main purpose of visits. The visitors find that existing public amenities very satisfactory and suitable for family activities. The mean value of the WTP is RM 21.45 per year. The total index of the perception on facilities and services is at 2.88 which mean is positive perception. There are four predictors of recreation valuation namely amount spend for the facilities and services, perception on sign facilities, participate in recreation activities and income and the result shows that respondents income have significantly influenced the WTP

Strategi Pengembangan Fasilitas Rekreasi Objek Wisata Danau Diatas Kabupaten Solok Sumatera Barat

The purpose of this study was to determine the development strategy (strength, weaknesses, opportunities, treats) Recreational facilities (outdoor) Attraction above Solok regency of West Sumatra future. This research is a descriptive study with qualitative data. Data was collected using interviews, observation, and documentation involving informants using Snowball Sampling technique, that is: Attraction manager above, attractions surrounding communities, as well as tourists. The results of this study show that: 1). The strength or carrying capacity of recreational facilities (outdoor) Lake Above attraction is has a large area, a beautiful natural scenery, cool and pristine, a strategic place that is easily accessible, abundant water resources of the lake. 2). The disadvantage is the limited local government budget, the lack of assistance from the government, the lack of professional workforce, yet their investors, the lack of maintenance of existing recreational facilities. 3). Chances are their outside investors, increasing tourist arrivals, the cooperation of local governments and the central government, the cooperation of immigrants and native son. 4). The threat is a discrepancy with custom behavior style diners around, traveler awareness to keep the attraction, Attraction competition alike, the development of other tourist attractions. The development strategy of recreational facilities (outdoor) Attractions Lake Above Solok regency of West Sumatra are: 1). Utilizing the natural potential to increase the number of tourist visits. 2). Boosting cooperation between local government, Central government, nomads, sons of the soil, 3) Developing and providing recreational facilities (outdoor). 4). Increase potentials owned attraction above the lake so as not to lose competitiveness with surrounding attractions. 5). Incentive to find investors and raise funds from both private and related institutions. 6. Develop and allocates the budget for the development of recreational facilities attraction above lake

Aplikasi Individual Travel Cost Method Di Area Publik

Public areas useful to meet the inner needs with recreational facilities and educational facilities. Development of public areas to provide additional public welfare or detrimental to society. The public welfare increased if the development was provide benefit larger compared by the cost to be borne, plus loss of benefit for development in the state of being old. The public welfare indicated by the magnitude of the consumer surplus acquired. Individualtravel cost method (ITCM) is used as a model that describes the number of visits and is a function of travel costs, time needed to travel, where replacement and income. The number of visits to the Taman Pintar positively and significantly influenced by the total cost of a visit to Taman Pintar, the total cost of visits to alternative places other than Taman Pintar, and visitor revenue. The correlation between the visits of the total costs a visit to Taman Pintar, the total costs a visit to place a substitute for other than Taman Pintar, and visitors income are very strong

Hunting and Exposure: Estimating Risk and Future Use at Nuclear Production Sites

The authors advocate specific criteria for informed decisions about the future use - of contaminated nuclear sites. They also compare the implications of official recommendations for one site with results from a study

Peoples’ use of, and concerns about, green space networks: A case study of Birchwood, Warrington New Town, UK

Cultural services provided by green space networks and in particular leisure and recreational opportunities are central to the quality of life of those living in urban areas. However, the literature concerned with green space networks has mainly focussed on planning aspects rather than on recreational use. The aim of this study was to evaluate the recreational use of, and concerns about, a naturalistic green space network. The case study location was the naturalistic woodland framework in Birchwood, Warrington, UK, known as Birchwood Forest Park. Non-participant observation and content analysis of local archives were used to collect quantitative and qualitative data. Birchwood Forest Park was used more for leisure activities (52.8%, N = 1,825; i.e. recreation, sports or play) than for utilitarian purposes (47.2%, N = 1,825; i.e. as walking or cycling thoroughfare). However, utilitarian walking (30%, N = 1,825) was the most frequent type of activity observed. The maintenance of the naturalistic woodland framework was the most frequent concern mentioned in the local archives (33.3%, N = 234). This case study suggests that the recreational patterns in, as well as peoples’ concerns about, naturalistic urban landscapes may be a factor of high quality maintenance and associated local aesthetic and cultural perceptions. In developing, planning or managing comprehensive urban green space networks it is important to ensure that natural looking scenes are well maintained and that the local community is culturally connected to such scenes

Studying the Child Obesity Epidemic with Natural Experiments

We utilize clinical records of successive visits by children to pediatric clinics in Indianapolis to estimate the effects on their body mass of environmental changes near their homes. We compare results for fixed-residence children with those for cross-sectional data. Our environmental factors are fast food restaurants, supermarkets, parks, trails, and violent crimes, and 13 types of recreational amenities derived from the interpretation of annual aerial photographs. We looked for responses to these factors changing within buffers of 0.1, 0.25, 0.5, and 1 mile. We found that cross-sectional estimates are quite different from the Fixed Effects estimates of the impacts of amenities locating near a child. In cross section nearby fast food restaurants were associated with higher BMI and supermarkets with lower BMI. These results were reversed in the FE estimates. The recreational amenities that appear to lower children's BMI were fitness areas, kickball diamonds, and volleyball courts. We estimated that locating these amenities near their homes could reduce the weight of an overweight eight-year old boy by 3 to 6 pounds

SOME ISSUES CONCERNING SPECIFICATION AND INTERPRETATION OF OUTDOOR RECREATION DEMAND MODELS

Resource /Energy Economics and Policy,