Using contingent valuation to price ecotourism sites in developing countries

Tourism

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 115-125

  Navrud, Ståle ^a   Vondolia, Godwin Kofi ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Contingent valuation; Entrance fee; Ghana; National park; Tourism

Indexed keywords

CONTINGENT VALUATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECOTOURISM; NATIONAL PARK; PRICE DYNAMICS;

EID: 23044459146     PISSN: 13327461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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