Are tourists willing to pay additional fees to protect corals in Mexico?

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 557-573

  Casey, James Francis ^a   Brown, Christopher ^a   Schuhmann, Peter ^b  

^a WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Coral reef conservation; Mexico; Tourists; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

CONTINGENT VALUATION; CORAL REEF; DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; NATURE CONSERVATION; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; QUINTANA ROO; RIVIERA MAYA; YUCATAN PENINSULA;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 77952487042     PISSN: 09669582     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09669580903513079     Document Type: Article

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