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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
Thinking big: The role of mega trails in creating meaning and sense of place to conserve large landscapes76
The cognitive and conative image in insular marine protected areas: A study from Galapagos, Ecuador73
The influences of paragliding flow experience on storytelling intention through satisfaction: A comparison of adventure-seekers and learning-seekers70
Postleisure: Disrupting the Disciplinary Fixity of Leisure Thinking63
Mapping the excess demand for recreation in Northern Ireland to inform land use policy60
The impact of recreational activities on species at risk in Canada59
Leisure constraint and mental health: The case of park users in Ningbo, China55
Been there, done that? Effects of centrality-to-lifestyle and experience use history on angling tourists’ loyalty to a Swedish salmon fishery50
Ecological Footprint and tourism: Development and sustainability monitoring of ecotourism packages in Mediterranean Protected Areas45
Senior outdoor tourists’ injuries, illnesses & infirmities: Reveal or conceal?44
Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the popularity of protected areas for mountain biking and hiking in Australia: Insights from volunteered geographic information43
Older adults’ preferences for natural environment and rural life: Intergenerational transmission of pro-environmental motivation40
Editorial: Introduction to sustainably managing outdoor recreation and nature-based tourism as social-ecological complex adaptive systems39
Perceptions of ecosystem services and disservices associated with open water swimming39
Editorial Board38
Does language make a difference? Exploring the hiking experience of a nation-specific online community37
Cases and context: Mask-related behaviors among U.S. trail visitors during the COVID-19 pandemic36
Crawling with a vehicle: Rock-crawlers’ recreation specialization, motivation, and sources of challenges36
Stand-up paddling: A case study on the effect and impact pathway of information and appeals to reduce ecological conflicts34
Urban space use for outing before and during the pandemic: A case study of Daejeon, South Korea using social media posts32
Research note: Spatial variations of condition class in Clifty Wilderness, Daniel Boone National Forest, KY, USA31
Novice tourists’ play experience in commercial outdoor adventure tourism: The perspective of reversal theory29
Conceptualising the power of outdoor adventure activities for subjective well-being: A systematic literature review27
Using social media user profiles to identify visitor demographics and origins in Yellowstone national park26
Climate change adaptation in the ski industry: Stakeholders' perceptions regarding a mountain resort in Southeastern Europe26
Factors promoting nature-based outdoor recreation during the daytime and evening25
Editorial Board24
Tourism flow and the consumption of aesthetic landscape values in high-elevation mountain areas in the Alps: A cartographic and spatio-market methodology24
Adaptation to climate change in nature-based tourist destination in northern Ghana24
Intra-spatial displacement at high-use recreation destinations: Employing spatial analyses to explore visitor behavior24
Exploring the gendered landscape of the avalanche safety industry – barriers, benefits and potential drawbacks of professional diversity24
Estimating park visitation in Canadian national parks using volunteered geographic information (VGI)24
Outdoor recreation shows promise as an equitable context for youth informal STEM learning in amenity-rich rural areas23
“To use or not to use” - Mobile technology in nature-based tourism experience22
Managing sustainable development in recreational and protected areas. The Dovre case, Norway21
Camping in clearcuts: The impacts of timber harvesting on USFS campground utilization21
The residents' participation in tourism based social entrepreneurship organization: Evidence from residents’ perception on ecosphere social enterprise20
The recreational value of botanic garden events: A case study of the Zagara plant fair in Palermo, Italy19
From soft to hard adventure: Examining experienced mountaineers’ mountaineering intentions through the lens of the theory of planned behavior19
Squeezing the most from volunteered geographic information to monitor mountain biking in peri-urban protected and recreational areas at a metropolitan scale19
Eudaimonic well-being development: Motives driving mountain-based adventure tourism19
Deep nature glamping in Germany – Potentials and configuration of a nature tourism offer18
A step towards a greener green? Investigating golfers’ relationships with nature and attitudes about biodiversity conservation in golf courses18
The effect of event quality on participants’ intention to revisit a sport event: Monetary valuation and mitigation of hypothetical bias18
Nature always recovers! A degrowth analysis of event participants’ perspective on environmental impacts18
Natural attributes or aesthetic attributes: Which is more valuable in recreational ecosystem services of nature-based parks considering tourists’ environmental knowledge and attitude impacts?18
Climate Resource View (CRV): A case of thermal safety at United States national parks18
Pleasure and restriction: The relationships between community tourism experience value and visitor management18
Landscape management and planning as a spatial organization method connecting CES supply-demand assessment and sustainable tourism development18
Recreation and disarray: Analysis of disorder in U.S. national parks17
Influence of digital technologies on hikers' spatial behaviour and perception16
