Barriers to the Wilderness Next Door: Recreational Preferences and Behaviors of Hispanics in Tucson, AZ – Revised. VSP Visitor Study 3003 [Summary]
2012. Barriers to the Wilderness Next Door: Recreational Preferences and Behaviors of Hispanics in Tucson, AZ – Revised. VSP Visitor Study 3003 [Summary]
This report presents the results of a qualitative study of the recreational behaviors and preferences of the Hispanic/Latino community in the Tucson AZ area, and this community’s potential barriers to and opportunities for visiting Saguaro National Park. Following a single case study methodological approach, focus group was applied as an appropriate data collection method. Eight focus group sessions of five to nine participants each, totaling forty-three individuals, were conducted in Tucson between February 25th and February 29th, 2012.