Profiling visitors of four selected urban green spaces in the City of Tshwane

Abstract

Urban dwellers not having the opportunity to experience urban green spaces lead to decreased physiological well-being. This exploratory research intends to profile visitors to four selected urban green spaces in the City of Tshwane. Visitor motivation, environmental awareness and subjective well-being were investigated. Purposive sampling was used to collect primary data by distributing questionnaires at these spaces. Exploratory factor analysis was applied, the results revealed that rest and relaxation/escape and pleasure seeking/activities ranked the highest for visitor motivation. Two themes relating to environmental awareness were identified, namely learning/action and commitment. More attention towards environmental awareness is imperative for sustainable urban green spaces. Similarly, two themes namely, quality of life and general well-being, were identified for subjective well-being. Visitors agreed that their quality of life and general well-being improved after a visit. Clear profiling in each of the four urban green spaces were evident which provides tourism managers with tailor-made product offerings to use in marketing the attraction.

Die feit dat stedelinge nie die geleentheid het om stedelike groengebiede te beleef nie lei tot ’n afname in fisiologiese welstand. Hierdie ondersoekende navorsing is daarop gemik om ‘n profiel van besoekers aan vier uitgekose stedelike groengebiede in die stad Tswane op te stel. Besoekermotivering, omgewingsbewustheid en soeke na genot/aktiwiteite is ondersoek. Doelbewuste steekproefneming is gebruik om primêre data in te samel deur vraelyste by hierdie groengebiede uit te deel. Ondersoekende faktoranalise is toegepas, en die resultate het getoon dat rus en ontspanning/ontvlugting en soeke na genot/aktiwiteite heel bo aan die ranglys vir besoekermotivering is. Twee temas wat met omgewingsbewustheid verband hou, is geïdentifiseer, naamlik leer/aksie en toewyding. Omgewingsbewustheid moet meer aandag geniet indien stedelike groengebiede volhoubaar gaan wees. Op dieselfde trant, is lewenskwaliteit en algemene welstand vir subjektiewe welstand geïdentifiseer. Besoekers het saamgestem dat hul lewenskwalitewit en algemene welstand na ’n besoek verbeter. Duidelike profielsamestelling is in elk van die vier gebiede bemerk dit verskaf aan toerismebestuurders perfekte produkaanbiedings om in die bemarking van die groen-attraksies te gebruik.

Go hloka sebaka sa go itemogela mafelo a bohle a diphaka a motsesetoropo ka badudi ba motsesetoropong go dira gore go be le phokotšego ya bophelo bjo bobotse bja mmele. Maikemišetšo a nyakišišo ye ya go tsenelela ke go profaela baeti go mafelo a bohle a diphaka a mane a motsesetoropo ao a kgethilwego ka Toropongkgolo ya Tshwane. Tlhohleletšo ya baeti, temogo ya tikologo le bophelo bjo bo botse bja go kgotsofatša di nyakišišitšwe. Go kgetha go ya ka nepo go šomišitšwe go kgoboketša datha ya mathomo ka go phatlalatša mananeopotšišo mafelong a. Tshekatsheko ya mabaka a go tsenelela e šomišitšwe, dipoelo di utolotše gore mediro ya go khutša le go iketla/go ithabiša le go nyaka lethabo e mo maemong a godimodimo a tlhohleletšo ya baeti. Dikgwekgwe tše pedi tšeo di amanago le temošo ya tikologo di hlaotšwe, e lego go ithuta/tiro le boikgafo. Tlhokomelo ye ntši go ya go temošo ya tikologo e bohlokwa go mafelo aa go bohle a diphaka a motsesetoropo nako ye telele. Ka go swana, dikgwekgwe tše pedi e lego, boleng bja bophelo le bophelo bjo bo botse bja kakaretšo, di hlaoletšwe bophelo bjo bo botse bja go kgotsofatša. Baeng ba dumetše gore boleng bja bophelo bja bona le bophelo bjo bo botse bja kakaretšo di kaonafetše ka morago ga ketelo. Go dira profaele ya go kwagala go le lengwe le le lengwe la mafelo a bohle a diphaka a mane a motsesetoropo go bonagetše e lego seo se fago balaodi ba tša boeti mehuta ya ditšweletšwa tša maleba go di šomiša mo go bapatšeng kgogedi.