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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
Effects of Great Barrier Reef Degradation on Recreational Demand: A Contingent Behaviour Approach
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| Autores: |
Kragt, Marit Ellen
Roebeling, Peter C.
Ruijs, Arjan
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| Data: |
2006-04-25
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| Ano: |
2006
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| Palavras-chave: |
Environmental Economics and Policy
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| Resumo: |
Degradation of coral reefs may affect the number of tourists visiting the reef and, consequently, the economic sectors that rely on healthy reefs for their income generation. A Contingent Behaviour approach is used to estimate 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 reef trips 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 to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park of about A$ 136 million per year.
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| Tipo: |
Working or Discussion Paper
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
20918
http://purl.umn.edu/12228
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| Editor: |
AgEcon Search
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| Relação: |
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)>Sustainability Indicators and Environmental Valuation Working Papers
SIEV Nota di Lavoro 45.2006
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| Formato: |
21
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