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ADVENTURE RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES:A PROFILE OF USERS AT
PUTRAJAYA CHALLENGE PARK, MALAYSIA
byNur Syuhada C. I., Syamsul Herman M.A., Zaiton S. , Ahmad S. and Nurul Hikmah Z.
RECREATION
Take accounts of any kind of activities
like visiting areas such as parks,
wilderness areas, lakes,
rivers, and forest as well as
engaging in different activities (Kara & Demirci, 2010).
The activity that people choose to engage in when at
leisure, and it may be
multifaceted, comprising
physical, cognitive,
emotional and social
components (Broadhurst,
2001).
ADVENTURE RECREATIO
N
Recreational activities that contain structural
components of real or perceived danger and usually
involve a natural environment setting in which the outcome is uncertain but influenced by the participant Ewert and Hollenhorst (1997)
According to Arnold and
Price (1993), adventure recreation
activities are essentially
non-utilitarian and
provide intense, positive,
intrinsically enjoyable
experiences to
participants
Putrajaya
Challenge Park (PCP)
Objectives of
Establishing PCP
To help aspiring extreme
participants in order to
harness and sharpen
their skills.
To promote tourism
To contribute to the local economy
among others.
Complex 2: Wall Climbing Complex
Complex 1 : Bike and Skate Complex
Complex 2: Wall climbing complex
Complex 1 : The bike and skate park
Outdoor : Extreme Bike Route
FACILITIES PROVIDED AT PCP
Thrill Park
MTB TrackAmphitheater
Skate Park Trail Dirt Jump
Climbing Room for Kids
METHODOLOGY
• A series of on-site surveys were conducted at Complex 1 : The Bike and Skate Complex and in Complex 2: Wall Climbing Complex from December 2010 to January 2011.
• These two complexes became meeting points of the user before their activities started.
• Convenience sampling was applied and a total of 198 effective questionnaires were collected.
• Data collected were analyzed using SPSS.
RESULTS
• USERS BACKGROUND– Gender– Age– Ethnic– Marital status– Education level– Monthly income
Male Female0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90 79%
21%
GENDER
20 and below 21 to 30 31 to 50
24%
61%
15%
AGE GROUPS
Malay Chinese Indian Others
76%
20%
1% 3%
Ethnicity of users at PCP
SingleMarried
82%
18%
MARITAL STATUS OF USERS
1%
19%
77%
3%EDUCATION LEVEL
Primary schoolSecondary schoolUniversity/collegeOthers
No income RM1000 and below RM1001 to 2000 RM2001 to 3000 RM3001 to 5000 RM5001 and above
11%
45%
18%15%
8%3%
MONTHLY INCOME OF USERS
Visit Characteristics
• Types of extreme activities participated• Frequency of visits to PCP• Types of accompaniment• Type of transportation• Length of time spent at PCP• Travelling time to PCP• Origin of users to PCP
Wall Climbing (WC)55%
Skateboarding (SB)10%
Mountain Bike (MTB)27%
Bicycle Motor Cross (BMX)8%
Types of extreme activities participated
First time Two times Three times More than three times
27%
14%
5%
54%
Frequency of visits to PCP
Alone
Couple
Group
Family
3%
9%
82%
6%
Types of accompaniment
Motorcycle
Car
Van
Chartered transport
Public transport
Others
3%
86%
5%
1%
3%
2%
Type of transportation
42%
56%
2%
Length of time spent at PCP
Less than 4 hours4 to 8 hoursMore than 8 hours
Less than 1 hour
1 to 4 hours
More than 5 hours
62%
31%
7%
Travelling time to PCP
4%
10%
1%
3%
1%
6%
67%
7%
1%
Putrajaya
Singapore
State of Origin of users at PCP
Variable Mean Std. Deviation Median
Age (Years) 24.37 5.47 23.0
Monthly Income (RM)
1575.60 1772.13 775.0
Frequency of participation (times)
8.70 11.29 4.0
Expenditure during travelling (RM)
27.13 29.16 19.5
Expenditure on site (RM)
11.47 7.64 10.0
Travelling time (minutes)
71.09 76.98 45.0
On site time (hours)
4.19 1.68 4.0
Visitors and Trip Characteristic Statistics
DISSCUSSION
• Public park - as a place for recreation and to meet people's ability to incorporate physical activity into their daily routines.
• Putrajaya Challenge Park (PCP) is one of the public parks that provide adventure recreation experiences for community.
CONCLUSION• It is most likely that improvement of the existing adventure
recreational areas in terms of number, facility and services will make more people participate in adventure recreational activities.
• The types of recreational activities which people engage in will also increase with a new sustainable recreational plan by the government.
• The study provided an understanding of characteristics of users in adventure recreation activities at PCP.
• Focusing on adventure recreation users at PCP, the study is useful in understanding a unique type of user characteristics and its utilization pattern.
• The findings from this study can become source of baseline information for any agency for operational and maintenance of such development. It is also helpful in planning and organizing special event like extreme sports and recreation.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT• Research University Grant Scheme (RUGS) , Universiti
Putra Malaysia• Long Term Research Grant Scheme (LRGS), Ministry
of Higher Education• Manager of PCP, Bazly Mohamad Najib, Mohd Asim
Md Ali• The staff of Putrajaya Challenge Park• The field assistants for data collection
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