Assessing the recreational value of world heritage site inscription: A longitudinal travel cost analysis of Mount Fuji climbers

Tourism Management

Volumn 60, Issue , 2017, Pages 67-78

  Jones, Thomas E ^a   Yang, Yang ^b   Yamamoto, Kiyotatsu ^c  

^a MEIJI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Consumer surplus (CS); Longitudinal zonal travel cost method (ZTCM); Panel count data estimation; World heritage site (WHS) inscription

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL HERITAGE; HERITAGE TOURISM; PERIPHERAL REGION; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SUMMER; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TOURIST DESTINATION; WORLD HERITAGE SITE;

CHUBU; HONSHU; JAPAN; MOUNT FUJI;

EID: 84996879749     PISSN: 02615177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2016.11.009     Document Type: Article

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