Editorial Board15
Dysfunctional tourism behaviors in national parks: An exploration of causes, typologies, and consequences in the case of Saharan tourism15
Discourse about national parks on social media: Insights from Twitter15
Beyond the buzzwords: Rethinking sustainability in adventure tourism through real travellers practices15
The impact of COVID-19 on the Australian outdoor recreation industry from the perspective of practitioners14
Gateway community stakeholders’ perceived impacts of protected area management actions: The case of North Carolina (U.S.) state parks14
Understanding visitor compliance with cross-country ski trail passes under open access14
Changes in travel behaviors and intentions during the COVID-19 pandemic and recovery period: A case study of China14
The art of making fire-with14
Trail sustainability broadly defined14
Environmental and social impacts of shifting park-use patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic: Insights from state and local park managers13
Understanding spatial inequities in urban neighborhood park services: A mixed method study in Taiwan13
Bird photos as trophies: Status signalling, reinforcement, and competition13
Editorial Board13
Invasive plant hitchhikers: Appalachian Trail thru-hiker knowledge and attitudes of invasive plants and leave No trace practices13
The underdog effect: Towards a conceptual framework for enhancing voluntourism13
Perceived constraints to participating in wildlife-related recreation13
Beneath the lens: Exploring the impacts of underwater photographers in marine-based tourism13
Research note: Ski touring on groomed slopes and the COVID-19 pandemic as a potential trigger for motivational changes12
Sustainable recreation and tourism: Making sense of diverse conceptualizations and management paradigms12
Not seeing the wood for the (invasive) trees: Visitors’ perceptions of invasive wilding conifers in the New Zealand landscape12
COVID-19 compliance among urban trail users: Behavioral insights and environmental implications12
Managing conflict by mapping stakeholders’ views on ecotourism development using statement and place Q methodology12
The impact of graphic design on attention capture and behavior among outdoor recreationists: Results from an exploratory persuasive signage experiment12
Exploring the avalanche bulletin as an avenue for continuing education by including learning interventions12
The value of social distancing: A discrete choice experiment to examine golf tourists’ preferences for COVID-19 Safety protocols12
Biking-hiking conflicts and their mitigation in urban recreation areas: Results of a quasi-experimental long-term evaluation in the Zurich forest12
Research note: The impact of advanced information communication technologies on visitor acceptance of forest management in response to emerald ash borer12
Successful camping operators: Performance measurement using cluster analysis and DEA methods.12
Tailoring tourism strategies: Exploring the role of demographics in shaping domestic tourists' perceptions: The case of domestic tourists in Da Nang City, Vietnam12
Assessing the effectiveness of signs to change littering behavior in a Norwegian national park11
Understanding coastal zone innovation: The ‘Waterdunen’ project as an ecology of practices11
Understanding regional economic impacts of recreation spending at a public lake: A case study in rural Oklahoma, USA11
A comparative analysis of the value of recreation in six contrasting Nordic landscapes using the travel cost method11
Wildlife-based tour operators complying with the principles of responsible tourism: Influence of moral and legal persuasions11
Experiential value and environmentally responsible behavioral intention in rock-climbing tourism: The role of place attachment and biospheric value11
Editorial Board11
The role of brand associations on the development of place attachment into outdoor adventure tourism destinations11
In what context do scholars differentiate recreation and tourism in park studies?11
Editorial Board11
Four dimensions of sustainable governance for National Scenic Trails11
Introducing sense of place narratives in image projection for marine destinations11
Editorial Board11
How ocean beach recreational quality fits with safety issues? An analysis of risky behaviours in France11
Monitoring visitor activity and informal trail disturbance in Yosemite Valley meadows to assess temporal changes in use and impacts10
Assessing the camping competitiveness using a clustering approach10
Role of therapeutic landscapes and emotional experiences in the relationship between water-based recreational experiences, well-being, and environmental behaviors10
Living in an untouchable world: Barriers to recreation and tourism for Portuguese blind people during the COVID-19 pandemic10
The spatial network structure of the U.S. outdoor recreation economy and its influencing factors10
Contemporary issues, opportunities, and resources for the U.S. outdoor recreation profession10
Tourists’ perceptions of proximity tourism: Insights from sentiment analysis and fsQCA10
The role of health and wellbeing in shaping local park experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic10
The influence of trekkers’ personal and subjective norms on their pro-environmental behaviors10
Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on SCUBA diving experience in marine protected areas10
Editorial Board10
How to develop a road cycling tourism destination. Girona as a case study10
Support of residents for sustainable tourism development in nature-based destinations: Applying theories of social exchange and bottom-up spillover9
