Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism-Research Planning and Manage

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism-Research Planning and Manage is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Postleisure: Disrupting the Disciplinary Fixity of Leisure Thinking88
The cognitive and conative image in insular marine protected areas: A study from Galapagos, Ecuador85
Ecological Footprint and tourism: Development and sustainability monitoring of ecotourism packages in Mediterranean Protected Areas77
The impact of recreational activities on species at risk in Canada64
Thinking big: The role of mega trails in creating meaning and sense of place to conserve large landscapes59
The influences of paragliding flow experience on storytelling intention through satisfaction: A comparison of adventure-seekers and learning-seekers58
Leveraging human mobility data to assess recreational activity across the United States’ most visited National Forest49
Inclusive pathways to understand differential forest recreation participation among ethnoracial minorities in the United States48
Understanding exposure to avalanche terrain and avalanche information product use of snowshoers and winter hikers: Insights from Mount Seymour Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada47
Exploring the potential of forest rental services as a tool for balancing recreation and forestry45
Been there, done that? Effects of centrality-to-lifestyle and experience use history on angling tourists’ loyalty to a Swedish salmon fishery42
Leisure constraint and mental health: The case of park users in Ningbo, China42
Mapping the excess demand for recreation in Northern Ireland to inform land use policy38
Hiking-related degradation of alpine landscape in Low Tatras national park (Slovakia) during the COVID-19 pandemic36
Older adults’ preferences for natural environment and rural life: Intergenerational transmission of pro-environmental motivation34
Understanding memorable tourism experiences and behavioural intentions at geothermal destinations: A PLS-SEM and fsQCA approach34
Editorial: Introduction to sustainably managing outdoor recreation and nature-based tourism as social-ecological complex adaptive systems32
Senior outdoor tourists’ injuries, illnesses & infirmities: Reveal or conceal?30
Editorial Board30
Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the popularity of protected areas for mountain biking and hiking in Australia: Insights from volunteered geographic information29
Urban space use for outing before and during the pandemic: A case study of Daejeon, South Korea using social media posts29
Strategic interventions for enhancing destination competitiveness in island-based adventure tourism: Insights from a small island destination29
Cases and context: Mask-related behaviors among U.S. trail visitors during the COVID-19 pandemic28
Stand-up paddling: A case study on the effect and impact pathway of information and appeals to reduce ecological conflicts27
Factors promoting nature-based outdoor recreation during the daytime and evening26
Research note: Spatial variations of condition class in Clifty Wilderness, Daniel Boone National Forest, KY, USA26
Crawling with a vehicle: Rock-crawlers’ recreation specialization, motivation, and sources of challenges25
Does language make a difference? Exploring the hiking experience of a nation-specific online community24
Using social media user profiles to identify visitor demographics and origins in Yellowstone national park22
Novice tourists’ play experience in commercial outdoor adventure tourism: The perspective of reversal theory22
Climate change adaptation in the ski industry: Stakeholders' perceptions regarding a mountain resort in Southeastern Europe21
Conceptualising the power of outdoor adventure activities for subjective well-being: A systematic literature review21
Squeezing the most from volunteered geographic information to monitor mountain biking in peri-urban protected and recreational areas at a metropolitan scale20
Intra-spatial displacement at high-use recreation destinations: Employing spatial analyses to explore visitor behavior20
Editorial Board20
The recreational value of botanic garden events: A case study of the Zagara plant fair in Palermo, Italy19
Camping in clearcuts: The impacts of timber harvesting on USFS campground utilization19
Strava Metro mobility data provides accurate estimates of recreation use in Urban-Proximate Protected Areas19
The residents' participation in tourism based social entrepreneurship organization: Evidence from residents’ perception on ecosphere social enterprise18
Estimating park visitation in Canadian national parks using volunteered geographic information (VGI)18
Exploring urban waterscape perceptions: relating landscape visual character and landscape image through a multi-perspective approach18
Adaptation to climate change in nature-based tourist destination in northern Ghana17
