Case studies on dynamic problems of the recreational uses at highland resorts

Abstract

The purposes of this study is to analyse the recreational use in natural highland resorts, and to research their dynamic characters.
Sampled resorts are Daisenji (Daisen-oki National Park) and Chojabaru (Aso National Park).
In this study, such habitations as ages, groups, residences, stays and consumes are analysed, according to each resort, purposes, seasons and their year changes.
In their main results, remarkable points are mentioned below.
In static, different influences on recreational uses, of such purposes as recreation, sport etc., are more important than those among each resort's characters.
In dynamic, year change's differeces and season's that are appointed, and in the former, the enlargement of residences' range, the shortenning of stays, the expansion of age distributions are observed after the laspe of certain years.