Abstract
The recent increase in private ownership of paddle-craft in Australia has resulted in a corresponding increase in participants seeking self-guided paddling experiences. Canoe trails have the capacity to provide participants with the necessary knowledge to safely engage in paddling activities as well as engender messages of river custodianship. An imbalance frequently exists between the information provided to enable safe passage along canoe trails and environmental interpretation of the natural and protected areas through which the canoe trail passes. In this quantitative text analysis survey of Australian canoe trails, it was found that some form of safety information was almost always communicated in published trail materials. However, only about half the trails provided either natural area interpretation or custodial messages of the riparian corridor through which the trail passed, indicating an underdeveloped market for environmental custodial advocacy.
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Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
Tourism and Leisure Industries
KEYWORDS
"Canoe Trail", " Australia", " Environmental Awareness"
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