The economic value of flower tourism at the Namaqua national park, South Africa

South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 442-456

  James, Ivor ^a   Hoffman, Timm ^a   Munro, Alistair ^b   O'Farrell, Patrick ^c   Smart, Russel ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^d Namaqualand National Park   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 60849124204     PISSN: 10158812     EISSN: 22223436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/sajems.v10i4.1058     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. BOCKSTAEL, N.E. (1995) "Travel cost models", in D.W. Bromley (ed.) The Handbook of Environmental Economics, Blackwell Ltd: Oxford, pp. 655-671.
2. BOCHSTAEL, N.E.; STRAND, I.E. & HANEMANN, W.M. (1987) "Time and the recreational demand model", American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 69(2): 293-302.
3. BOXALL, P.C & BECKLEY, T. (2002) "An introduction to approaches and issues for measuring non-market values in developing economies", in B. Campbell & M Luckert (eds.) Uncovering the Hidden Harvest, Earthscan: London, 103-140.
4. BRAINARD, J.; LOVETT, A. & BATEMAN, I. (1997) "Using isochrone surfaces in travel cost models", Journal of Transport Geography, 5(2): 117-126.
5. BROWN, W.G. & NAWAS, F. (1973) "Impact of aggregation on the estimation of out door recreation demand functions", American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 55:246-249.
6. COWLING, R.M. & PIERCE, S.M. (1999) Namaqualand: A Succulent Desert, Struik Publishers: Cape Town.
7. CREEL, M.D. & LOOMIS, J.B. (1990) "Theoretical and empirical advantages of truncated count data estimators for analysis of deer hunting in California", American Journal of Agricultural Economics, May: 434-441.
8. ENGLISH, B.K. & BOWKER, J.M. (1996) "The sensitivity of white-water rafting consumer surplus to pecuniary travel cost specifications", Journal of Environmental Management, 47: 79-91
9. rd ed.) McGraw Hill: New York.
10. IUCN (2004) Red Data list, available at: www.iucn. org.
11. KUOSMANEN, T.; NILLESEN, E. & WESSELER, J. (2004) "Does ignoring multi-destination trips in the travel cost method cause a systematic downward bias?", Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 48: 629-651.
12. KMIETOWICZ, Z.W. & PEARMAN, A.D. (1981) Decision Theory and Incomplete Knowledge, Aldershot: Gower.
13. LISTON-HEYES, C. & HEYES, A. (1999) "Recreational benefits from the Dartmoor National Park", Journal of Environmental Management, 55:69-80.
14. LOUBSER, G.J.J., MOUTON, P. & NEL, J.A.J. (2001) "The ecotourism of herpetofauna in the Namaqua National Park, South Africa", South African Journal of Wildlife Research, 31(1): 13-23.
15. MAILLE, P. & MENDELSOHN, R. (1993) "Valuing ecotourism in Madagascar", Journal of Environmental Management, 38: 213-218.
16. MITTERMEIER, R.A.; GIL, P.R.; HOFFMAN, M.; PILGRIM, J.; BROOKS, T.; MITTERMEIER, C.G.; LAMOREUX, J. & DA FONSECA, G.A.B. (2004) Hotspots Revisited, Cemex: Mexico City.
17. NAIDOO, R. & ADAMOWICS, W.L. (2005) "Biodiversity and nature-based tourism at forest reserves in Uganda", Environment and Development Economics, 10:159-178.
18. NAVRUD, S. & MUNGATANA, E.D. (1994) "Environmental valuation in developing countries: The recreational value of wildlife viewing", Ecological Economics, 11:135-151.
19. SHRESTHA, R.K.; SEIDL, A.F. & MORAES, A.S. (2002) "Value of recreational fishing in the Brazilian Pantanal: a travel cost analysis using count data models", Ecological Economics, 42: 289-299.
20. SIEGFRIED, W.R. (1999) "Human impacts", in: .J. Milton & W.R J Dean (eds.), The Karoo, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 239-240.
21. TURPIE, J. & JOUBERT, A. (2004) "The value of flower tourism on the Bokkeveld Plateau - a botanical hotspot", Development Southern Africa, 21:645-662.
22. WILLIS, K.G. & GARROD, G. (1990) "Valuing open access recreation on inland waterways", Working Paper 12, Countryside Change Unit: Newcastle University.