Preferences and willingness to pay for bird-watching tour and interpretive services using a choice experiment

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 695-708

  Lee, Choong Ki ^a   Lee, Jin Hyung ^b   Kim, Tae Kyun ^c   Mjelde, James W ^d  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b Mokpo National University   (South Korea)

^c Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird watching; Choice experiment; Preferences; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; ECOTOURISM; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

SOUTH KOREA;

AVES;

EID: 77952680683     PISSN: 09669582     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09669581003602333     Document Type: Article

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