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 5. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Thinking big: The role of mega trails in creating meaning and sense of place to conserve large landscapes72
The cognitive and conative image in insular marine protected areas: A study from Galapagos, Ecuador67
Leisure constraint and mental health: The case of park users in Ningbo, China62
Trail morphology and impacts to soil induced by a small mountain bike race series59
Mapping the excess demand for recreation in Northern Ireland to inform land use policy54
Ecological Footprint and tourism: Development and sustainability monitoring of ecotourism packages in Mediterranean Protected Areas53
The impact of recreational activities on species at risk in Canada46
Been there, done that? Effects of centrality-to-lifestyle and experience use history on angling tourists’ loyalty to a Swedish salmon fishery45
Editorial Board45
Perceptions of ecosystem services and disservices associated with open water swimming40
Editorial: Introduction to sustainably managing outdoor recreation and nature-based tourism as social-ecological complex adaptive systems37
Older adults’ preferences for natural environment and rural life: Intergenerational transmission of pro-environmental motivation37
Climate change adaptation in the ski industry: Stakeholders' perceptions regarding a mountain resort in Southeastern Europe35
Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the popularity of protected areas for mountain biking and hiking in Australia: Insights from volunteered geographic information35
Cases and context: Mask-related behaviors among U.S. trail visitors during the COVID-19 pandemic34
Research note: Spatial variations of condition class in Clifty Wilderness, Daniel Boone National Forest, KY, USA34
Stand-up paddling: A case study on the effect and impact pathway of information and appeals to reduce ecological conflicts33
Place-based motivations and normative beliefs predict pro-environmental behavior across involvement profiles31
Using social media user profiles to identify visitor demographics and origins in Yellowstone national park31
Conceptualising the power of outdoor adventure activities for subjective well-being: A systematic literature review31
Urban space use for outing before and during the pandemic: A case study of Daejeon, South Korea using social media posts31
Novice tourists’ play experience in commercial outdoor adventure tourism: The perspective of reversal theory30
Crawling with a vehicle: Rock-crawlers’ recreation specialization, motivation, and sources of challenges30
Mapping gender in tourist behaviour based on instagram29
Factors promoting nature-based outdoor recreation during the daytime and evening26
Editorial Board25
Estimating park visitation in Canadian national parks using volunteered geographic information (VGI)24
Eudaimonic well-being development: Motives driving mountain-based adventure tourism24
Intra-spatial displacement at high-use recreation destinations: Employing spatial analyses to explore visitor behavior23
The residents' participation in tourism based social entrepreneurship organization: Evidence from residents’ perception on ecosphere social enterprise23
The recreational value of botanic garden events: A case study of the Zagara plant fair in Palermo, Italy23
Managing sustainable development in recreational and protected areas. The Dovre case, Norway23
“To use or not to use” - Mobile technology in nature-based tourism experience22
Outdoor recreation shows promise as an equitable context for youth informal STEM learning in amenity-rich rural areas22
All-terrain vehicle use: A value-norm-perception model predicting perceived impact on coastal dunes21
Squeezing the most from volunteered geographic information to monitor mountain biking in peri-urban protected and recreational areas at a metropolitan scale21
Pleasure and restriction: The relationships between community tourism experience value and visitor management21
Camping in clearcuts: The impacts of timber harvesting on USFS campground utilization21
Climate Resource View (CRV): A case of thermal safety at United States national parks20
Heterogeneous preferences towards quality changes in water recreation: Latent class model for contingent behavior data20
Landscape management and planning as a spatial organization method connecting CES supply-demand assessment and sustainable tourism development19
Natural attributes or aesthetic attributes: Which is more valuable in recreational ecosystem services of nature-based parks considering tourists’ environmental knowledge and attitude impacts?19
Deep nature glamping in Germany – Potentials and configuration of a nature tourism offer19
Dysfunctional tourism behaviors in national parks: An exploration of causes, typologies, and consequences in the case of Saharan tourism19
The effect of event quality on participants’ intention to revisit a sport event: Monetary valuation and mitigation of hypothetical bias19
Influence of digital technologies on hikers' spatial behaviour and perception19
Discourse about national parks on social media: Insights from Twitter19
Beyond the buzzwords: Rethinking sustainability in adventure tourism through real travellers practices18
