Public Use of the National Park System MENU Cover Contents Foreword Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Conclusions Footnotes		Public Use of the National Park System (1872-2000) Chapter 7 CHAPTER 7 Sightseeing and the National Park System a. Evolving Concepts of the Travel Movement. b. Broad Aspects of the Travel Movement. c. Abuses of Tourism. d. Values of Well-Regulated Sightseeing in the National Park System. DIGEST This section points out that public use of the National Park System may be thought of as pluralistic, with different outdoor recreation activities pursued by different groups of people in different areas of the same park simultaneously. While much has been written about some of these activities, such as camping and fishing, little has been written about sightseeing, which is the principal process through which most Americans experience at first hand their national heritage, conserved for them in their National Park System. Travel for sightseeing in the System is seen to be part of a world-wide social movement which in recent decades has brought the possibility of leisure travel within reach of many average men around the world. The broad aspects of this travel movement are outlined, as well as some of the abuses of tourism. An attempt is then made to describe the values of well-regulated sightseeing in the National Park System. Continue >>>
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