Which factors affect the willingness of tourists to pay for renewable energy?

Renewable Energy

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 169-172

  Kostakis, I ^a   Sardianou, E ^a  

^a HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Renewable energy; Tourists; WTP

Indexed keywords

BINARY LOGISTIC REGRESSION; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; ECONOMIC VARIABLES; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL RESULTS; ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; MARKET SEGMENT; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; SUSTAINABLE TOURISM; TOURISTS; WILLINGNESS TO PAY; WTP;

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

HOTELS;

DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SUSTAINABILITY; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

GREECE;

EID: 80052542433     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2011.07.022     Document Type: Article

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