Exploring the gendered landscape of the avalanche safety industry – barriers, benefits and potential drawbacks of professional diversity17
Eudaimonic well-being development: Motives driving mountain-based adventure tourism17
“To use or not to use” - Mobile technology in nature-based tourism experience16
The effect of event quality on participants’ intention to revisit a sport event: Monetary valuation and mitigation of hypothetical bias16
Climate Resource View (CRV): A case of thermal safety at United States national parks16
Dysfunctional tourism behaviors in national parks: An exploration of causes, typologies, and consequences in the case of Saharan tourism16
Peaks and passion: Examining the dynamics of workplace commitments among outdoor sport guides16
Outdoor recreation shows promise as an equitable context for youth informal STEM learning in amenity-rich rural areas16
Examining the influence of activity attachment on responsible angling behavior: Insights from anglers at a friendly fishing demonstration site16
A step towards a greener green? Investigating golfers’ relationships with nature and attitudes about biodiversity conservation in golf courses16
Editorial Board16
Tourism flow and the consumption of aesthetic landscape values in high-elevation mountain areas in the Alps: A cartographic and spatio-market methodology16
From soft to hard adventure: Examining experienced mountaineers’ mountaineering intentions through the lens of the theory of planned behavior16
Recreation and disarray: Analysis of disorder in U.S. national parks16
Pleasure and restriction: The relationships between community tourism experience value and visitor management16
Discourse about national parks on social media: Insights from Twitter15
Landscape management and planning as a spatial organization method connecting CES supply-demand assessment and sustainable tourism development15
Natural attributes or aesthetic attributes: Which is more valuable in recreational ecosystem services of nature-based parks considering tourists’ environmental knowledge and attitude impacts?15
Deep nature glamping in Germany – Potentials and configuration of a nature tourism offer15
Influence of digital technologies on hikers' spatial behaviour and perception15
Optimizing spatial distribution of parks based on the preference for park types: A case study with an improved two-step floating catchment area method15
Nature always recovers! A degrowth analysis of event participants’ perspective on environmental impacts15
The impact of COVID-19 on the Australian outdoor recreation industry from the perspective of practitioners14
Resilience-based preferences for technology-enhanced hiking services in Mount Semeru, Indonesia14
Gateway community stakeholders’ perceived impacts of protected area management actions: The case of North Carolina (U.S.) state parks14
Matching destination difficulty and participant capability in outdoor recreation and tourism: role of third-party certifications for 15 activities in 52 countries14
Beyond the buzzwords: Rethinking sustainability in adventure tourism through real travellers practices14
Understanding visitor compliance with cross-country ski trail passes under open access14
Understanding visitors' personality perceptions of winter destinations: Evidences from Chinese travelers14
Editorial Board14
The underdog effect: Towards a conceptual framework for enhancing voluntourism14
Trail sustainability broadly defined14
Bird photos as trophies: Status signalling, reinforcement, and competition14
Perceived constraints to participating in wildlife-related recreation14
The art of making fire-with14
Environmental and social impacts of shifting park-use patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic: Insights from state and local park managers13
Invasive plant hitchhikers: Appalachian Trail thru-hiker knowledge and attitudes of invasive plants and leave No trace practices13
Understanding spatial inequities in urban neighborhood park services: A mixed method study in Taiwan13
Successful camping operators: Performance measurement using cluster analysis and DEA methods.13
Research note: The impact of advanced information communication technologies on visitor acceptance of forest management in response to emerald ash borer13
Economic impacts of trail destinations: The case of the Peaks of the Balkans trail13
Changes in travel behaviors and intentions during the COVID-19 pandemic and recovery period: A case study of China13
Editorial Board13
Foreign tourists' preferences for destination attributes in Japan's national parks: A best-worst scaling analysis13
Not seeing the wood for the (invasive) trees: Visitors’ perceptions of invasive wilding conifers in the New Zealand landscape12
Sustainable recreation and tourism: Making sense of diverse conceptualizations and management paradigms12
Beneath the lens: Exploring the impacts of underwater photographers in marine-based tourism12
