The determinants of visitor length of stay at the Kruger National Park

Koedoe - African Protected Area Conservation and Science

 
 
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Title The determinants of visitor length of stay at the Kruger National Park
 
Creator Kruger, Martinette Saayman, Melville
 
Subject Tourism; Nature-based destinations; National Parks Kruger National Park; nature-based destination; determinants; length of stay; latent class approach; Poisson regression analysis; negative binomial regression analysis
Description This study analysed the determinants of tourists’ length of stay at one of South Africa’s oldest and largest national parks, the Kruger National Park. It took the different regions of this Park into account and analysed visitors to the northern and southern regions separately to distinguish the different determinants of length of stay. The results showed clear differences between the determinants of length of stay for the two regions, indicating that for a destination with the size and scope of the Kruger Park, a regional approach should be followed to improve management and encourage visitors to stay longer.Conservation implications: The northern and southern regions of the Kruger National Park differ significantly in terms of ecosystems, rainfall, climate and wildlife. From a tourism perspective, these regions should be managed separately taking the distinct differences of the two regions into consideration. Different variables influence visitors’ length of stay in these two regions. Conservation practitioners can use the results of this study to manage visitors to these areas.
 
Publisher AOSIS Publishing
 
Contributor SANParks (South African National Parks) for financial assistance.
Date 2014-06-24
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — Survey
Format text/html application/octet-stream text/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/koedoe.v56i2.1114
 
Source Koedoe; Vol 56, No 2 (2014); 11 pages 2071-0771 0075-6458
 
Language eng
 
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Coverage South Africa; Protected areas — Tourist lenght of stay
Rights Copyright (c) 2014 Martinette Kruger, Melville Saayman https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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