Enjoying elephant watching: a study on social carrying capacity of Kawdulla National Park in Sri Lanka

Sabaragamuwa University Journal Pub Date : 2014-06-09 DOI:10.4038/SUSLJ.V12I1.6984

R.M.M.I. Rathnayake, U. Gunawardena

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The goal of this study was to investigate the social carrying capacity (SCC) of Kawdulla National Park (KNP) in terms of vehicle crowding. Crowding was considered as the social norm to estimate the standards for SCC. The normative theory approach was applied in this study and a social norm curve was prepared. Based on the hypothesis visitor acceptability or tolerance influenced by vehicle crowding, images with different number of vehicles were generated. The crowding standard for SCC was estimated as 9 vehicles within 25 m radius by asking each respondent whether the presented scenarios were acceptable or not. Statistically, it was proven that socio economic status of visitors mainly affect on the acceptability of vehicle crowding. The average visitor acceptability for enjoying elephant watching has decreased with the increasing number of vehicles (crowding). Therefore the results of the present study could be applied in decision making to diversify the tourism activities in order to maintain the visitor satisfaction on enjoying elephant watching. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/suslj.v12i1.6984 Sabaragamuwa University Journal 2013; V. 12 No. 1 pp 23-39

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观象之乐:斯里兰卡卡杜拉国家公园社会承载力研究

摘要本研究旨在探讨卡杜拉国家公园(KNP)车辆拥挤的社会承载能力(SCC)。以拥挤度作为社会规范来估计SCC的标准。本研究采用规范理论方法，绘制社会规范曲线。基于受车辆拥挤影响的游客可接受度或容忍度假设，生成了不同车辆数量的图像。通过询问每个受访者所呈现的场景是否可接受，估计SCC的拥挤标准为25米半径内9辆车。统计表明，游客的社会经济地位主要影响车辆拥挤的可接受性。随着车辆数量(拥挤程度)的增加，游客欣赏观象的平均接受度也在下降。因此，本研究结果可应用于决策，使观光活动多样化，以维持游客观象的满意度。DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/suslj.v12i1.6984 Sabaragamuwa University Journal 2013;12节第1节，第23-39页

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