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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)
ArticleCitations
Mapping the excess demand for recreation in Northern Ireland to inform land use policy79
The cognitive and conative image in insular marine protected areas: A study from Galapagos, Ecuador74
The influences of paragliding flow experience on storytelling intention through satisfaction: A comparison of adventure-seekers and learning-seekers72
Postleisure: Disrupting the Disciplinary Fixity of Leisure Thinking65
Leisure constraint and mental health: The case of park users in Ningbo, China53
The impact of recreational activities on species at risk in Canada52
Exploring the potential of forest rental services as a tool for balancing recreation and forestry51
Inclusive pathways to understand differential forest recreation participation among ethnoracial minorities in the United States49
Understanding exposure to avalanche terrain and avalanche information product use of snowshoers and winter hikers: Insights from Mount Seymour Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada43
Been there, done that? Effects of centrality-to-lifestyle and experience use history on angling tourists’ loyalty to a Swedish salmon fishery42
Leveraging human mobility data to assess recreational activity across the United States’ most visited National Forest42
Thinking big: The role of mega trails in creating meaning and sense of place to conserve large landscapes42
Ecological Footprint and tourism: Development and sustainability monitoring of ecotourism packages in Mediterranean Protected Areas39
Hiking-related degradation of alpine landscape in Low Tatras national park (Slovakia) during the COVID-19 pandemic37
Senior outdoor tourists’ injuries, illnesses & infirmities: Reveal or conceal?35
Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the popularity of protected areas for mountain biking and hiking in Australia: Insights from volunteered geographic information34
Older adults’ preferences for natural environment and rural life: Intergenerational transmission of pro-environmental motivation34
Editorial Board33
Perceptions of ecosystem services and disservices associated with open water swimming30
Editorial: Introduction to sustainably managing outdoor recreation and nature-based tourism as social-ecological complex adaptive systems29
Stand-up paddling: A case study on the effect and impact pathway of information and appeals to reduce ecological conflicts27
Cases and context: Mask-related behaviors among U.S. trail visitors during the COVID-19 pandemic27
Research note: Spatial variations of condition class in Clifty Wilderness, Daniel Boone National Forest, KY, USA26
Using social media user profiles to identify visitor demographics and origins in Yellowstone national park26
Crawling with a vehicle: Rock-crawlers’ recreation specialization, motivation, and sources of challenges25
Climate change adaptation in the ski industry: Stakeholders' perceptions regarding a mountain resort in Southeastern Europe25
Novice tourists’ play experience in commercial outdoor adventure tourism: The perspective of reversal theory24
Conceptualising the power of outdoor adventure activities for subjective well-being: A systematic literature review24
Factors promoting nature-based outdoor recreation during the daytime and evening23
Does language make a difference? Exploring the hiking experience of a nation-specific online community23
Urban space use for outing before and during the pandemic: A case study of Daejeon, South Korea using social media posts22
“To use or not to use” - Mobile technology in nature-based tourism experience21
Editorial Board21
Outdoor recreation shows promise as an equitable context for youth informal STEM learning in amenity-rich rural areas21
Intra-spatial displacement at high-use recreation destinations: Employing spatial analyses to explore visitor behavior21
Camping in clearcuts: The impacts of timber harvesting on USFS campground utilization20
Tourism flow and the consumption of aesthetic landscape values in high-elevation mountain areas in the Alps: A cartographic and spatio-market methodology19
Managing sustainable development in recreational and protected areas. The Dovre case, Norway19
The recreational value of botanic garden events: A case study of the Zagara plant fair in Palermo, Italy19
Adaptation to climate change in nature-based tourist destination in northern Ghana19
Exploring the gendered landscape of the avalanche safety industry – barriers, benefits and potential drawbacks of professional diversity18
Exploring urban waterscape perceptions: relating landscape visual character and landscape image through a multi-perspective approach18
Eudaimonic well-being development: Motives driving mountain-based adventure tourism18
Squeezing the most from volunteered geographic information to monitor mountain biking in peri-urban protected and recreational areas at a metropolitan scale18
Estimating park visitation in Canadian national parks using volunteered geographic information (VGI)18
The residents' participation in tourism based social entrepreneurship organization: Evidence from residents’ perception on ecosphere social enterprise17
Nature always recovers! A degrowth analysis of event participants’ perspective on environmental impacts17
From soft to hard adventure: Examining experienced mountaineers’ mountaineering intentions through the lens of the theory of planned behavior17
The effect of event quality on participants’ intention to revisit a sport event: Monetary valuation and mitigation of hypothetical bias16
