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Regarding the age of visitors it can be noticed that old people represent the majority
(40.9 %; see table 4.8) of people going to parks alone, while the highest rate in the group
“going with friends colleagues” is young people, at 75.2 %.
Table 4.8: Accompanied status by age group
age group going with friends/ colleges (%) going alone to parks (%)
10-14 2.6 0.6
15-29 75.2 35.4
30-54 9.9 23.1
55+ 12.3 40.9
Source: Own survey 2010-2011
4.4.3 Frequency and Length of stay
How long people stay in parks is determined on the one hand by the quantity of their free
time and on the other hand on how well a park serves their demands. The topic of this thesis
deals with the latter issue which will be displayed here by two indicators, frequency and
length of stay.
4.4.3.1 Frequency of visiting the park
Figure 4.17 shows that high-frequency
park users accounted for a large share of
the park users: 39 % of the park visitors
go to parks daily and more than a half (55
%) use the park at least one time each
week. The share of very infrequent park
users (some times per year to very rarely)
made up nearly one third of the park
users.
32%
39%
daily
>3 times per week
1-3 times per week
13%
1-3 times per month
5%
11%
some times per year
Figure 4.17: Frequency of park users
(Own survey, 2010- 20011)
There are no significant differences regarding gender: Park visiting frequency is very
similar between men and women.
Regarding age, however, it can be stated that most of the young people use the parks only a
few times per year, whereas most elderly people visit the park daily (see table 4.9).
Variation among the four investigated parks is very small: In each park the quota of “at
least one time per week” visitors is higher than 50 % (see figure 4.18). The lowest quota of
frequent visitors is at Bach Thao park (51.5 %) and the highest share is at Lenin park
(56.9 %).
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