Today, there are changes in the expectations of tourists from their travels and understanding tourism. Nature tourism is a type that attracts attention as form connects people with nature offers them experience. Within scope this study, it aimed to determine routes where walks can be made Giresun province reveal hiking maps. It thought study important terms being based on primary data contribut...

Hiking, horse riding and mountain biking are popular in protected areas in Australia and the United States of America. To help inform the often contentious deliberations about use of protected areas for these three types of activities, we review recreation ecology research in both countries. Many impacts on vegetation, soils and trails are similar for the three activities, although there can be...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to identify subgroup-sensitive physical activities (PA) using differential item functioning (DIF) analysis. METHODS A sub-unweighted sample of 1857 (men=923 and women=934) from the 2003-2004 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey PA questionnaire data was used for the analyses. Using the Mantel-Haenszel, the simultaneous item bias test, and the ...

results there was a significant difference in the self-esteem (p = 0.003), life satisfaction (p = 0.001), efficiency (p = 0.00), positive mood (p = 0.00), mental health (p = 0.001) and happiness (p = 0.001) among elderly women in the case group before and after a regular six-week walking program. conclusions according to the results, walking increases the happiness and mental health of elderly ...