From soft to hard adventure: Examining experienced mountaineers’ mountaineering intentions through the lens of the theory of planned behavior18
Editorial Board18
Nature always recovers! A degrowth analysis of event participants’ perspective on environmental impacts18
Trail sustainability broadly defined18
A step towards a greener green? Investigating golfers’ relationships with nature and attitudes about biodiversity conservation in golf courses18
The art of making fire-with17
Bird photos as trophies: Status signalling, reinforcement, and competition17
The impact of COVID-19 on the Australian outdoor recreation industry from the perspective of practitioners17
Gateway community stakeholders’ perceived impacts of protected area management actions: The case of North Carolina (U.S.) state parks17
The future of Alpine pastures – Agricultural or tourism development? Experiences from the German Alps17
Perceived constraints to participating in wildlife-related recreation17
The underdog effect: Towards a conceptual framework for enhancing voluntourism17
Changes in travel behaviors and intentions during the COVID-19 pandemic and recovery period: A case study of China16
Editorial Board16
Invasive plant hitchhikers: Appalachian Trail thru-hiker knowledge and attitudes of invasive plants and leave No trace practices16
Managing conflict by mapping stakeholders’ views on ecotourism development using statement and place Q methodology15
Successful camping operators: Performance measurement using cluster analysis and DEA methods.15
Sustainable recreation and tourism: Making sense of diverse conceptualizations and management paradigms14
Research note: Ski touring on groomed slopes and the COVID-19 pandemic as a potential trigger for motivational changes14
Exploring the relationship between sport demand's key players and environmental sustainability: Pointers from a systematic review14
Editorial Board13
Biking-hiking conflicts and their mitigation in urban recreation areas: Results of a quasi-experimental long-term evaluation in the Zurich forest13
Understanding spatial inequities in urban neighborhood park services: A mixed method study in Taiwan13
The impact of graphic design on attention capture and behavior among outdoor recreationists: Results from an exploratory persuasive signage experiment13
Beneath the lens: Exploring the impacts of underwater photographers in marine-based tourism13
Environmental and social impacts of shifting park-use patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic: Insights from state and local park managers13
Not seeing the wood for the (invasive) trees: Visitors’ perceptions of invasive wilding conifers in the New Zealand landscape13
Research note: The impact of advanced information communication technologies on visitor acceptance of forest management in response to emerald ash borer13
Exploring the avalanche bulletin as an avenue for continuing education by including learning interventions13
In what context do scholars differentiate recreation and tourism in park studies?12
The value of social distancing: A discrete choice experiment to examine golf tourists’ preferences for COVID-19 Safety protocols12
Tailoring tourism strategies: Exploring the role of demographics in shaping domestic tourists' perceptions: The case of domestic tourists in Da Nang City, Vietnam12
How ocean beach recreational quality fits with safety issues? An analysis of risky behaviours in France12
The role of brand associations on the development of place attachment into outdoor adventure tourism destinations12
A comparative analysis of the value of recreation in six contrasting Nordic landscapes using the travel cost method12
COVID-19 compliance among urban trail users: Behavioral insights and environmental implications12
Wildlife-based tour operators complying with the principles of responsible tourism: Influence of moral and legal persuasions12
Living in an untouchable world: Barriers to recreation and tourism for Portuguese blind people during the COVID-19 pandemic11
Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on SCUBA diving experience in marine protected areas11
When a place is psychologically claimed: The shifting effect of psychological ownership on residents’ support and prevention of local tourism11
Editorial Board11
Understanding coastal zone innovation: The ‘Waterdunen’ project as an ecology of practices11
Experiential value and environmentally responsible behavioral intention in rock-climbing tourism: The role of place attachment and biospheric value11
Four dimensions of sustainable governance for National Scenic Trails11
The influence of trekkers’ personal and subjective norms on their pro-environmental behaviors11
Assessing the camping competitiveness using a clustering approach11
Editorial Board10
The spatial network structure of the U.S. outdoor recreation economy and its influencing factors10
Introducing sense of place narratives in image projection for marine destinations10
Editorial Board10
Monitoring visitor activity and informal trail disturbance in Yosemite Valley meadows to assess temporal changes in use and impacts10
Editorial Board10
Understanding regional economic impacts of recreation spending at a public lake: A case study in rural Oklahoma, USA10
Contemporary issues, opportunities, and resources for the U.S. outdoor recreation profession10
