The economic recreational value of a white stork nesting colony: Acase of 'stork village' in Poland

Tourism Management

Volumn 40, Issue , 2014, Pages 352-360

  Czajkowski, Mikołaj ^a   Giergiczny, Marek ^a   Kronenberg, Jakub ^b   Tryjanowski, Piotr ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^c POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Avitourism; Birds and ecosystem services; Birdwatching; Recreational value of birds; Travel Cost Method; Valuation of non market goods

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING POPULATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST ATTRACTION; VALUATION;

POLAND;

AVES; CICONIA CICONIA; CICONIIDAE;

EID: 84882787200     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2013.07.009     Document Type: Article

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