A Study on Problems in Concept and Technique for Grasping the Quality of Recreational Experience in Natural Parks(PAPERS OF THE 22th SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH MEETING)

In order to conserve a diversity of maintain quality of recreational experience in natural parks, this study investigated to ascertain conceptual issues and procedural problems for grasping and measuring the quality of recreational experience by reviewing products of the previous research of visitors' experience in natural settings. As a result, visitor satisfaction has to be common measure of the quality of experience. Satisfaction research has helped to reveal a variety of variables that affect recreational experiences positively or negatively. The present framework of satisfaction measurement should be useful for future research. That framework involves these three effective points. The first is to search opportunities which are the most suitable for experiences to be realized. The second is to specify which condition or impact levels are to be acceptable for those experiences. The third is to consider visitors' characteristics who evaluate physical-biological, social and managerial conditions. However, some issues and problems viewed in the light of conceptual issues and procedural problems should be solved. It is advisable to develop a model of describing the process of evaluation and interpretation of recreational experience and to grasp the relationship between the quality of recreational experience and factors quantitatively and qualitatively.