Whose Sense of Place? Catering for Residents and Tourists from an Open-Access Protected Area in South Africa

Rouillard, Tessa; Deponselle, Keagan; Bezerra, Joana C

Title: Whose Sense of Place? Catering for Residents and Tourists from an Open-Access Protected Area in South Africa
Creator: Rouillard, Tessa, Deponselle, Keagan, Bezerra, Joana C
Subject: To be catalogued
Date: 2022
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/426584
Identifier: vital:72366
Identifier: xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.3390/su142315525"
Description: In addition to providing benefits to people, protected areas are valued in ways that go beyond the tangible. A sense of place, and the collection of values, feelings, and meanings associated with a place, can illuminate people-place relationships. Understanding how people relate to a place is essential in acquiring support for protected areas. This research investigates tourists’ and residents’ sense of place in Knysna, an open-access section of the Garden Route National Park, South Africa. Data was collected through questionnaires and semi-structured interviews. The sense of place was characterised using five variables: physical, cultural, social, dependent, and ideological. Although ‘physical’ was the dominant variable for both tourists and residents, the ‘ideological’ for residents and the ‘cultural’ for tourists came second, highlighting the importance of safe places and recreational activities, respectively. The physical environment influences sense of place, and the importance of protected areas to stakeholders offers an opportunity for management to engage with the public.
Format: computer, online resource, application/pdf, 1 online resource (16 pages), pdf
Publisher: MDPI
Language: English
Relation: Sustainability, Rouillard, T., Deponselle, K. and Carlos Bezerra, J., 2022. Whose Sense of Place? Catering for Residents and Tourists from an Open-Access Protected Area in South Africa. Sustainability, 14(23), p.15525, Sustainability volume 14 number 23 p. 15525 2022 2071-1050
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Rights: Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the MDPI Open Access Statement (https://www.int-res.com/journals/terms-of-use/)
Rights: Open Access

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