Cultura Física y Deportes de Guantánamo (Jan 2016)

System of physical-recreational activities to apply in the National Park “Alexander Von Humboldt”

  • Maikel Ramírez-Álvarez,
  • Idalmis Fernández-Téllez

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 10
pp. 20 – 29

Abstract

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The well-known utility that natural spaces as protected areas can offer to the physical recreational activities and what it means for the formation of a culture of respect for nature, care and conservation of this places for the university youths and their nearer residents has been recognized by the Cuban Government starting from the decade of the 80´s with the establishment of the National System of Protected Areas (SNAP in Spanish). The appropriate use of National Parks and Protected Areas by the population, departs from the recognition of their existence and of the natural assets in them, this work has as purpose to poke in the levels of knowledge of the students of the University Centers in our county and the communities near the National Park Alexander von Humboldt. For this paper investigation methods such as the survey were used, which allowed to diagnose aspects in the selected sample. On the other hand the inquiries on the enjoyment expectations and preferences of recreational activities to develop in these environments facilitated the organization of a system of physical recreational activities through which the population can promote the exploitation of these areas.

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