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Provedor de dados: | 31
País: | United States
Título: | Effects of Great Barrier Reef Degradation on Recreational Demand: A Contingent Behaviour Approach
Autores: | Kragt,   Marit Ellen; Roebeling,   Peter C.; Ruijs,   Arjan.
Data: | 2006-06-15
Ano: | 2006
Palavras-chave: | Coral reef; Recreation; Contingent Behaviour model; Count data models; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q26; Q51; Q57.
Resumo: | Agricultural run-off from the Great Barrier Reef catchment area may cause degradation of coral reefs, affecting the tourism sector that relies on healthy reefs for its income generation. A Contingent Behaviour approach is used to determine the effect of reef degradation on demand for recreational dive and snorkel trips, for a case study of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) in Australia. We assessed how reef degradation affects GBR tourism and to what extent reef-trip demand depends on the visitors' socio-economic characteristics. A count data model is developed, and results indicate that an average visitor would undertake about 60% less trips to the GBR per year, given a combined 80%, 30% and 70% decrease in coral cover, coral diversity and fish diversity, respectively. This corresponds to a decrease in tourism expenditure for reef trips in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park area of about A$ 136 million per year.
Tipo: | Conference Paper or Presentation
Idioma: | Inglês

Identificador:

22525

http://purl.umn.edu/25753

Editor: | AgEcon Search

Relação:

International Association of Agricultural Economists&gt;2006 Annual Meeting, August 12-18, 2006, Queensland, Australia

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Formato:

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