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Research On Well-being Of Recreationists In Guangzhou City Parks

Posted on:2019-03-19Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y B ChenFull Text:PDF
GTID:2429330566986703Subject:Tourism Management
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Well-being is the ultimate goal of human life.At present,the research on well-being focuses on the fields of psychology and other subjects,and the well-being research in the field of recreation is fresh.This article starts from the perspective of well-being,combines quantitative and qualitative research approaches.Then 600 questionnaires and field interviews were distributed to measure and analyze the well-being of urban parks.In the end,we analyze the formation mechanism of well-being by analyzing the content analysis of 37 travel stories.After building a dimension framework for measuring well-being,based on the questionnaire distribution and interview analysis of Guangzhou city park,the well-being level of recreationists is obtained.(1)From the demographic characteristics,we know the proportion of men and women in the cases is nearly 50%;the age is mainly distributed in youth and old;Guangzhou residents account for 70 percent of the population,and 30 percent of visitors is from other cities.the most common way to travel is with people,followed by walking alone.The recreation motivation mainly includes relaxing body and mind,relieving work stress,exercising,enhancing the interaction with people,and being attracted by the natural cultural landscape of the park.(2)From the questionnaire survey results,the level of happiness in guangzhou city park is 4.05.In the process of recreation in the park,the mean value of recreational meaning is 4.20,followed by recreation satisfaction 4.18,followed by positive emotion 3.93 and FLOW experience 3.90.This suggests that the overall level of well-being in city parks is high.After using ROSTCM6.0 software to analyze the word frequency of online travel notes,it is found that the change mechanism of the happiness of recreational people in urban parks is in the three stages.Before the recreation,different recreational participants have different motivations and some expectations.In the middle of recreation,the weather will affect the mood of people to a certain extent,but with the development of recreational activities,the recreation will not only immerse in the natural cultural landscape but also deepen the positive emotion.At last,people completes the mental state transition and the body also recovers.
Keywords/Search Tags:city parks, recreation, well-being, positive emotions, recreation meaning
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