Peaks and passion: Examining the dynamics of workplace commitments among outdoor sport guides16
Optimizing spatial distribution of parks based on the preference for park types: A case study with an improved two-step floating catchment area method16
Recreation and disarray: Analysis of disorder in U.S. national parks15
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
Editorial Board15
Examining the influence of activity attachment on responsible angling behavior: Insights from anglers at a friendly fishing demonstration site15
Landscape management and planning as a spatial organization method connecting CES supply-demand assessment and sustainable tourism development15
Dysfunctional tourism behaviors in national parks: An exploration of causes, typologies, and consequences in the case of Saharan tourism14
A step towards a greener green? Investigating golfers’ relationships with nature and attitudes about biodiversity conservation in golf courses14
Pleasure and restriction: The relationships between community tourism experience value and visitor management14
Influence of digital technologies on hikers' spatial behaviour and perception14
Deep nature glamping in Germany – Potentials and configuration of a nature tourism offer14
Discourse about national parks on social media: Insights from Twitter14
Climate Resource View (CRV): A case of thermal safety at United States national parks14
Bird photos as trophies: Status signalling, reinforcement, and competition13
Gateway community stakeholders’ perceived impacts of protected area management actions: The case of North Carolina (U.S.) state parks13
Editorial Board13
The impact of COVID-19 on the Australian outdoor recreation industry from the perspective of practitioners13
Understanding visitor compliance with cross-country ski trail passes under open access13
Beyond the buzzwords: Rethinking sustainability in adventure tourism through real travellers practices13
The underdog effect: Towards a conceptual framework for enhancing voluntourism13
The art of making fire-with13
Trail sustainability broadly defined13
Resilience-based preferences for technology-enhanced hiking services in Mount Semeru, Indonesia12
Changes in travel behaviors and intentions during the COVID-19 pandemic and recovery period: A case study of China12
Research note: Ski touring on groomed slopes and the COVID-19 pandemic as a potential trigger for motivational changes12
Managing conflict by mapping stakeholders’ views on ecotourism development using statement and place Q methodology12
Biking-hiking conflicts and their mitigation in urban recreation areas: Results of a quasi-experimental long-term evaluation in the Zurich forest12
Understanding visitors' personality perceptions of winter destinations: Evidences from Chinese travelers12
Environmental and social impacts of shifting park-use patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic: Insights from state and local park managers12
Successful camping operators: Performance measurement using cluster analysis and DEA methods.12
Research note: The impact of advanced information communication technologies on visitor acceptance of forest management in response to emerald ash borer12
Exploring the avalanche bulletin as an avenue for continuing education by including learning interventions12
Perceived constraints to participating in wildlife-related recreation12
Matching destination difficulty and participant capability in outdoor recreation and tourism: role of third-party certifications for 15 activities in 52 countries12
Editorial Board12
Beneath the lens: Exploring the impacts of underwater photographers in marine-based tourism12
Sustainable recreation and tourism: Making sense of diverse conceptualizations and management paradigms12
Understanding spatial inequities in urban neighborhood park services: A mixed method study in Taiwan12
Invasive plant hitchhikers: Appalachian Trail thru-hiker knowledge and attitudes of invasive plants and leave No trace practices11
COVID-19 compliance among urban trail users: Behavioral insights and environmental implications11
Editorial Board11
Tailoring tourism strategies: Exploring the role of demographics in shaping domestic tourists' perceptions: The case of domestic tourists in Da Nang City, Vietnam11
The impact of graphic design on attention capture and behavior among outdoor recreationists: Results from an exploratory persuasive signage experiment11
The role of brand associations on the development of place attachment into outdoor adventure tourism destinations11
How ocean beach recreational quality fits with safety issues? An analysis of risky behaviours in France11
A nationwide assessment of awareness about US national parks11
Economic impacts of trail destinations: The case of the Peaks of the Balkans trail11
Not seeing the wood for the (invasive) trees: Visitors’ perceptions of invasive wilding conifers in the New Zealand landscape11
The value of social distancing: A discrete choice experiment to examine golf tourists’ preferences for COVID-19 Safety protocols11
In what context do scholars differentiate recreation and tourism in park studies?11
Wildlife-based tour operators complying with the principles of responsible tourism: Influence of moral and legal persuasions10
Monitoring visitor activity and informal trail disturbance in Yosemite Valley meadows to assess temporal changes in use and impacts10
Understanding vehicle noise as an indicator of soundscape quality in Denali National Park and Preserve10
Four dimensions of sustainable governance for National Scenic Trails10
