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Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks Visitor Study: Summer 2002

Visitor Services Project Report 137

This report describes the results of a visitor study at Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks. One of the study results suggested that ten percent of visitors were of Spanish/Hispanic/Latino ethnicity, of which 65% were Mexican, Mexican American or Chicano. In addition, the most common activities were sightseeing, scenic driving, and dayhiking. Hume Lake was the most visited place in Sequoia National Forest.

Introduction -- Methods -- Results -- Visitors contacted -- Demographics -- Length of visit -- Sources of information -- Awareness that parks and forest are managed by different agencies -- Primary reason for visit -- Activities: current and past visits -- Proper food storage information -- Places visited -- Overnight accommodations -- Importance of parks' resources/qualities/opportunities -- Use, importance and quality of information services and facilities -- Use, importance and quality of visitor services and facilities -- Use, importance and quality of concession services and facilities -- Total expenditures -- Expenditures within park/forest -- Expenditures outside park/forest -- Opinions about NPS prescribed burn policy -- Opinions about entrance fee amount -- Bookstore future sales items preferred -- Overall quality of visitor services -- Subjects of interest in future -- Planning for the future -- Additional comments -- Additional Analysis -- Questionnaire -- Visitor Services Project Publications

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Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, Code: SEKI
Social Science Division, Code: SSD

Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, California
Latitude: 36.7172584533691, Longitude: -118.537902832031

Legacy NPS Focus Record ID : 231189

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09/09/2003

07/28/2002 - 08/02/2002

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Littlejohn, Margaret University of Idaho

Gramann, James Texas A&M University

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