Title: Differences between Tourism and Recreation in Parks - ScienceDirect
Headings: Differences between Tourism and Recreation in Parks
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Differences between Tourism and Recreation in Parks
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Content: Opinion leaders' level of support for or opposition to tourism can be predicted by where they believe the transition occurs along this continuum. THE ALPINE NATIONAL PARK A contiguous Alpine National Park was declared by the Victoria state government in 1989, linking four smaller national parks that were proclaimed in the early 1980s. The ANP incorporates most of Victoria's alpine and subalpine area and contains important scenic, historic, recreational, and ecological values. The Victorian Alps themselves have a 150-year history of human use. Beginning with the summer grazing of cattle on the High Plains in the 1850s, the area has been used for agricultural, mining, forestry and hydroelec- tric development purposes, military uses, and intensive recreational use. Their recreational potential was first noticed in the 1880s and visiting began in earnest in the 1890s with the establishment of BOB MCKERCHER 565 Victoria's first walking club. Since the 1920s, the area has been popular winter destination for skiing and a summer destination for bushwalking and horseback riding. In the 1970s, four-wheel driving enthusiasts discovered the Alps (Johnson 1974). To date, formal tourism superstructure has been kept outside the park. The area is well served by communities located in the foothills of the Alps and by four major Alpine Resort Ski Villages located above the snow line.