Trail management, off-trail walking and visitor impact in the Pieniny Mts National Park (Polish Carpathians). eco.mont (Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research)|eco.mont Vol. 7 No. 1 7 1|
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13 janvier 2015
- handle: 10670/1.zedvjz
- issn: 2073-1558
- doi: 10.1553/eco.mont-7-1s26
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Anna Kolasinska et al., « Trail management, off-trail walking and visitor impact in the Pieniny Mts National Park (Polish Carpathians). eco.mont (Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research)|eco.mont Vol. 7 No. 1 7 1| », Elektronisches Publikationsportal der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschafte, ID : 10.1553/eco.mont-7-1s26
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The objective of this study was to determine the numbers and percentages of various groups of visitors hiking off trail, the motives driving visitors to do so and the damaging impact on nature and the environment. Sections of eight routes in the Pieniny Mts. National Park (NP) were selected for the study. On average, 29.4 % of visitors were found to have strayed from the official routes, with children being the most prominent group (38.2 %). The groups led by guides left the trails significantly less than other groups (24.2 % and 30.5 % respectively). Technical reasons for leaving a trail, e. g. crowds or obstacles on the route, predominated over volitional reasons, such as taking photographs or resting (56.8 % and 43.2 % respectively). The proportion of persons walking off route drops significantly when the route has kerbs (Z = 2.10638; p = 0.0352), and a convenient trail surface (7.06311; p