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| Outer Banks Group Parks Visitor Study: Cape Hatteras National Seashore Visitors: Summer 2002 [Technical report] | |
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| Contents: | Introduction -- Methods -- Results -- Visitors Contacted -- Demographics -- Length of Visit -- Sources of Information -- Importance of Visiting the NPS Outer Banks Group -- Reasons for Visiting Cape Hatteras National Seashore -- Activities -- Visitor Services and Facilities at Bodie Island -- Visitor Services and Facilities at Hatteras Island -- Visitor Services and Facilities at Ocracoke Island -- Opinions about access to park staff -- Comparison of current programs/facilities with past visit(s) -- Importance of selected park attributes -- Selected factors' effect on visitor experience -- Perceptions about crowding -- Opinions about safety -- Overall quality -- What visitors liked most -- What visitors liked least -- Planning for the future -- Additional comments -- Additional Analysis -- Questionnaire -- Visitor Services Project Publications |
| Contributor: | Littlejohn, Margaret (University of Idaho) Author |
| Contributor: | Le, Yen (University of Idaho) Author |
| Contributor: | Reed, Jason R. (University of Idaho) Author |
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Title: Outer Banks Group Parks Visitor Study QuestionnaireURL:
Date Created: 02/26/2004
Format/Size: 16 pages (DjVu format); 134KB
Type: Form |
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| Publisher: | National Park Service |
| Published: | 02/26/2004 |
| Access: | Public access |
| Restrictions: | Public domain |
| Is Part Of: | Social Science Studies Collection |
| Format/Size: | 73 pages (DjVu format); 284 KB |
| 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: | Cape Hatteras National Seashore |
| Place: | North Carolina -- Cape Hatteras National Seashore |
| Time Period: | 07/12/2002 - 07/18/2002 |
| Park code: | CAHA |
| Summary: | This report describes the results of a study of visitors at Cape Hatteras National Seashore. This visitor study was conducted from July 12-18, 2002 at the Outer Banks Group Parks by the National Park Service (NPS) Visitor Services Project (VSP), part of the Park Studies Unit at the University of Idaho. A separate appendix includes comment summaries and visitors' unedited comments. A few highlights of this report are as follows: most visitors (67%) had visited one or more of the Outer Banks Group Parks in the past. The most important reasons for visits: 1) lighthouses, 2) swimming, and 3) uncrowded/solitude/low population. The most popular activities for this and past visits were sunbathing/swimming and visiting historic sites. Most visitor groups (94%) rated the overall quality of visitor services at Outer Banks Group parks as "very good" or "good." |
| Related to: | Outer Banks Group Parks Visitor Study Questionnaire |
| Other title: | Visitor Services Project Report 136a |
| Source: | 73 p. Adobe Acrobat document encoded as DjVu format using Document Express 4.0 |
