TY - GEN
T1 - Motivations for Visiting Peri-urban Natural Areas
AU - Lopes, Luisa
AU - Santos, Lara
AU - Esteves, Salete
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 ITMA.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - In the 21st century, tourism has become one of the most dynamic and fastest growing economic sectors in the world, being considered a decisive driver in job creation and local and regional economic development. In Portugal, this is, also, a reality. Additionally, sustainable tourism and protected areas can contribute with public benefits towards a better common future. This paper aims to identify visitors motivations for a Portuguese protected area (PPA), the Vale do Tua Regional Natural Park (PNRVT). Data were collected through a questionnaire, with 395 respondents. From those, only 100 (34.7%) respondents indicated that they had already visited the PNRVT and were considered for the evaluation of motivations of this protected area. The data obtained were analyzed using Jamovi statistical program, using univariate and multivariate statistical techniques. From the results obtained, it is possible to conclude that visitors of PNRVT aim to learn/expand their knowledge and see a specific place.
AB - In the 21st century, tourism has become one of the most dynamic and fastest growing economic sectors in the world, being considered a decisive driver in job creation and local and regional economic development. In Portugal, this is, also, a reality. Additionally, sustainable tourism and protected areas can contribute with public benefits towards a better common future. This paper aims to identify visitors motivations for a Portuguese protected area (PPA), the Vale do Tua Regional Natural Park (PNRVT). Data were collected through a questionnaire, with 395 respondents. From those, only 100 (34.7%) respondents indicated that they had already visited the PNRVT and were considered for the evaluation of motivations of this protected area. The data obtained were analyzed using Jamovi statistical program, using univariate and multivariate statistical techniques. From the results obtained, it is possible to conclude that visitors of PNRVT aim to learn/expand their knowledge and see a specific place.
KW - PNRVT
KW - peri-urban natural area
KW - protected area
KW - visitors' motivations
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85169842323&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.23919/CISTI58278.2023.10211706
DO - 10.23919/CISTI58278.2023.10211706
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85169842323
T3 - Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies, CISTI
BT - 2023 18th Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies, CISTI 2023
PB - IEEE Computer Society
T2 - 18th Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies, CISTI 2023
Y2 - 20 June 2023 through 23 June 2023
ER -