This document outlines a study to determine the main factors that influence participation in extreme recreation activities at Putrajaya Challenge Park in Putrajaya, Malaysia. The study examined factors like travel time, skill level, age, education level, income level, past experience, commitment level, available facilities, perceived psychological, social, and physical benefits, education gained, and costs of travel and equipment. Statistical analysis found that travel time, skill level, age, education level, and income level significantly influenced participation. The study recommends considering these participation factors in developing the park further and increasing instructor numbers for safety.

1. PROPOSED BY :
NUR SYUHADA BINTI CHE IBRAHIM
148457
SUPERVISOR :
EN. SYAMSUL HERMAN BIN MOHAMMAD AFANDI

2. OUTLINE

3.  RECREATION
- recreation consists of activities or experiences carried on
within leisure.
- chosen voluntarily by the participant either because of
satisfaction, pleasure or creative enrichment derived, or
because he perceives certain personal or social values to be
gained from them (Richard Kraus, 1978)
- Recreation can be any activities that give satisfaction include
extreme recreation activities, outdoor activities or indoor
activities.

4.  EXTREME RECREATION ACTIVITY
- Risk recreation activities include the following characteristics
which are involvement with a natural environment, elements
of risk and danger, uncertain outcome and influenced by the
participant or circumstance (Ewert, 1990)
- It still growing in popularity and participation even though
these activities involved high risk . This is due to the different
factors that influencing people to participate in extreme
activities.

5.  PCP : a new recreation
parks.
 Establishment of PCP
involved high cost,
RM38million.
 Less number of visitors
and most of them are the
same person.
 Identify the factors
influence people
participating in extreme
recreation activities and
choice of activities.

6. OVERALL OBJECTIVE
 To determine the main factors that influence participation
in extreme recreation activities at Putrajaya Challenge
Park, Putrajaya.
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

7.  STUDY AREA

8. The bike and skate park
Extreme Bike Route Wall climbing complex

9. INSTRUMENT

10.  POPULATION :
- Participants in four different extreme
recreation activities at PCP which are :
1) wall climbing
2) Skateboarding
3) BMX
4) MTB

11.  Formula to estimate the sample size, n :
- Ryan’s formula (1995)
n
Where:
 n= sample size
 N= population size
 P= population estimate (0.90)
 q= 1-P
 β= allowable error (0.05)
 Z= desired confidence level (1.96)

12. n=
n=
n=
n = 131 respondents
In order to get more accurate data, the number of the sample size was
enlarged and collected to 198 respondents.

13.  The data will be analyze by using Statistical
Package for Social Science (SPSS)

18. STATE FREQUENCY PERCENTAGE (%)
Johor 8 4.0
Kuala Lumpur 19 9.6
Melaka 2 1.0
Negeri Sembilan 6 3.0
Pahang 2 1.0
Perak 3 1.5
Putrajaya 12 6.1
Selangor 132 66.7
Singapore 14 7.1
Total 198 100.0

19. Model Summary
Model Adjusted R Std. Error of the
R R Square Square Estimate
1 .545 .297 .231 9.901
Coefficientsa
Unstandardized Standardized
Model Coefficients Coefficients t Sig.
B Std. Error Beta
(Constant) -32.654 9.313 -3.506 .001
Travel time -.047 .017 -.318 -2.783 .006
Skill and knowledge 3.389 1.296 .200 2.615 .010
Age .466 .186 .226 2.503 .013
Years of education 1.596 .562 .317 2.838 .005
monthly income
-.002 .001 -.356 -2.531 .012
(RM)

20. Coefficientsa
Standardize
Unstandardized d
Coefficients Coefficients
Model B Std. Error Beta t Sig.
Past experience
and interest 2.549 1.522 0.136 1.675 0.096
Commitment 2.023 1.583 0.106 1.278 0.203
Facilities provided 2.24 1.556 0.111 1.44 0.152
Psychology
benefit -1.758 1.236 -0.11 -1.421 0.157
Social benefit -1.356 1.091 -0.094 -1.243 0.215
Physical benefit -0.81 1.65 -0.043 -0.491 0.624
Education gained 0.086 1.379 0.005 0.063 0.95
Travel cost (RM) -0.007 0.034 -0.02 -0.195 0.846
Equipment cost
(RM) 0 0 0.121 1.466 0.145
Sex 0.759 1.841 0.027 0.412 0.681
Races -1.791 2.027 -0.068 -0.883 0.378
Membership expected factors that are not significant. So, those factors are not
There are 12
1.038 3.246 0.021 0.32 0.749
influencing the participation in extreme recreation activities at PCP

21. 5 FACTORS INFLUENCING EXTREME RECREATION
ACTIVITIES PARTICIPATION AT PCP :

23.  Development of PCP should be taken by
considering the participation factors in
extreme recreation activities.
 Since PCP provides activities that involve
high risk, so their management should
increase the number of instructor especially
in wall climbing complex. The purpose is to
control and monitor the activity movement
of the participants in those activity.

24.  Richard Kraus (1978) Recreation and Leisure in
Modern Society. Santa Monica, CA, Good
Year, p. 37.
 Ewert, A. W., and R. Schreyer. 1990. Risk
recreation: trends and implications for the
1990s. In Proc. of the Outdoor Recreation
Trends Symposium III, Indianapolis, IN,
March 29-31.