Estimating the economic benefit of SCUBA diving in the Similan Islands, Thailand

Coastal Management

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 431-442

  Tapsuwan, Sorada ^a   Asafu Adjaye, John ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Count data model; Marine park; Revealed preference; Tourism demand; Travel cost model

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA STRUCTURES; QUERY PROCESSING; VALUE ENGINEERING;

COUNT DATA MODEL; MARINE PARK; REVEALED PREFERENCE; TOURISM DEMAND; TRAVEL COST MODEL;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ESTIMATION METHOD; MARINE PARK; MODELING; SCUBA DIVING; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TRAVEL DEMAND;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 54449101537     PISSN: 08920753     EISSN: 15210421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08920750802412908     Document Type: Article

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