internet search on offers for recreation in nature parks in germany
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Internet search on offers for recreation in Nature Parks in
Germany
Ju-Hyoung Lee & Renate Bürger-ArndtNature & Landscape conservation
Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology
Georg-August- University, Goettingen
Activities
Hiking (86 parks) and biking (84 parks) are designated in al
most all nature parks explicitly as a recreational and leisure
-time activity and thus keep the largest proportion, followed
by horse riding offered in 65 parks.
Swimming, canoeing, sailing and fishing are also available i
n many parks. These 4 kinds of outdoor sport, which are re
presented by numerous member associations, constitute th
e largest portion of the water sports in Germany (yearbook o
f the statistic federal office 2006).
Introduction and Method
Result
Environmental Education
Touring
Visitor guidanceRecreational offers for disabled people
Activities
To review current recreational offers, a complete search of the websites of all German Nature Parks took place in 2007. Qualitative data were collected and cat
egorized through content analysis. The range of offers in individual parks did not play any role. The information on the homepage of the central VDN (German N
ature Parks Association: http://www.naturparke.de/) can thus be updated.
Touring and recreational offers for disabled people
A total of 74 parks offer tours on their website. Only 17 parks do n
ot make such offer. Nature experience, cultural history and environ
mental education are thematically in the center of attention.
Hiking and biking are mainly offered as touring activities. In additio
n, there are often sporty offers as well as carriage and ship cruise
s. 22 Parks particularly emphasize family-suitable tour offers.
Recreational offers for disabled people are however still the excepti
on
Environmental Education
A broad and very good offer could be identified in en
vironmental education and there were many differen
t services and infrastructures.
The nature trails and nature educational trails (62 p
arks) are the most widespread offer, followed by vari
ous environmental education programs for children
(57 parks).
Theme Providing parks
Nature experience 49
Cultural history 43
Environmental education 28
Wellness and cure 24
Culinary food 15
City sightseeing 9
Suitable for the family 22
For disabled people 6
7
16
26
43
51
57
62
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
providing parks
Naturfreundehaus
Environmental research, nature observation
Touring
Environmental education programme
Guide
Programme for children
Nature experience trail, Nature trail
9
16
19
30
31
40
46
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
providing parks
Horse riding
Balloon riding
Ship cruise
Sport(Nordic walking,Golf, Ski, Canoe, etc)
Carriage cruise
Biking
Hiking
1
1
1
2
2
2
3
4
4
5
5
6
6
7
8
10
14
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
providing parks
Cooking, Herbs smell
Shuttle Service
For disabled children
For retarded human
Museum, City sightseeing
Special programme
Environmental education
Sport (biking, canoe, horse riding)
For deaf people
Pick up service/ Transport
Guide
For blind people
Tour
Nature experience trail
Accommodation, Restaurant, WC
Wheelchair-passable trails
Walking route for disabled people
6
7
10
14
18
19
23
29
31
34
65
84
86
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
providing parks
Hunting
Boßeln
Bowling
Tennis
Climbing
Inline skating
Paragliding
Golf
Nordic walking
MTB
Horse riding
Biking
Hiking
8
13
28
34
35
39
56
60
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
providing parks
Paddle
Diving
Surfing
Rowing
Sailing
Fisching
Canoeing
Swimming
1
7
10
17
25
37
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
providing parks
Ice sailing
Curling
Skating
Toboggan
Ski, snowboarding
Cross-Country
2
3
4
5
5
6
7
7
8
9
10
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
providing parks
Camping place
Dog banned
etc.
Consideration for other visitors
No fire, No smoking
Avoid Noise
No waste
Fauna protect
Flora protect
Traffic and parking
Entry into protected area