Contemporary issues, opportunities, and resources for the U.S. outdoor recreation profession10
Editorial Board10
Understanding coastal zone innovation: The ‘Waterdunen’ project as an ecology of practices10
Living in an untouchable world: Barriers to recreation and tourism for Portuguese blind people during the COVID-19 pandemic10
A comparative analysis of the value of recreation in six contrasting Nordic landscapes using the travel cost method10
Assessing the effectiveness of signs to change littering behavior in a Norwegian national park9
The influence of trekkers’ personal and subjective norms on their pro-environmental behaviors9
Introducing sense of place narratives in image projection for marine destinations9
Role of therapeutic landscapes and emotional experiences in the relationship between water-based recreational experiences, well-being, and environmental behaviors9
Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on SCUBA diving experience in marine protected areas9
The spatial network structure of the U.S. outdoor recreation economy and its influencing factors9
Understanding regional economic impacts of recreation spending at a public lake: A case study in rural Oklahoma, USA9
Editorial Board9
Editorial Board9
Assessing the camping competitiveness using a clustering approach9
Awe experiences on Kumano Kodo with a kataribe9
Experiential value and environmentally responsible behavioral intention in rock-climbing tourism: The role of place attachment and biospheric value9
Trans Canada trail: A shared-use network of pathways from coast to coast to coast9
Children's recreation as a comparative advantage tool for camping businesses9
Tourists’ perceptions of proximity tourism: Insights from sentiment analysis and fsQCA8
Editorial Board8
Combining camera traps and artificial intelligence for monitoring visitor frequencies in natural areas: Lessons from a case study in the Belgian Ardenne8
Actor-network theory and organizational resilience to climate change in community-based tourism8
How does tourist learning affect destination attachment in nature-based tourism: Multiple mediations comparison and distal mediation analysis8
The role of health and wellbeing in shaping local park experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic8
The impact of perceived unfavorable weather on tourist loyalty in high-altitude destinations: The case of the Qinghai-Tibet plateau, China8
Prepared food on the trail: Exploring sustainability in outdoor recreation food choices8
How to develop a road cycling tourism destination. Girona as a case study8
Support of residents for sustainable tourism development in nature-based destinations: Applying theories of social exchange and bottom-up spillover8
Application of cell phone users’ location data to visitor monitoring in natural parks: A case study of Mount Fuji8
Accessible tourism – Nature-based activities for all, needs for assistive devices and information among people with disabilities7
Natural and built capital as factors shaping tourism in a South African Key Biodiversity Area.7
A joyful river ride: A transformative event experience7
Unravelling the eco-motivated journey: The role of gender and motivation in shaping loyalty in mangrove ecotourism7
The TikTok effect on destination development: Famous overnight, now what?7
Meaningful community participation for effective development of sustainable tourism: Bibliometric analysis towards a quintuple helix model7
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”7
Change of urban park use before and during the COVID-19 pandemic determined by on-site observation: A comparative study in Zhengzhou, China7
Dysfunctional information feedbacks cause the emergence of management panaceas in social-ecological systems: The case of fish stocking in inland recreational fisheries7
Effects of mindful interpretation strategies on interpretation value-during-use and interpretation value-after-use7
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
Assessing visitor perceptions of recreation benefits from nearby public lands7
Spatial and temporal patterns in wildlife tourism encounters and how people feel about them based on social media data from South Africa7
Factors influencing and controlling vandalism by tourists and local indigenous communities at the Fandoghlou forest natural site7
Defining contemporary outdoor physical activity: A critical interpretive synthesis6
Consumption for conservation: determinants of purchasing local products by ecotourists to conserving protected forests6
Research note: An evaluation of potential locations for the Bears Ears National Monument cultural center6
Investigating the coexistence of ecological quality and recreational activity in urban green spaces during the summer6
Protected area management effectiveness and COVID-19: The case of Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia6
Use of social media data, online reviews and wikipedia page views to measure visitation patterns of outdoor attractions6
How tourism research integrates environmental issues? A keyword network analysis6
“Story Type” or “column Type”: The differential impacts of different types of outdoor safety education on hikers' safety participation behaviors6
Heterogeneity in trips to green natural spaces: A travel cost approach across UK sites6
Book Review6
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
Thru-hikers’ attitudes about potential management actions for interactions with grizzly bears along the Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail6
