Tourist use and preservation benefits from big-game fishing in the Canary Islands

Tourism Economics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-66

  León, Carmelo J ^a   Arana, Jorge E ^a   Melián, Arturo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Big game fishing; Contingent valuation; Preservation value; Tourism

Indexed keywords

CONTINGENT VALUATION; FISHING; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; TOURISM;

CANARY ISLANDS; GRAN CANARIA; SPAIN;

EID: 0037358993     PISSN: 13548166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/000000003101298268     Document Type: Article

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