Exploring factors influencing the attitude of ski tourers towards the ski touring management measures of the Gesäuse National Park

This study investigated factors influencing the attitude of on-site ski tourers towards the ski touring management measures recently implemented by the Gesäuse National Park for two ski tours in the Johnsbach Valley in order to protect capercaillie and black grouse. Most of the respondents (n = 550) were long-standing regular day visitors frequently visiting the Johnsbach valley for ski touring. The majority of them were not aware of ski touring management measures. Two thirds of those who knew about it saw it as a useful concept. The regression analysis identified attitudes towards environmental impacts of ski touring, motives for ski touring, area dependence, perceived constraints to the individual’s recreational activities and past experience as factors explaining the attitude towards the concept. From our findings we derived implications for the management of protected areas.本研究聚焦格塞高国家公园（Gesäuse National Park）为保护松鸡（capercaillie）与黑琴鸡（black grouse），近期在约翰斯巴赫山谷（Johnsbach Valley）两处滑雪旅行区域推行的滑雪旅行管理措施，探究了现场滑雪旅行者对该类措施的态度影响因素。本次调研共获取550份有效样本（n=550），其中多数受访者为长期固定到访的日间游客，频繁前往约翰斯巴赫山谷开展滑雪旅行活动。绝大多数受访者并不了解上述滑雪旅行管理措施；在知晓该措施的受访者中，三分之二的人认为该管理理念具有实用价值。回归分析结果显示，滑雪旅行者对滑雪旅行环境影响的态度、滑雪旅行动机、区域依赖性、个人休闲活动感知约束以及过往经验，是解释其对该管理理念态度的关键影响因子。基于本研究结果，我们可为保护区管理工作提出针对性的实践启示。