The impact of graphic design on attention capture and behavior among outdoor recreationists: Results from an exploratory persuasive signage experiment12
The value of social distancing: A discrete choice experiment to examine golf tourists’ preferences for COVID-19 Safety protocols12
Editorial Board12
Biking-hiking conflicts and their mitigation in urban recreation areas: Results of a quasi-experimental long-term evaluation in the Zurich forest12
Research note: Ski touring on groomed slopes and the COVID-19 pandemic as a potential trigger for motivational changes12
COVID-19 compliance among urban trail users: Behavioral insights and environmental implications12
Soundscapes experience at spiritual tourism area of Goa Maria Sendangsono, Yogyakarta, Indonesia11
In what context do scholars differentiate recreation and tourism in park studies?11
Editorial Board11
A comparative analysis of the value of recreation in six contrasting Nordic landscapes using the travel cost method11
How ocean beach recreational quality fits with safety issues? An analysis of risky behaviours in France11
The role of brand associations on the development of place attachment into outdoor adventure tourism destinations11
A nationwide assessment of awareness about US national parks11
Tailoring tourism strategies: Exploring the role of demographics in shaping domestic tourists' perceptions: The case of domestic tourists in Da Nang City, Vietnam11
Understanding vehicle noise as an indicator of soundscape quality in Denali National Park and Preserve11
Wildlife-based tour operators complying with the principles of responsible tourism: Influence of moral and legal persuasions11
Understanding regional economic impacts of recreation spending at a public lake: A case study in rural Oklahoma, USA10
The spatial network structure of the U.S. outdoor recreation economy and its influencing factors10
Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on SCUBA diving experience in marine protected areas10
The influence of trekkers’ personal and subjective norms on their pro-environmental behaviors10
Monitoring visitor activity and informal trail disturbance in Yosemite Valley meadows to assess temporal changes in use and impacts10
Contemporary issues, opportunities, and resources for the U.S. outdoor recreation profession10
Winter backcountry travel and avalanche airbags: Assessing risk-taking in a field study10
Assessing the camping competitiveness using a clustering approach10
Understanding coastal zone innovation: The ‘Waterdunen’ project as an ecology of practices10
Assessing the effectiveness of signs to change littering behavior in a Norwegian national park10
Awe experiences on Kumano Kodo with a kataribe9
Four dimensions of sustainable governance for National Scenic Trails9
How does tourist learning affect destination attachment in nature-based tourism: Multiple mediations comparison and distal mediation analysis9
Trans Canada trail: A shared-use network of pathways from coast to coast to coast9
How to develop a road cycling tourism destination. Girona as a case study9
Introducing sense of place narratives in image projection for marine destinations9
Experiential value and environmentally responsible behavioral intention in rock-climbing tourism: The role of place attachment and biospheric value9
Editorial Board9
Support of residents for sustainable tourism development in nature-based destinations: Applying theories of social exchange and bottom-up spillover9
Role of therapeutic landscapes and emotional experiences in the relationship between water-based recreational experiences, well-being, and environmental behaviors9
Living in an untouchable world: Barriers to recreation and tourism for Portuguese blind people during the COVID-19 pandemic9
Editorial Board9
The role of health and wellbeing in shaping local park experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic9
Children's recreation as a comparative advantage tool for camping businesses9
Natural and built capital as factors shaping tourism in a South African Key Biodiversity Area.8
Actor-network theory and organizational resilience to climate change in community-based tourism8
Change of urban park use before and during the COVID-19 pandemic determined by on-site observation: A comparative study in Zhengzhou, China8
Effects of mindful interpretation strategies on interpretation value-during-use and interpretation value-after-use8
Accessible tourism – Nature-based activities for all, needs for assistive devices and information among people with disabilities8
Covid-19 and outdoor recreation – Lessons learned? Introduction to the special issue on “Outdoor recreation and Covid-19: Its effects on people, parks and landscapes”8
Combining camera traps and artificial intelligence for monitoring visitor frequencies in natural areas: Lessons from a case study in the Belgian Ardenne8
Application of cell phone users’ location data to visitor monitoring in natural parks: A case study of Mount Fuji8
