Abstract
![CDATA[New Zealand's national parks are historically viewed as the country's most significant sites of natural heritage - symbolic "'jewels' in the crown" of a wider estate of conserved land that encompasses an array of protected natural areas. The national parks have been the subject of various visitor studies over the past 25 years and are extremely popular tourist destinations and specific management plans designating suitable tourism activities that can occur within the national park boundaries. Since 2005 'high country' conservation parks in the South Island of New Zealand have been designated by the country's protected natural area manager, the Department of Conservation. This presentation discusses the implications of findings from a visitor survey and interviews conducted at one of the newly designated conservation parks - the Hakatere Conservation Park in the central South Island of New Zealand.]]
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 22nd Council for Australian University Tourism and Hospitality Education Annua Conference (CAUTHE 2012): The New Golden Age of Tourism and Hospitality, 6 - 9 February 2012, La Trobe University, Melbourne |
| Publisher | La Trobe University |
| Pages | 609-612 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780987050724 |
| Publication status | Published - 2012 |
| Event | CAUTHE Conference - Duration: 8 Feb 2016 → … |
Conference
| Conference | CAUTHE Conference |
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| Period | 8/02/16 → … |