Willingness to pay as an economic instrument for coastal tourism management: Cases from Mersin, Turkey

Tourism Management

Volumn 36, Issue , 2013, Pages 279-283

  Birdir, Sevda ^a   Ünal, Özlem ^b   Birdir, Kemal ^a   Williams, Allan T ^c  

^a MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b not available   (Italy)

^c Swansea Metropolitan University   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beach management; Beaches; Coastal tourism; Contingent valuation; Turkey; WTP

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; ECONOMIC INSTRUMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; WILLINGNESS TO PAY; BEACH; CONTINGENT VALUATION;

MERSIN [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

EID: 84872473608     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2012.10.020     Document Type: Article

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