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Mercury contamination of the Chesapeake Bay is a concern to health authorities in the region. We evaluate the economic and health effects of postulated recreational and commercial fishing advisories for striped bass on the Maryland portion of the bay. Awareness of and response to the advisory is...
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We present results on the use and valuation of parks and natural areas in Catalonia. A structural random utility model is used to estimate utility per recreational trip, and a reduced form model is used to estimate the number of trips. The two together give an estimate of the overall flow of...
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In this paper, a random utility maximization (RUM) model of Swedish seaside recreation is used to estimate the benefits …
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recreation fees. Little research, however, has modeled predictions of attitudes toward fees on both the intention to pay (WTP …
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We examine the impact of coastal wind turbines on local coastal tourism and recreation for residents of the …
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In Finland, privately owned nature areas are widely used for recreation due to open public access. However, since … typical recreation site on private lands. The mean willingness to pay was 92 euros per year and the mean willingness to …
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in tourism economics. In this study, the discrete choice experiment method was adapted to analyze the demand for short …
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Basic services in Finnish national parks and state-owned recreation areas have traditionally been publicly financed and … thus free of charge for users. Since the benefits of public recreation are not captured by market demand, government … spending on recreation services must be motivated in some other way. Here, we elicit people’s willingness to pay (WTP) for …
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In the planning process of the tourism development in the region of Eastern Macedonia, for the locations with … conditions for development of alternative forms of tourism, it is necessary to take into account the current level of tourism … development as a basis for further planning of the time schedule for development of the tourism industry. The extent of the past …
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Tourism represents an important factor in the socio-economic development of rural areas in Romania. Natural landscapes … from the urban environment or from abroad. At the same time, the development of tourism and leisure businesses also has a … resources for them. The research paper aims to carry out an analysis of the development of businesses in the tourism sector in …
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