How does tourist learning affect destination attachment in nature-based tourism: Multiple mediations comparison and distal mediation analysis9
The role of health and wellbeing in shaping local park experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic9
Trans Canada trail: A shared-use network of pathways from coast to coast to coast9
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”9
The impact of perceived unfavorable weather on tourist loyalty in high-altitude destinations: The case of the Qinghai-Tibet plateau, China9
Tourists’ perceptions of proximity tourism: Insights from sentiment analysis and fsQCA9
When the hiking gets tough: “New adventurers” and the “extinction of experiences”9
Combining camera traps and artificial intelligence for monitoring visitor frequencies in natural areas: Lessons from a case study in the Belgian Ardenne9
Natural and built capital as factors shaping tourism in a South African Key Biodiversity Area.9
Effects of the perceived trustworthiness of the government and connectedness to nature on payments for ecosystem services: A case study of national parks in South Korea9
How to develop a road cycling tourism destination. Girona as a case study9
Children's recreation as a comparative advantage tool for camping businesses9
Editorial Board9
Prepared food on the trail: Exploring sustainability in outdoor recreation food choices9
Actor-network theory and organizational resilience to climate change in community-based tourism9
Support of residents for sustainable tourism development in nature-based destinations: Applying theories of social exchange and bottom-up spillover9
A joyful river ride: A transformative event experience8
A methodology of estimating visitor numbers at an Icelandic destination using a vehicle counter and a radar8
Factors influencing and controlling vandalism by tourists and local indigenous communities at the Fandoghlou forest natural site8
Dysfunctional information feedbacks cause the emergence of management panaceas in social-ecological systems: The case of fish stocking in inland recreational fisheries8
Comparing place meanings of recreational visits to coastal and inland nature8
Effects of mindful interpretation strategies on interpretation value-during-use and interpretation value-after-use8
Assessment of recreational and tourist cycling routes. Case study in the West Region of Portugal8
University students’ participation in outdoor recreation and the perceived well-being effects of nature8
Meaningful community participation for effective development of sustainable tourism: Bibliometric analysis towards a quintuple helix model8
Change of urban park use before and during the COVID-19 pandemic determined by on-site observation: A comparative study in Zhengzhou, China8
Spatial and temporal patterns in wildlife tourism encounters and how people feel about them based on social media data from South Africa8
Seeing the forest for the trees: A social-ecological systems approach to managing outdoor recreation visitation in parks and protected areas8
The TikTok effect on destination development: Famous overnight, now what?8
Assessing visitor perceptions of recreation benefits from nearby public lands8
Impacts of participation in scientific activities on marine tourists’ engagement and individual learning outcomes7
How tourism research integrates environmental issues? A keyword network analysis7
“Story Type” or “column Type”: The differential impacts of different types of outdoor safety education on hikers' safety participation behaviors7
Thru-hikers’ attitudes about potential management actions for interactions with grizzly bears along the Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail7
The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act at 50: Managers’ views of actions, barriers and partnerships7
Visitation patterns in a peri-urban natural park: Comparing mountain bikers, runners, walkers and hikers7
Research note: An evaluation of potential locations for the Bears Ears National Monument cultural center7
Defining contemporary outdoor physical activity: A critical interpretive synthesis7
Protected area management effectiveness and COVID-19: The case of Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia7
Use of social media data, online reviews and wikipedia page views to measure visitation patterns of outdoor attractions7
Fitness tests as predictors of physical exertion on graded hiking trails7
Linking visitor perceptions and behaviours related to ticks and lyme disease to risk management strategies in a protected areas context7
Eye-catching or breath-catching: Role and landscape attributes of pauses differs among hikers’ profile when rambling in a French mountainous area7
Clustering marine wildlife voluntourism to evaluate its potential for southern Africa and beyond7
Book Review7
Heterogeneity in trips to green natural spaces: A travel cost approach across UK sites7
A method to analyze variability and seasonality the visitors in mountain national park in period 2017–2020 (Stołowe Mts. National Park; Poland)7
The role of place attachment in recreation experience and outcome preferences among forest bathers6
Do risk perception and safety of sites influence rock climbing destination choices?6
Challenging hegemonic velocipedic modality in the great outdoors: The seemingly inexorable rise of the electric mountain bike6
