Managing off-trail walking behaviour in national parks
Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Title
Anatolia
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
School
School of Business and Law
RAS ID
54168
Abstract
The purpose of this viewpoint paper is to provide practical managerial strategies to address the problematic behaviour of visitor non-compliance at national parks. This paper provides a descriptive overview of current non-compliant behaviours in national parks and offer suggested practical solutions and directions. Although past studies have explored the underlying motivations behind visitor non-compliance in national parks, research on management tactics to curb this problematic behaviour remains limited. Therefore, more attention is needed to solve this perennial issue. While most national parks use a combination of both direct and indirect management tactics to manage off-trail walking behaviour, it is recommended park managers try using indirect management tools first before converting to rigid authoritative direct management approaches to manage non-compliant behaviours in national parks. This paper also advocates for future research to identify reasons behind non-compliant behaviour in national parks and examine the effectiveness of direct and indirect management tools across different visitor segments to address this problematic behaviour.
DOI
10.1080/13032917.2023.2129747
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Comments
Goh, E. (2023). Managing off-trail walking behaviour in national parks. Anatolia, 34(1), 104-107.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13032917.2023.2129747