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National parks are the broadest areas held by national
authorities for protection of national
heritage, monuments, wild life, and recreational areas. The idea
for establishment of national
parks was conceptualized by an artist George Catlin who after
travelling North America in 1832,
thought that civilization, heritage and wildlife must be
preserved for future generations otherwise
it will get destroyed. Florida park service is among the largest
park services having 160 parks
showing the diverse cultural of Florida. Florida State parks are
established for recreational
opportunities that help visitors to know about the real
Florida.
The greatest mission of national parks is to promote and
preserve nature and heritage including
wildlife and historical objects. National parks service strives
to meet the goals including to be the
guardian of natural, cultural and recreational resources and to
be a source of education about
history, providing excellent services to visitors, citizen
involvement in decision making,
enjoyment and cumulative expression of national heritage for
future generation. (National Park
Services, 1998)
The most common denominator of national parks is their existing
land and water. Both of these
natural resources can be perfect but a significant restoration
and ongoing management is required
for maintenance of these resources. For this purpose Land and
Water Conservation Fund
(LWCF) has been developed since 1965 for the acquisition of land
for recreational purposes and
has achieved great success over the years. National park service
also search for the proper areas
and to purchase land having components of historical theme for
recreation like the land set aside
in Alaska. Naturally protected areas such as land and water are
closely related to the history of
tourism. Both of these resources have offered visitors natural
and scenic values, archeological
and anthropological sites which take them into the past era. The
landscape and watersheds has
been enlightened withdrawal of public interest in all ages. (
Hogenauer, 1996)
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The advent of science and technology has played a significant
role in the development of
national parks. These parks offer considerable advantages and
facilities to visitors like
management offices, internal transportation in the parks,
entertainment, convention centers,
banks and offices. Technology helped park services in many ways
but at times there are
drawbacks as well as technology is also man made, not a magic.
Data gathering about visitors
and service providers is vital for tourism industry. Tourists
satisfaction level and data about
their repeat visits to the parks shows their experiences and
perception about service quality and
physical surroundings.
Tourism has become the most lucrative industry of the world
providing recreational
opportunities and quality environment which contributes to the
revenue generation for economy.
National parks provide excellent services in collaboration of
federal and local government
presenting history and common heritage.
References
National Park Services. 1998. National Park Service goals. 13th
October, 2010
http://www.nps.gov/planning/sp/nps_goal.htm
Hogenauer, Alan. K. Marketing National Parks: Oxymoron or
Opportunity.
Heritage Log(1996)