How does tourist learning affect destination attachment in nature-based tourism: Multiple mediations comparison and distal mediation analysis9
Editorial Board9
When the hiking gets tough: “New adventurers” and the “extinction of experiences”9
Children's recreation as a comparative advantage tool for camping businesses9
Combining camera traps and artificial intelligence for monitoring visitor frequencies in natural areas: Lessons from a case study in the Belgian Ardenne9
Trans Canada trail: A shared-use network of pathways from coast to coast to coast9
Editorial Board9
Actor-network theory and organizational resilience to climate change in community-based tourism9
Comparing place meanings of recreational visits to coastal and inland nature8
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
Natural and built capital as factors shaping tourism in a South African Key Biodiversity Area.8
A joyful river ride: A transformative event experience8
Prepared food on the trail: Exploring sustainability in outdoor recreation food choices8
Assessing visitor perceptions of recreation benefits from nearby public lands8
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 the perceived trustworthiness of the government and connectedness to nature on payments for ecosystem services: A case study of national parks in South Korea8
The impact of perceived unfavorable weather on tourist loyalty in high-altitude destinations: The case of the Qinghai-Tibet plateau, China8
Unravelling the eco-motivated journey: The role of gender and motivation in shaping loyalty in mangrove ecotourism8
Factors influencing and controlling vandalism by tourists and local indigenous communities at the Fandoghlou forest natural site8
University students’ participation in outdoor recreation and the perceived well-being effects of nature7
Seeing the forest for the trees: A social-ecological systems approach to managing outdoor recreation visitation in parks and protected areas7
Defining contemporary outdoor physical activity: A critical interpretive synthesis7
Dysfunctional information feedbacks cause the emergence of management panaceas in social-ecological systems: The case of fish stocking in inland recreational fisheries7
Heterogeneity in trips to green natural spaces: A travel cost approach across UK sites7
Protected area management effectiveness and COVID-19: The case of Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia7
Eye-catching or breath-catching: Role and landscape attributes of pauses differs among hikers’ profile when rambling in a French mountainous area7
Meaningful community participation for effective development of sustainable tourism: Bibliometric analysis towards a quintuple helix model7
Assessment of recreational and tourist cycling routes. Case study in the West Region of Portugal7
The TikTok effect on destination development: Famous overnight, now what?7
Consumption for conservation: determinants of purchasing local products by ecotourists to conserving protected forests7
Impacts of participation in scientific activities on marine tourists’ engagement and individual learning outcomes7
How tourism research integrates environmental issues? A keyword network analysis7
Effects of mindful interpretation strategies on interpretation value-during-use and interpretation value-after-use7
Spatial and temporal patterns in wildlife tourism encounters and how people feel about them based on social media data from South Africa7
“Story Type” or “column Type”: The differential impacts of different types of outdoor safety education on hikers' safety participation behaviors7
Book Review7
Clustering marine wildlife voluntourism to evaluate its potential for southern Africa and beyond7
Use of social media data, online reviews and wikipedia page views to measure visitation patterns of outdoor attractions7
A dual spatial analysis method based on recreation opportunity spectrum and analytical hierarchy process for outdoor recreation site suitability6
Thru-hikers’ attitudes about potential management actions for interactions with grizzly bears along the Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail6
Investigating the coexistence of ecological quality and recreational activity in urban green spaces during the summer6
Research note: An evaluation of potential locations for the Bears Ears National Monument cultural center6
Fostering equity: How welcomeness, safety, and representation influence visitor coping and intention-to-return to parks and protected areas6
Impacts of wildlife tourism based on felids: A systematic review6
How recreational farm operators use dynamic capabilities to respond to COVID-19 pandemic6
The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act at 50: Managers’ views of actions, barriers and partnerships6
Navigating complexities in forest visitation modelling: Intersecting environmental, social, and public health factors during the COVID-19 pandemic6
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
Motivations and spatial behavior of OHV recreationists: A case-study from central Utah (USA)6
Motivations as a predictor of satisfaction and loyalty in ecotourism6
Linking visitor perceptions and behaviours related to ticks and lyme disease to risk management strategies in a protected areas context6
Fitness tests as predictors of physical exertion on graded hiking trails6
Climate change-induced droughts and tourism: Impacts and responses of Western Cape province, South Africa6
Visitation patterns in a peri-urban natural park: Comparing mountain bikers, runners, walkers and hikers6
Ticks and lyme disease in natural areas: A segmentation analysis of visitor perceptions of risk and preferred communication strategies6
