Gorens, Marlinda, M.M.M. (2020) "Geocaching is about places you would not have been otherwise". Master thesis.
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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.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Degree programme: | Cultural Geography: Tourism Geography & Planning (track) |
| Supervisor: | Meijles, E.W. |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Jul 2020 13:25 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Jul 2020 13:25 |
| URI: | https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3288 |
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