Economic valuation of the coastline for tourism in Barbados

Journal of Travel Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 138-144

  Dharmaratne, Gerard S ^a   Brathwaite, Alwyn E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b National Conservation Commission   (Barbados)

Author keywords

Barbados; Coastal zone; Contingent valuation; Environmental economics; Tourism

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; CONTINGENT VALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; TOURISM;

BARBADOS;

EID: 0032462851     PISSN: 00472875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004728759803700205     Document Type: Article

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