eprintid: 3288
rev_number: 5
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datestamp: 2020-07-29 13:25:33
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type: thesis
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creators_name: Gorens, Marlinda, M.M.M.
creators_id: S2549905
creators_email: marlindagorens@gmail.com
title: "Geocaching is about places you would not have been otherwise"
ispublished: unpub
full_text_status: public
abstract: Geocaching is an outdoor hobby in which people can locate and find certain treasures called geocaches with their GPS system. Geocaching has been around for two decades, and is becoming more popular each year: Geocaching.com, one of the online geocaching communities has over three million members. With this popularity, the ecosystem service could suffer consequences, as this form of tourism or recreation can be affecting nature. Anderen, located in the province of Drenthe is a rural area where many geocachers go geocaching. This rural area is frequently visited by geocachers, and this research aims to find out who the geocachers are that are geocaching in and near Anderen. Furthermore, motivations for geocaching are questioned, as this is important in  connection with the cultural ecosystem service that geocaching is. A questionnaire has been spread among geocachers who collected geocaches in the area of Anderen, which led to 140 respondents. Results show that geocachers in this area are higher educated and older than the average of the Dutch population. Furthermore, the most important reason to geocache in general and in Drenthe is to have fun finding and solving geocaches. There is however more to this than just this only motivation, a geocachers find multiple reasons important, concluding that there is not one true motivation to go geocaching.
date: 2020
pages: 69
thesis_type: master
degree_programme: CG_TGP
tutors_name: Meijles, E.W.
tutors_organization: Fac. Ruimtelijke wetenschappen, Basiseenheid Culturele Geografie
tutors_email: E.W.Meijles@rug.nl
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keywords_local: recreation
keywords_local: tourism
keywords_local: gps
keywords_local: motivation
keywords_local: ecosystem service
language_iso: en
agreed_repository: yes
date_issued: 2020-07-29
citation:   Gorens, Marlinda, M.M.M.  (2020) "Geocaching is about places you would not have been otherwise".  Master thesis.   
document_url: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/3288/1/MasterThesisCGFinal_MMMGorens_S2549905.pdf