In an Illinois study of the degree to which availability of alternative recreational opportunities influenced household expenditures, relative effects of site characteristics were compared to spatial context within which recreators made destination choices. The principal factors influencing per person per day expenditures were agglomerative and…

Use level, visual encounters, crowding expectations, and feelings were examined by regression techniques to explain perceived crowding among innertube floaters. Degree of user specialization and specificity for any given activity and place is offered as an explanation for the discrepancy from previous findings. (Author/DF)

Three indicators of the perceived conflict between urban cross-country skiers and snowmobilers in Alberta show that the conflict is asymmetrical. Skiers perceive snowmobilers as interfering negatively with their activity, while snowmobilers enjoy or are indifferent to meeting skiers. (Authors/JN)