Factors influencing people in extreme recreation activities participation2

PROPOSED BY :NUR SYUHADA BINTI CHE IBRAHIM148457

SUPERVISOR :EN. SYAMSUL HERMAN BIN MOHAMMAD AFANDI

OUTLINE

RECREATION- recreation consists of activities or experiences

carried on within leisure.- chosen voluntarily by the participant either

because of satisfaction, pleasure or creative enrichment derived, or because he perceives certain personal or social values to be gained from them (Richard Kraus, 1978)

- Recreation can be any activities that give satisfaction include extreme recreation activities, outdoor activities or indoor activities.

EXTREME RECREATION ACTIVITY- Risk recreation activities include the following

characteristics which are involvement with a natural environment, elements of risk and danger, uncertain outcome and influenced by the participant or circumstance (Ewert, 1990)

- It still growing in popularity and participation even though these activities involved high risk . This is due to the different factors that influencing people to participate in extreme activities.

PCP : a new recreation parks.

Establishment of PCP involved high cost, RM38million.

Less number of visitors and most of them are the same person.

Identify the factors influence people participating in extreme recreation activities and choice of activities.

OVERALL OBJECTIVE To determine the main factors that

influence participation in extreme recreation activities at Putrajaya Challenge Park, Putrajaya.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

STUDY AREA

Wall climbing complex

The bike and skate park

Extreme Bike Route

INSTRUMENT

POPULATION :- Participants in four different extreme

recreation activities at PCP which are :

1)wall climbing2)Skateboarding3)BMX 4)MTB

Formula to estimate the sample size, n :

- Ryan’s formula (1995)

n

Where: n= sample size N= population size P= population estimate (0.90) q= 1-P β= allowable error (0.05) Z= desired confidence level (1.96)

n =

n =

n =

n = 131 respondents

In order to get more accurate data, the number of the sample size was enlarged and collected to 198 respondents.

The data will be analyze by using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS)

STATE FREQUENCY PERCENTAGE (%)

Johor 8 4.0

Kuala Lumpur 19 9.6

Melaka 2 1.0

Negeri Sembilan 6 3.0

Pahang 2 1.0

Perak 3 1.5

Putrajaya 12 6.1

Selangor 132 66.7

Singapore 14 7.1

Total 198 100.0

Model SummaryModel

R R SquareAdjusted R

SquareStd. Error of the

Estimate1 .545 .297 .231 9.901

Coefficientsa

Model

Unstandardized Coefficients

Standardized

Coefficients t Sig.

BStd. Error

Beta

(Constant) -32.654 9.313-

3.506.001

Travel time -.047 .017 -.318-

2.783.006

Skill and knowledge

3.389 1.296 .200 2.615 .010

Age .466 .186 .226 2.503 .013Years of

education1.596 .562 .317 2.838 .005

monthly income (RM)

-.002 .001 -.356-

2.531.012

Coefficientsa

Model

Unstandardized Coefficients

Standardized

Coefficients

t Sig.B Std. Error BetaPast

experience and interest 2.549 1.522 0.136 1.675 0.096Commitment 2.023 1.583 0.106 1.278 0.203

Facilities provided 2.24 1.556 0.111 1.44 0.152

Psychology benefit -1.758 1.236 -0.11 -1.421 0.157

Social benefit -1.356 1.091 -0.094 -1.243 0.215Physical benefit -0.81 1.65 -0.043 -0.491 0.624

Education gained 0.086 1.379 0.005 0.063 0.95

Travel cost (RM) -0.007 0.034 -0.02 -0.195 0.846

Equipment cost (RM) 0 0 0.121 1.466 0.145

Sex 0.759 1.841 0.027 0.412 0.681Races -1.791 2.027 -0.068 -0.883 0.378

Membership 1.038 3.246 0.021 0.32 0.749

There are 12 expected factors that are not significant. So, those factors are not influencing the participation in extreme recreation activities at PCP

5 FACTORS INFLUENCING EXTREME RECREATION ACTIVITIES PARTICIPATION AT

PCP :

Development of PCP should be taken by considering the participation factors in extreme recreation activities.

Since PCP provides activities that involve high risk, so their management should increase the number of instructor especially in wall climbing complex. The purpose is to control and monitor the activity movement of the participants in those activity.

Richard Kraus (1978) Recreation and Leisure in Modern Society. Santa Monica, CA, Good Year, p. 37.

Ewert, A. W., and R. Schreyer. 1990. Risk recreation: trends and implications for the 1990s. In Proc. of the Outdoor Recreation Trends Symposium III, Indianapolis, IN, March 29-31.