Psychological comfort and tourism experience. The Valencian Natural protected areas (Spain) case study

Abstract

This paper identifies and analyses the factors setting up the visitors' psychological comfort in natural protected areas and the satisfaction about the tourist experience.These factors have been analyzed in four Valencian Natural Protected Areas (Font Roja, Albufera, Turia and Islas Columbretes) from direct and participant observation, in-depth interviews to key stakeholders, as well as an amount of 2,749 visitors' surveys.