ABSTRACT
This paper probes the relationships between stakeholders in destinations of specific natural resources and beauty that are governed to conserve the natural environment whilst providing special areas for community recreation. Using various discourses we consider the importance of lenses of observation and criticality for the future health of the accepted dual roles of conservation and visitor experiences in two locations. The authors are familiar with the changing governance and power relations within National Parks for more than a decade. In this project we identify both issues and suggest responsible specific stakeholders that are charged to, either through self-appointment or entrusted by other means, maintain the special character and access to National Parks. Once identified by the two means we then proceed to explore how best the objectives of conservation and development are managed using the lens of stakeholder theory, structure and agency, reflect on symbols of landscapes and consider in the enduring neo-liberal democratised legacy of heritage.
