Financing marine protected areas through visitor fees: Insights from tourists willingness to pay in Chile

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Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 975-984

  Gelcich, Stefan ^a   Amar, Francisca ^a   Valdebenito, Abel ^a   Castilla, Juan Carlos ^a   Fernandez, Miriam ^a   Godoy, Cecilia ^b   Biggs, Duan ^c  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b Fundacion Biomar Faro de Los Colonos   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aichi targets; Conservation; Consumer surplus; Contingent valuation; Human dimensions; MPA; Nature based tourism; Social ecological systems

Indexed keywords

CONTINGENT VALUATION; ECOTOURISM; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; MARINE PARK; TOURISM ECONOMICS; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

CHILE;

EID: 84890257774     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-013-0453-z     Document Type: Article

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