Seeing the forest for the trees: A social-ecological systems approach to managing outdoor recreation visitation in parks and protected areas6
Eye-catching or breath-catching: Role and landscape attributes of pauses differs among hikers’ profile when rambling in a French mountainous area6
Impacts of participation in scientific activities on marine tourists’ engagement and individual learning outcomes6
The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act at 50: Managers’ views of actions, barriers and partnerships6
Values and benefits of inclusive outdoor physical activities with a hiking mountain wheelchair6
Clustering marine wildlife voluntourism to evaluate its potential for southern Africa and beyond6
Tourism-related economic loss and damage from the North Island weather events on New Zealand conservation land and waters5
Forecasting daily foot traffic in recreational trails using machine learning5
Deep learning-based video analysis for visitor detection and tracking in protected areas5
Wildfire-driven entry closures influence visitor displacement and spending to alternative park entrance corridors and gateway communities around Yosemite National Park5
Ticks and lyme disease in natural areas: A segmentation analysis of visitor perceptions of risk and preferred communication strategies5
Fostering equity: How welcomeness, safety, and representation influence visitor coping and intention-to-return to parks and protected areas5
‘Into the darkness’ – The caving community and their tourist experiences. The Polish case5
Visitation patterns in a peri-urban natural park: Comparing mountain bikers, runners, walkers and hikers5
Rediscover nearby nature: Exploring the well-being effect and influence factors of camping at different stages of COVID-195
Navigating complexities in forest visitation modelling: Intersecting environmental, social, and public health factors during the COVID-19 pandemic5
How recreational farm operators use dynamic capabilities to respond to COVID-19 pandemic5
Linking protected areas with health and well-being: Reconstructing the recreational amenity experience model in the Chinese context5
Impacts of wildlife tourism based on felids: A systematic review5
Predicting physical distancing on recreational trails during COVID-195
Research on tourism spatial justice based on residents' perception: A case study on Babao Town of Qilian Mountain National Park (Qinghai area)5
Mapping and evaluating the impact of flood hazards on tourism in South African national parks5
Climate change-induced droughts and tourism: Impacts and responses of Western Cape province, South Africa5
Elevating the park experience: Exploring asymmetric relationships in visitor satisfaction at Canadian national parks5
Selfies versus conservation: The influence of user-generated content in the image of protected natural spaces5
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 dual spatial analysis method based on recreation opportunity spectrum and analytical hierarchy process for outdoor recreation site suitability5
The psychological drivers of pro-environmental behaviors on recreational trails in Canmore, Alberta5
Challenging hegemonic velocipedic modality in the great outdoors: The seemingly inexorable rise of the electric mountain bike5
Motivations as a predictor of satisfaction and loyalty in ecotourism5
Do risk perception and safety of sites influence rock climbing destination choices?5
A review of digitalization and sustainability in parks and recreation indicators and thresholds research5
‘Having a grand view of what the day entails’: A qualitative investigation of the non-technical skills utilised by Mountain Guides4
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
Reprint of: Exploring tourists' motivations, constraints, and negotiations regarding outdoor recreation trips during COVID-19 through a focus group study4
Visitors’ experience of using smart facilities in urban parks: A study in Shenzhen4
“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
Towards a digital ranger: Using data from outdoor platforms to detect rule violations in protected areas and improve visitor management4
“Healing ourselves, healing nature”: Holistic thermalism in Spain as a mutually enriching practice?4
From recreation ecology to a recreation ecosystem: A framework accounting for social-ecological systems4
Exploring the impact of park features and visitors’ socioeconomic status on park visitation: A case study of Austin, Texas4
Editorial Board4
Risk, fate, and luck: Understanding adventure intentions under the shadow of death ambiguity4
Tourists’ perception of open safari vehicles (OSV) in Kruger National Park. Is it a problem or not?4
A risk-based decision-making approach for identifying natural-based tourism potential areas4
A sport psychologist’s perspective on the mental preparation required for high-altitude trekking4
Recreation as a transformative experience: Synthesizing the literature on outdoor recreation and recreation ecosystem services into a systems framework4
Visitor Experience at Viera y Clavijo Botanic Garden: Satisfaction and Loyalty Antecedents4
Roadside bear viewing in Kananaskis Country: Visitor perceptions of bear jams and related management strategies4
From backyards to the backcountry: Exploring outdoor recreation coping strategies and experiences during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand4
Framing memorable hiking tourism experiences through embodiment: The case of Mount Huangshan, China4
Social carrying capacity and emotion dynamics in urban national parks during the COVID-19 pandemic4
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