Methods used in the survey were interviews and counting on the main access road, questionnaires and counting on three forest roads, and evaluation of toll payments. Picking of mushrooms and berries was an important activity in late summer and autumn.

Methods used in the survey were interviews and counting on the main access road, questionnaires and counting on three forest roads, and evaluation of toll payments. Picking of mushrooms and berries was an important activity in late summer and autumn.

Drawing on empirical data from the 1991 Norwegian holiday survey, the article examines motives for taking holiday trips, and compares the results with those of the 1990 Danish holiday survey. These motives are then linked to information on social groups, age and educational background. The findings ...

Potential avoidance by wild reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) of high-altitude tourist resorts during winter was investigated in and near Rondane National Park in Norway. Distribution of reindeer was mapped using systematic snowmobile surveys during 1991-96 and compared with results from...

In the paper a study of mobile phones-owners with the Wireless Application Protocol (wap) in Norway is presented. Then some technical aspects regard a wap-based booking application is described and discussed. The findings used in this paper are based on a national representative survey in the...

This paper presents results from the first sports-specific sexual abuse study in Denmark in 1997 and 1998. The aim of the study was to focus on the interpersonal relations between coaches and athletes and establish if and where boundaries between acceptable and unacceptable coach behaviour could be ...

Data from a visitor survey (n=1099 usable samples) on the Danish Island of Bornholm in July-September 1995 and May-June 1996 were analysed using multivariate techniques. Factor analysis of visitors' preferences and behaviour patterns indicated 3 main goals: relaxation, nature, and local culture....

This study focused on individuality as expressed by German tourists in Norway. Based on the 1998 survey data obtained from 486 German tourists, German tourists were divided into two groups (those who perceived themselves as typical German tourists and those who did not). These two groups were...

This paper suggests that the investigation of tourism-induced seasonal retirement migration can shed new light on issues of anti-tourism, social distinction, and authenticity. Interviews conducted with 46 Swedish retirees, spending their summers in Sweden and their winters in Spain, showed that...

It has been suggested that workers in the hotel and restaurant sector are high consumers of alcohol. Larsen, for example, reported that students in restaurant and hotel administration programmes obtained higher scores on the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) than other students. The ...