Meaningful community participation for effective development of sustainable tourism: Bibliometric analysis towards a quintuple helix model8
Dysfunctional information feedbacks cause the emergence of management panaceas in social-ecological systems: The case of fish stocking in inland recreational fisheries8
Tourists’ perceptions of proximity tourism: Insights from sentiment analysis and fsQCA8
Prepared food on the trail: Exploring sustainability in outdoor recreation food choices8
The impact of perceived unfavorable weather on tourist loyalty in high-altitude destinations: The case of the Qinghai-Tibet plateau, China8
Assessing visitor perceptions of recreation benefits from nearby public lands8
Unravelling the eco-motivated journey: The role of gender and motivation in shaping loyalty in mangrove ecotourism8
Seeing the forest for the trees: A social-ecological systems approach to managing outdoor recreation visitation in parks and protected areas8
Defining contemporary outdoor physical activity: A critical interpretive synthesis7
Book Review7
Spatial and temporal patterns in wildlife tourism encounters and how people feel about them based on social media data from South Africa7
A joyful river ride: A transformative event experience7
Heterogeneity in trips to green natural spaces: A travel cost approach across UK sites7
“Story Type” or “column Type”: The differential impacts of different types of outdoor safety education on hikers' safety participation behaviors7
Clustering marine wildlife voluntourism to evaluate its potential for southern Africa and beyond7
Research note: An evaluation of potential locations for the Bears Ears National Monument cultural center7
Values and benefits of inclusive outdoor physical activities with a hiking mountain wheelchair7
Factors influencing and controlling vandalism by tourists and local indigenous communities at the Fandoghlou forest natural site7
Impacts of participation in scientific activities on marine tourists’ engagement and individual learning outcomes7
Mixed-methodological insights on post-disaster destination revisit strategies: How tourists decide to return?7
Eye-catching or breath-catching: Role and landscape attributes of pauses differs among hikers’ profile when rambling in a French mountainous area7
“It calms me and scares me all at once”: A qualitative content analysis study of the links between surfing and mental health in New South Wales, Australia7
Consumption for conservation: determinants of purchasing local products by ecotourists to conserving protected forests7
Assessment of recreational and tourist cycling routes. Case study in the West Region of Portugal7
Comparing place meanings of recreational visits to coastal and inland nature7
Thru-hikers’ attitudes about potential management actions for interactions with grizzly bears along the Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail7
Protected area management effectiveness and COVID-19: The case of Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia7
Elevating the park experience: Exploring asymmetric relationships in visitor satisfaction at Canadian national parks6
Entertainers, not educators? Social media influencers and risk communication in outdoor travel6
A review of digitalization and sustainability in parks and recreation indicators and thresholds research6
How recreational farm operators use dynamic capabilities to respond to COVID-19 pandemic6
Investigating the coexistence of ecological quality and recreational activity in urban green spaces during the summer6
The impact mechanism of spatial richness on tourist sentiments in cultural tourism towns6
Fostering equity: How welcomeness, safety, and representation influence visitor coping and intention-to-return to parks and protected areas6
Ticks and lyme disease in natural areas: A segmentation analysis of visitor perceptions of risk and preferred communication strategies6
Impacts of wildlife tourism based on felids: A systematic review6
Use of social media data, online reviews and wikipedia page views to measure visitation patterns of outdoor attractions6
Navigating complexities in forest visitation modelling: Intersecting environmental, social, and public health factors during the COVID-19 pandemic6
Climate change-induced droughts and tourism: Impacts and responses of Western Cape province, South Africa6
Why do Japanese people visit hot springs during a pandemic? A psychographic segmentation analysis6
Research on tourism spatial justice based on residents' perception: A case study on Babao Town of Qilian Mountain National Park (Qinghai area)6
Visitation patterns in a peri-urban natural park: Comparing mountain bikers, runners, walkers and hikers6
Fitness tests as predictors of physical exertion on graded hiking trails6
Linking visitor perceptions and behaviours related to ticks and lyme disease to risk management strategies in a protected areas context6
