Fairness of prices, user fee policy and willingness to pay among visitors to a national forest

Tourism Management

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1038-1046

  Chung, Jin Young ^a   Kyle, Gerard T ^a   Petrick, James F ^a   Absher, James D ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Multiple group SEM; Place attachment; Price fairness; Spending support; User fees; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

ECOTOURISM; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; FOREST; FORESTRY POLICY; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; TESTING METHOD; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955476575     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2010.08.016     Document Type: Article

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