My presentation for International Collo

1. ADVENTURE RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES:
A PROFILE OF USERS AT
PUTRAJAYA CHALLENGE PARK, MALAYSIA
by
Nur Syuhada C. I., Syamsul Herman M.A.,
Zaiton S. , Ahmad S. and Nurul Hikmah Z.

2. The activity that people
choose to engage in when at
leisure, and it may be
multifaceted, comprising
physical, cognitive, emotional
and social components
(Broadhurst, 2001).
Take accounts of any kind
of activities like visiting
areas such as parks,
wilderness areas, lakes,
rivers, and forest as well
as engaging in different
activities (Kara & Demirci,
2010).
RECREATION

3. ADVENTURE
RECREATION
Recreational activities that
contain structural components According to Arnold and Price
of real or perceived danger (1993), adventure recreation
and usually involve a natural activities are essentially non-
environment setting in which utilitarian and provide
the outcome is uncertain but intense, positive, intrinsically
influenced by the participant enjoyable experiences to
Ewert and Hollenhorst (1997) participants

4. Public park that
gives the
opportunity for
adventure
recreational
Currently activities
operated by Wall Climbing,
Putrajaya Skateboarding,
Corporation in Rollerblading,
cooperation with Mountain Biking
the Extreme (MTB) and Bicycle
Sports Association Motor Cross (BMX).
Malaysia (ESAM). Putrajaya
Challenge
Park (PCP)
It consists of two
Its covers about main complexes
30.33 hectare and which comprise of
was built at a cost a Wall Climbing
of RM38 million in Complex and a
October 2010 Bike and Skate
Complex.

5. Objectives of
Establishing
PCP
To
contribute to To help aspiring To promote
the local extreme tourism
economy participants in
among order to harness
others. and sharpen their
skills.

6. Complex 1 : Bike and Skate Complex
Complex 2: Wall Climbing Complex

7. Complex 1 : The bike and skate park
Outdoor : Extreme Bike Route Complex 2: Wall climbing complex

8. FACILITIES PROVIDED AT PCP
Skate Park Thrill Park Trail Dirt Jump
Amphitheater MTB Track Climbing Room for
Kids

9. METHODOLOGY
• A series of on-site surveys were conducted at Complex
1 : The Bike and Skate Complex and in Complex 2:
Wall Climbing Complex from December 2010 to
January 2011.
• These two complexes became meeting points of the
user before their activities started.
• Convenience sampling was applied and a total of 198
effective questionnaires were collected.
• Data collected were analyzed using SPSS.

10. RESULTS
• USERS BACKGROUND
– Gender
– Age
– Ethnic
– Marital status
– Education level
– Monthly income

11. GENDER
90
80 79%
70
60
50
40
30
20
21%
10
0
Male Female
AGE GROUPS
61%
24%
15%
20 and below 21 to 30 31 to 50

12. Ethnicity of users at PCP
76%
20%
1% 3%
Malay Chinese Indian Others
MARITAL STATUS OF USERS
82%
18%
Single
Married

13. EDUCATION LEVEL
3% 1%
19%
Primary school
Secondary school
77% University/college
MONTHLY INCOME OF USERS
45%
18%
15%
11%
8%
3%
No income RM1000 and RM1001 to RM2001 to RM3001 to RM5001 and
below 2000 3000 5000 above

14. Visit Characteristics
• Types of extreme activities participated
• Frequency of visits to PCP
• Types of accompaniment
• Type of transportation
• Length of time spent at PCP
• Travelling time to PCP
• Origin of users to PCP

15. Types of extreme activities participated
Bicycle Motor Cross
(BMX)
8%
Mountain Bike (MTB)
27% Wall Climbing (WC)
55%
Skateboarding (SB)
10%
Frequency of visits to PCP
54%
27%
14%
5%
First time Two times Three times More than three
times

16. Types of accompaniment
Family 6%
Group 82%
Couple 9%
Alone 3%
Type of transportation
Others 2%
Public transport 3%
Chartered transport 1%
Van 5%
Car 86%
Motorcycle 3%

17. Length of time spent at PCP
2%
42%
Less than 4 hours
4 to 8 hours
More than 8 hours
56%
Travelling time to PCP
More than 5 hours 7%
1 to 4 hours 31%
Less than 1 hour 62%

18. State of Origin of users at PCP
1%
1%
10%
67% Putrajaya
6%
3%
4%
1% 7%
Singapore

19. Visitors and Trip Characteristic Statistics
Variable Mean Std. Deviation Median
Age (Years) 24.37 5.47 23.0
Monthly Income
1575.60 1772.13 775.0
(RM)
Frequency of
8.70 11.29 4.0
participation (times)
Expenditure during
27.13 29.16 19.5
travelling (RM)
Expenditure on site
11.47 7.64 10.0
(RM)
Travelling time
71.09 76.98 45.0
(minutes)
On site time
4.19 1.68 4.0
(hours)

20. DISSCUSSION
• Public park - as a place for recreation and to
meet people's ability to incorporate physical
activity into their daily routines.
• Putrajaya Challenge Park (PCP) is one of the
public parks that provide adventure recreation
experiences for community.

21. CONCLUSION
• It is most likely that improvement of the existing adventure
recreational areas in terms of number, facility and services will
make more people participate in adventure recreational activities.
• The types of recreational activities which people engage in will also
increase with a new sustainable recreational plan by the
government.
• The study provided an understanding of characteristics of users in
adventure recreation activities at PCP.
• Focusing on adventure recreation users at PCP, the study is useful in
understanding a unique type of user characteristics and its
utilization pattern.
• The findings from this study can become source of baseline
information for any agency for operational and maintenance of
such development. It is also helpful in planning and organizing
special event like extreme sports and recreation.

22. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
• Research University Grant Scheme (RUGS) , Universiti
Putra Malaysia
• Long Term Research Grant Scheme (LRGS), Ministry
of Higher Education
• Manager of PCP, Bazly Mohamad Najib, Mohd Asim
Md Ali
• The staff of Putrajaya Challenge Park
• The field assistants for data collection

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