Crucial factors influencing hikers´ decision of choosing a hiking trail

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Alternative codes found

RIV/60460709:41110/12:59465

Result on the web

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Crucial factors influencing hikers´ decision of choosing a hiking trail

Original language description

Hiking trail research focuses mainly on environmental impacts caused by their usage. However only a few studies analyze consumers (hikers) who cause those impacts. The article aims to fill the gap in hiking trail research by determining the crucial factors influencing hikers´ decision to choose a concrete hiking trail. The research was conducted in landscape protected areas in the Czech Republic. To reveal the key factor influencing hikers´ decision the logistic regression is used. Among studied factorsbelong gender, age, profession, the highest obtained education and the reason for being in the landscape protected area. According to the main reasons for choosing the concrete hiking trail six models of logistic regression are tested and analyzed. Theanalyses reveal for example that men tent more than women to choose hiking trail according to landscape appearance, its surrounding by forest, its location and availability. On contrary, women tent more than men to choose the trail accord

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AK - Sport and leisure time activities

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2012

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Outdoor Activities.

ISSN

1802-3908

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Volume of the periodical

6

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

19

Pages from-to

5-23

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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