Assessing the economic value of a world heritage site and willingness-to-pay determinants: A case of Changdeok Palace

Tourism Management

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 317-322

  Kim, Samuel Seongseop ^a   Wong, Kevin K F ^b   Cho, Min ^a  

^a Sejong University   (South Korea)

^b THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Economic value; Logit model; World Heritage site; WTP

Indexed keywords

CONTINGENT VALUATION; HERITAGE TOURISM; LOGIT ANALYSIS; WILLINGNESS TO PAY; WORLD HERITAGE SITE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA;

EID: 33748710420     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2005.12.024     Document Type: Article

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