He value of the trout fishery at Rhodes, North Eastern Cape, South Africa: A travel cost analysis using count data models

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 267-282

  du Preez, Mario ^a   Hosking, Stephen G ^a  

^a NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Count data; Recreational value; South Africa; Travel cost method; Trout

Indexed keywords

ANGLING; CONTINGENT VALUATION; ECOTOURISM; FISHERY ECONOMICS; INVASIVE SPECIES; RECREATIONAL MANAGEMENT; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURIST ATTRACTION; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; TRAVEL DEMAND;

EASTERN CAPE; SOUTH AFRICA;

SALMONIDAE;

EID: 78951490305     PISSN: 09640568     EISSN: 13600559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2010.505837     Document Type: Article

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