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Colonial National Historical Park--Jamestown Island Visitor Study: Summer 2001

Visitor Services Project Report 126

This report profiles Colonial NHP--Jamestown Island visitors. On this visit, the most common activities were walking (96%), birdwatching (11%) and bicycling (3%). In regard to the use, importance and quality of visitor services and facilities, it is important to note the number of visitor groups that responded to each question. The services that were most used by 418 respondents were the Jamestown brochure/ map (89%) and visitor center museum exhibits (67%). According to visitors, the most important services were park ranger tours (90% of 100 respondents) and the living history/costumed presentations (88% of 114 respondents). The highest quality services were the living history/costumed presentations (93% of 109 respondents)and the park ranger tours (89% of 92 respondents).

Introduction -- Methods -- Results -- Visitors contacted -- Demographics -- Length of stay -- Activities -- Sources of information -- Visiting Jamestown Island and Jamestown Settlement -- Visiting Colonial Williamsburg -- Other sites visited in Jamestown Area -- Reasons for visiting -- Forms of transportation used/ Routes used -- Sites visited -- Overnight accommodations, locations -- Information services: use, importance, and quality -- Services and facilities: use, importance, and quality -- Opinions about current entrance fee -- Interest in attending future evening programs -- Total expenditures -- Expenditures inside park -- Expenditures outside park -- Interest in using future public transportation -- Overall quality of visitor services -- Planning for the future -- Comment summary -- Additional Analysis -- Questionnaire

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Colonial National Historical Park, Code: COLO
Social Science Division, Code: SSD

Colonial National Historical Park, Virginia
Latitude: 37.2880897521973, Longitude: -76.6342163085938

Legacy NPS Focus Record ID : 231396

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11/04/2003

06/24/2001 - 06/29/2001

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Littlejohn, Margaret University of Idaho

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