Adventure recreational activities a profile of users at putrajaya challenge park, malaysia-syuhada

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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