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Antecedents of national park knowledge in Tanzania
Department of Tourism, National College of Tourism, Dar Es Salaam.
Luleå University of Technology, Department of Business Administration, Technology and Social Sciences, Business Administration and Industrial Engineering.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9707-7068
2019 (English)In: Journal of Ecotourism, ISSN 1472-4049, E-ISSN 1747-7638, Vol. 18, no 3, p. 199-220Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Over time, national park knowledge has come to constitute the gap between the full social freedom and individual consciousness of the ecological conditions inside a park. While other visitors have a rigorous knowledge of transportation, nature, and culture, some visitors naively enter the area in order to enjoy their tourism rights. Theoretically, our model proposes that national park knowledge can change as a result of knowing about eco-tourist attractions; also, knowledge of public infrastructure and accessibility is strongly correlated to knowledge of what you can and cannot do in the protected area. Eco-tourist attractions include natural resources, cultural attractions, and recreational facilities. The argument is that all the infrastructure is developed around these, as that these are the sources of attraction. Based on the literature, we link these variables with the ecotourism concept, thus positioning our paper as an ecotourism study. A total of 103 questionnaires were returned on the basis of convenience sampling. A satisfying underlying factor structure was confirmed by CFA and EFA, in which four hypotheses were tested. With 103 observations, the model sufficiently met the minimum sample size for SEM. This paper provides some evidence for its cross validity and may inspire more studies in future.

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Taylor & Francis, 2019. Vol. 18, no 3, p. 199-220
Keywords [en]
National parks, Toursim
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Economics
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Accounting and Control
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URN: urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-70356DOI: 10.1080/14724049.2018.1502296ISI: 000906447500001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85052071086OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ltu-70356DiVA, id: diva2:1238413
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Validerad;2019;Nivå 1;2019-10-09 (johcin)

Available from: 2018-08-13 Created: 2018-08-13 Last updated: 2023-05-08Bibliographically approved

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