Forecasting daily foot traffic in recreational trails using machine learning5
‘Into the darkness’ – The caving community and their tourist experiences. The Polish case5
Rediscover nearby nature: Exploring the well-being effect and influence factors of camping at different stages of COVID-195
Research note: Understanding the short-term effect of differential park pricing policy5
From recreation ecology to a recreation ecosystem: A framework accounting for social-ecological systems5
Challenging hegemonic velocipedic modality in the great outdoors: The seemingly inexorable rise of the electric mountain bike5
Mapping and evaluating the impact of flood hazards on tourism in South African national parks5
Linking protected areas with health and well-being: Reconstructing the recreational amenity experience model in the Chinese context5
Tourism-related economic loss and damage from the North Island weather events on New Zealand conservation land and waters5
The psychological drivers of pro-environmental behaviors on recreational trails in Canmore, Alberta5
Ski touring on groomed slopes: Analyzing opportunities, threats and areas of conflict associated with an emerging outdoor activity5
Recreation as a transformative experience: Synthesizing the literature on outdoor recreation and recreation ecosystem services into a systems framework5
A dual spatial analysis method based on recreation opportunity spectrum and analytical hierarchy process for outdoor recreation site suitability5
Deep learning-based video analysis for visitor detection and tracking in protected areas5
Selfies versus conservation: The influence of user-generated content in the image of protected natural spaces5
Wildfire-driven entry closures influence visitor displacement and spending to alternative park entrance corridors and gateway communities around Yosemite National Park5
Predicting physical distancing on recreational trails during COVID-195
Reprint of: Exploring tourists' motivations, constraints, and negotiations regarding outdoor recreation trips during COVID-19 through a focus group study5
Visitor Experience at Viera y Clavijo Botanic Garden: Satisfaction and Loyalty Antecedents4
Social carrying capacity and emotion dynamics in urban national parks during the COVID-19 pandemic4
‘Having a grand view of what the day entails’: A qualitative investigation of the non-technical skills utilised by Mountain Guides4
From backyards to the backcountry: Exploring outdoor recreation coping strategies and experiences during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand4
Visitors’ experience of using smart facilities in urban parks: A study in Shenzhen4
Building a shared vocabulary: toward a typology for the human factor in avalanche terrain4
“Healing ourselves, healing nature”: Holistic thermalism in Spain as a mutually enriching practice?4
Recreationists’ preferences for special recreation permit implementation at an off-road vehicle recreation area4
Towards a digital ranger: Using data from outdoor platforms to detect rule violations in protected areas and improve visitor management4
Exploring the impact of park features and visitors’ socioeconomic status on park visitation: A case study of Austin, Texas4
Framing memorable hiking tourism experiences through embodiment: The case of Mount Huangshan, China4
Explaining the intention to practice “Leave No Trace” in Hong Kong's country parks: The roles of environmental self-identity, personal moral norms and awareness of consequences4
Exploring constraints and coping strategies of outdoor recreation trips accessible by public transport: A walk-along and ride-along study in Austria4
On the path to regenerative nature-based tourism in Canada? Insights from the legacy of COVID-19 on Canadians’ travel behaviours4
Estimating the recreational value of a rural mountain area in the presence of heterogeneous agricultural density on Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar Oman4
Roadside bear viewing in Kananaskis Country: Visitor perceptions of bear jams and related management strategies4
Editorial Board4
Recreational activity as a pathway to healthy aging: A mixed-methods study on sedentary older adults4
Tourists’ perception of open safari vehicles (OSV) in Kruger National Park. Is it a problem or not?4
“Guiding as a profession and guiding as a way of being do not always align”: Exploring health care access, resilience and subjective well-being of nature-based tourism guides in the western United Sta4
Risk, fate, and luck: Understanding adventure intentions under the shadow of death ambiguity4
Wayfinding and navigation behaviours among pilgrim tourists on the St. Olav Ways in Norway4
The internal competitive advantage of adventure tourism operators: An exploratory approach4
A sport psychologist’s perspective on the mental preparation required for high-altitude trekking4
Muddling through it: Analyzing public land manager perspectives on recreation allocation4
0.093325138092041