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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: |
2006-06-15
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| Ano: |
2006
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| Palavras-chave: |
Coral reef
Recreation
Contingent Behaviour model
Count data models
Resource /Energy Economics and Policy
Q26
Q51
Q57
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| 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.
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| Tipo: |
Conference Paper or Presentation
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
22525
http://purl.umn.edu/25753
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| Editor: |
AgEcon Search
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| Relação: |
International Association of Agricultural Economists>2006 Annual Meeting, August 12-18, 2006, Queensland, Australia
Contributed Paper
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| Formato: |
16
application/pdf
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