Determinants of visitors' willingness to pay for the National Marine Park of Zakynthos, Greece

Ecological Economics

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 308-319

  Togridou, Anatoli ^a   Hovardas, Tasos ^a   Pantis, John D ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Fee; National Marine Park of Zakynthos, Greece; Non use values; Use values; Willingness to pay (WTP)

Indexed keywords

INCOME; MARINE PARK; PROTECTED AREA; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; IONIAN ISLANDS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; ZAKYNTHOS [IONIAN ISLANDS]; ZAKYNTHOS NATIONAL MARINE PARK;

EID: 33749517046     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2005.12.006     Document Type: Article

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