Ecotourism demand and differential pricing of national park access in Costa Rica

Land Economics

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 466-482

  Chase, Lisa C ^a   Lee, David R ^a   Schulze, William D ^a   Anderson, Deborah J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOTOURISM; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; NATIONAL PARK; RECREATIONAL MANAGEMENT;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 0032469701     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3146879     Document Type: Article

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