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
A review of digitalization and sustainability in parks and recreation indicators and thresholds research5
Visitor Experience at Viera y Clavijo Botanic Garden: Satisfaction and Loyalty Antecedents5
Roadside bear viewing in Kananaskis Country: Visitor perceptions of bear jams and related management strategies5
Mapping and evaluating the impact of flood hazards on tourism in South African national parks5
Editorial Board5
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 consequences5
Recreation as a transformative experience: Synthesizing the literature on outdoor recreation and recreation ecosystem services into a systems framework5
Rediscover nearby nature: Exploring the well-being effect and influence factors of camping at different stages of COVID-195
Forecasting daily foot traffic in recreational trails using machine learning5
Do risk perception and safety of sites influence rock climbing destination choices?5
Wildfire-driven entry closures influence visitor displacement and spending to alternative park entrance corridors and gateway communities around Yosemite National Park5
‘Having a grand view of what the day entails’: A qualitative investigation of the non-technical skills utilised by Mountain Guides5
Selfies versus conservation: The influence of user-generated content in the image of protected natural spaces5
Visitors’ experience of using smart facilities in urban parks: A study in Shenzhen5
Towards a digital ranger: Using data from outdoor platforms to detect rule violations in protected areas and improve visitor management5
Predicting physical distancing on recreational trails during COVID-195
From recreation ecology to a recreation ecosystem: A framework accounting for social-ecological systems5
Deep learning-based video analysis for visitor detection and tracking in protected areas5
Why do Japanese people visit hot springs during a pandemic? A psychographic segmentation analysis5
Ski touring on groomed slopes: Analyzing opportunities, threats and areas of conflict associated with an emerging outdoor activity5
A risk-based decision-making approach for identifying natural-based tourism potential areas5
‘Into the darkness’ – The caving community and their tourist experiences. The Polish case5
Framing memorable hiking tourism experiences through embodiment: The case of Mount Huangshan, China5
Exploring the impact of park features and visitors’ socioeconomic status on park visitation: A case study of Austin, Texas5
Challenging hegemonic velocipedic modality in the great outdoors: The seemingly inexorable rise of the electric mountain bike5
Exploring constraints and coping strategies of outdoor recreation trips accessible by public transport: A walk-along and ride-along study in Austria4
A sport psychologist’s perspective on the mental preparation required for high-altitude trekking4
Urban forest visitors’ perceptions of biodiversity and its effects on their well-being4
“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
Hiker's leisure involvement and mental health: Moderating role of self-efficacy and social support4
Research Note: Sources used for trip planning when there is no avalanche forecast4
Economic impact analysis of nature tourism in protected areas: Towards an adaptation to international standards in German protected areas4
Exploring tourists' motivations, constraints, and negotiations regarding outdoor recreation trips during COVID-19 through a focus group study4
Ecotourism and COVID-19: Impact on the efficiency of the Spanish hospitality industry4
Weather conditions and ski resorts’ vitality: Linear and non-linear effects4
Risk and reward: A study on the influencing mechanism of decision-making behavior of Mountaineering in Siguniang Mountain Region4
Winter recreationists’ perspectives on seasonal differences in the outdoor recreation setting4
“Healing ourselves, healing nature”: Holistic thermalism in Spain as a mutually enriching practice?4
Tourists’ perception of open safari vehicles (OSV) in Kruger National Park. Is it a problem or not?4
A method for overtourism optimisation for protected areas4
Social carrying capacity and emotion dynamics in urban national parks during the COVID-19 pandemic4
Socio-ecological and economic evaluation of urban parks - A methodology integrating and articulating diverse components4
The effectiveness of information signs in deterring visitor vandalism4
Perceptions of social and ecological change at the Bonneville Salt Flats4
What climbing means…4
The internal competitive advantage of adventure tourism operators: An exploratory approach4
Estimating the recreational value of a rural mountain area in the presence of heterogeneous agricultural density on Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar Oman4
Reprint of: Exploring tourists' motivations, constraints, and negotiations regarding outdoor recreation trips during COVID-19 through a focus group study4
From backyards to the backcountry: Exploring outdoor recreation coping strategies and experiences during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand4
Wayfinding and navigation behaviours among pilgrim tourists on the St. Olav Ways in Norway4
Self-assessment of riding skills and perception of trail difficulty in mountain biking - An investigation within the German-speaking mountain biking community4
Editorial Board4
Scoping the lines: Assessing the mountain biking research terrain and calling for a holistic scholarship agenda4
Editorial Board4
Assessment of forest visitors’ route preferences – Impact encounters across a range of forest environments4
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