Willingness to pay in Taman Negara: A Contingent Valuation Method

International Journal of Economics and Management

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 81-94

  Samdin, Zaiton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

National park ecotourism and sustainable tourism; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149299791     PISSN: 1823836X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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