Managing outdoor recreation case studies in the national parks

Outdoor recreation continues to grow in popularity in the United States and around the world. Perhaps this is best manifested in the nearly 300 million annual visits to the US national parks. While we should celebrate this popular interest in parks and related areas, it also presents the challenging and increasingly urgent issue of how to manage outdoor recreation in ways that
protect the integrity of park resources and the quality of the visitor experience. These can be affected in many ways, and it is imperative that impacts be minimized. While parks are established to provide opportunities for outdoor recreation, they must also be protected. Again, the US national parks offer a quintessential example; the 1916 Organic Act creating the US National Park Service dictates that national parks are to be managed “in such manner and such
means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations.”

Từ khóa: Managing outdoor recreation, park resources, cultural resources, quản lí tài nguyên, kinh tế du lịch, kinh tế xã hội