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STRATEGIC PLAN FOR WATER-BASED TOURISM IN CLACKAMAS COUNTY, OREGON THE PEOPLE
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Table 4-14 Accommodation Preferences by Water Body

Columbia River Deschutes River Willamette River Oregon Coast Rogue River Oregon Coast Owyhee River Clackamas River McKenzie River Umpqua River John Day River
North South
Hotel 18.30% 14.10% 14.10% 9.90% 8.40% 7.30% 8.40% 4.70% 5.20% 4.20% 5.20%
Camping 20.00% 18.30% 14.90% 10.80% 9.00% 8.60% 3.90% 5.60% 3.20% 3.70% 2.00%
Total 38.30% 32.40% 29.00% 20.70% 17.40% 15.90% 12.30% 10.30% 8.40% 7.90% 7.20%

Concerns and Preferences in Water-based Recreation

The survey asked respondents a series of question about what is concerning and what is important to them in terms of water recreation. The questionnaire included a list of 11
potential concerns plus an open-ended “other” category and were asked to rank them on a 5-point Likert scale with 1 indicating little concern and 5 meaning highly concerned
(See appendix 1, Question 16). To review all concerns on a comparative scale, the responses are weighted 1 to 5 and multiplied by the percentage of respondents. The top
concerns were fish habitat (mean of 3.51), crowdedness (3.29), wildlife habitat (3.20) water quality (3.18).

Concerns of Water Recreationists
The top four most important factors regarding where to recreate were public access
(mean 3.94), information available online (3.37), having restrooms (3.31) and secure
3.51 parking lots (3.23). Of those, Clackamas County residents were more interested than
3.18 3.2 3.29
2.87
2.4 2.44 2.46 2.68 2.7 2.7 average in on-line information, security and restrooms. These differences are
statistically significant (See Appendix 1).