Are preferences for water quality different for second-home residents?

Tourism Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 629-651

  Torres, Catalina M ^a   Riera, Antoni ^a   García, Dolores ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Choice experiments; Coastal water quality; Preference heterogeneity; Second home residents; Spain

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATER; CORRELATION; ESTHETICS; HETEROGENEITY; PRIVATE LAND; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TOURIST DESTINATION; WATER QUALITY; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MAJORCA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SANTA PONSA BAY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 70350338617     PISSN: 13548166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/000000009789036620     Document Type: Article

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