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| Great Sand Dunes National Monument and Preserve Visitor Study: Summer 2002 [Technical report] | |
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| Contents: | Introduction -- Methods -- Results -- Visitors contacted -- Demographics -- Length of stay -- Lodging/park entries -- Activities -- Sources of information -- Sites accessed by hiking or horseback riding -- Sites accessed by automobile -- Visitor awareness of Great Sand Dunes National Preserve -- Visitor awareness of Great Sand Dunes as a part of the National Wilderness Preservation System -- Opinions about appropriated uses/facilities for the newly designated area -- Travel plans -- Other visited destinations -- Interpretive topics learned/Level of understanding improvement -- Opinions about safety -- Opinions about level of crowding -- Opinions about how selected elements affected park experience -- Opinions about parking -- Visitor expectation -- Preferred learning material/method for a future visit -- Visitor services and facilities: use, importance, and quality -- Information services: use, importance, and quality -- Overall quality of visitor services -- What visitors liked most -- What visitor liked least -- Planning for the future -- Comment summary -- Additional Analysis -- Questionnaire -- Visitor Services Project Publications |
| Contributor: | Le, Yen (University of Idaho) Author |
| Contributor: | Littlejohn, Margaret (University of Idaho) Author |
 | Has Part: Questionnaire Choose JPG OR DjVu (Auto-install DjVu browser plugin.) Title: Great Sand Dunes National Monument and Preserve Visitor Study QuestionnaireURL:
Date Created: 09/25/2003 Format/Size: 17p. Adobe Acrobat document encoded as DjVu format using Document Express 4.0 (file size=148KB) Type: Form |
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| Publisher: | National Park Service |
| Published: | 09/09/2003 |
| Access: | Public access |
| Restrictions: | Public domain |
| Is Part Of: | Social Science Studies Collection |
| Format/Size: | 92 pages (DjVu format); 318KB |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | Visitor Services Project |
| Subject: | Visitor |
| Subject: | Interpretation |
| Subject: | Visitor Survey |
| Keywords: | Visitor Services Project ; Visitor ; Visitor Characteristics ; Activities Preference ; Interpretation ; Expenditures ; Management ; Planning ; Visitor Survey |
| Park name: | Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve |
| Place: | Colorado -- Great Sand Dunes National Monument and Preserve |
| Time Period: | 06/23/2002 - 06/29/2002 |
| Park code: | GRSA |
| Summary: | This report describes the results of a visitor study at Great Sand Dunes National Monument and Preserve during June 23-29, 2002. A total of 479 questionnaires were distributed to visitors. One of the study results suggested that most visitors (91%) had visited the park once in the last 12 months. In their lifetimes, 63% of visitors visited the park once and 16% visited the park 2 times. Ninety percent of visitor groups indicated no group members had disabilities or impairment that limited their ability to visit Great Sand Dunes National Monument and Preserve. Of those with disabilities or impairments, 39% encountered access/service problems. Seventy-seven percent of visitors spent less than one day at the Great Sand Dunes National Monument and Preserve. |
| Other title: | Visitor Services Project Report 134 |
| Source: | 92 p. Adobe Acrobat document encoded as DjVu format using Document Express 4.0 (file size=237KB) |