Interactions between tourists and the natural environment : impacts of tourist trampling on geothermal vegetation and tourist experiences at geothermal sites in Rotorua

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Interactions between tourists and the natural environment : impacts of tourist trampling on geothermal vegetation and tourist experiences at geothermal sites in Rotorua

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The main objective of this research was to evaluate tourist impacts on geothermal vegetation and to examine visitor's attitudes towards their impacts on vegetation. Two commercially operated sites near Rotorua were selected for research and a controlled trampling experiment was carried out on another geothermal site. Changes in vegetation cover were assessed using archival photographs and a sequence of aerial photographs. Short transects were applied to informal tracks in order to assess vege...

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Research Paper

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Book

Date created

2000-02

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Ward, Jonet C. / Burns, B. / Johnson, V. / Simmons, David G. / Fairweather, John R.

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https://hdl.handle.net/10182/150

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tourism / Rotorua / environmental impact / geothermal vegetation / trampling / Marsden::350500 Tourism / Marsden::300804 Environmental impact assessment / Tourism

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