Rediscover nearby nature: Exploring the well-being effect and influence factors of camping at different stages of COVID-196
Motivations and spatial behavior of OHV recreationists: A case-study from central Utah (USA)6
Comparing established visitor monitoring approaches with triggered trail camera images and machine learning based computer vision6
Motivations as a predictor of satisfaction and loyalty in ecotourism6
A dual spatial analysis method based on recreation opportunity spectrum and analytical hierarchy process for outdoor recreation site suitability6
Deep learning-based video analysis for visitor detection and tracking in protected areas6
Predicting physical distancing on recreational trails during COVID-196
Ski touring on groomed slopes: Analyzing opportunities, threats and areas of conflict associated with an emerging outdoor activity6
Fostering equity: How welcomeness, safety, and representation influence visitor coping and intention-to-return to parks and protected areas6
How recreational farm operators use dynamic capabilities to respond to COVID-19 pandemic6
Climate change-induced droughts and tourism: Impacts and responses of Western Cape province, South Africa6
Navigating complexities in forest visitation modelling: Intersecting environmental, social, and public health factors during the COVID-19 pandemic6
A review of digitalization and sustainability in parks and recreation indicators and thresholds research6
Forecasting daily foot traffic in recreational trails using machine learning6
‘Into the darkness’ – The caving community and their tourist experiences. The Polish case6
Selfies versus conservation: The influence of user-generated content in the image of protected natural spaces6
Linking protected areas with health and well-being: Reconstructing the recreational amenity experience model in the Chinese context6
Why do Japanese people visit hot springs during a pandemic? A psychographic segmentation analysis6
Ticks and lyme disease in natural areas: A segmentation analysis of visitor perceptions of risk and preferred communication strategies6
Elevating the park experience: Exploring asymmetric relationships in visitor satisfaction at Canadian national parks6
Research on tourism spatial justice based on residents' perception: A case study on Babao Town of Qilian Mountain National Park (Qinghai area)6
Wayfinding and navigation behaviours among pilgrim tourists on the St. Olav Ways in Norway5
‘Having a grand view of what the day entails’: A qualitative investigation of the non-technical skills utilised by Mountain Guides5
Estimating the recreational value of a rural mountain area in the presence of heterogeneous agricultural density on Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar Oman5
Urban forest visitors’ perceptions of biodiversity and its effects on their well-being5
Towards a digital ranger: Using data from outdoor platforms to detect rule violations in protected areas and improve visitor management5
Editorial Board5
Wildfire-driven entry closures influence visitor displacement and spending to alternative park entrance corridors and gateway communities around Yosemite National Park5
Tourism-related economic loss and damage from the North Island weather events on New Zealand conservation land and waters5
Tourists’ perception of open safari vehicles (OSV) in Kruger National Park. Is it a problem or not?5
Framing memorable hiking tourism experiences through embodiment: The case of Mount Huangshan, China5
“Healing ourselves, healing nature”: Holistic thermalism in Spain as a mutually enriching practice?5
Roadside bear viewing in Kananaskis Country: Visitor perceptions of bear jams and related management strategies5
Exploring the impact of park features and visitors’ socioeconomic status on park visitation: A case study of Austin, Texas5
Visitor Experience at Viera y Clavijo Botanic Garden: Satisfaction and Loyalty Antecedents5
From recreation ecology to a recreation ecosystem: A framework accounting for social-ecological systems5
Mapping and evaluating the impact of flood hazards on tourism in South African national parks5
Reprint of: Exploring tourists' motivations, constraints, and negotiations regarding outdoor recreation trips during COVID-19 through a focus group study5
A risk-based decision-making approach for identifying natural-based tourism potential areas5
Customer-to-customer interactions (CCIs) among older customers of outdoor recreational services: Implications for well-being5
Exploring constraints and coping strategies of outdoor recreation trips accessible by public transport: A walk-along and ride-along study in Austria5
Winter recreationists’ perspectives on seasonal differences in the outdoor recreation setting5
Social carrying capacity and emotion dynamics in urban national parks during the COVID-19 pandemic5
From backyards to the backcountry: Exploring outdoor recreation coping strategies and experiences during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand5
Recreation as a transformative experience: Synthesizing the literature on outdoor recreation and recreation ecosystem services into a systems framework5
Visitors’ experience of using smart facilities in urban parks: A study in Shenzhen5
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