Key Aspects of Leisure Experiences in Protected Wildlife Areas: Notions of Nature, Senses of Place and Perceived Benefits

Sustainability

Anne Le Bon¹  Pelayo Benavides¹  Andrés Ried¹  Rodrigo Santos¹  Stephanie Carmody¹  MaríaJesús Monteagudo² 

[1] Center for Local Development (CEDEL), Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Villarrica 493000, Chile;Leisure Studies Institute, Faculty of Social and Human Sciences. University of Deusto, 24, 48007 Bilbao, Spain;

关键词: nature;    leisure;    sense of place;    benefits;    sustainable beliefs;   

DOI  :  10.3390/su12083211

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The main objective of this research was to contribute to the understanding of leisure experiences in protected wilderness areas. This was pursued through the interpretation and analysis of three variables; the personal notion of “Nature”, perception of benefits, and senses of place put forward by resident and non-resident visitors to three protected wilderness areas in southern Chile. Through a post hoc qualitative, in-depth interview with 36 subjects, connections between the aforementioned variables were established. Among the results, the strength with which the romantic notion of Nature appears linked with leisure experiences was highlighted. With the latter, leisure experiences in protected wilderness areas were identified as the generators of “benefits” and “sense of place”. Finally, four key dimensions of leisure experiences in protected wilderness areas emerged: transcendence, perception of well-being, connection and environmental awareness.

【 授权许可】

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