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Attitudes to entry fees to national parks: results and policy implications from a Queensland case study
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wilson,   Clevo; Tisdell,   Clement A.
Examines visitor attitudes and whether visitors are willing to pay to enter Lamington National Park and under what circumstances they would do so. First a sample of visitors is asked a general (normative) question as to whether visitors should pay to visit Lamington National Park and in another question (positive) they are asked whether they would be more willing to pay if the money collected would be invested in the park to improve visitor facilities and for conservation work.  The results show that visitors are more willing to accept the ‘user-pays’ principle if the money will be used for the benefit of the national park and its visitors. It was found that foreigners are more in support for a ‘user-pay’ fee than Australians, and among Australians, those...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Entry fees; National parks; Overseas and Australian visitors; Attitudes to ‘user-pays’ principle; Lamington National Park; Policy implications; Conservation benefits; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48960

Birds in an Australian Rainforest: Their Attraction for Visitors and Visitor's Ecological Impacts
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tisdell,   Clement A.; Wilson,   Clevo.
Lamington National Park in Queensland, Australia is noted for its rainforest and is part of the World Heritage listed property but prior to this work, no systematic study has been done of the importance of birds to its visitors.  This study is based on data from survey forms handed to visitors at an important site in the park and completed by visitors following their visit.  It yielded 622 useable responses.  These enabled us to establish the comparative importance of birds as an attraction to this site for this sample of visitors.  Furthermore, logit regression is used to target analysis and to identify factors that increase the likelihood of a visitor saying that birds are an important attraction.  In addition, the relative importance to visitors of...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Lamington National Park; Tourism; Australian rainforest; Conservation; Birds; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51296

Visitor Profiles and Environmental Attributes, especially of Birds, Attracting Visitors to Lamington National Park: Tourist Attitudes and Economic Issues
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tisdell,   Clement A.; Wilson,   Clevo.
Uses a sample of 622 day and overnight visitors to the O’ Reilly’s/Green Mountains site of Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia, to identify their socio-economic and other pertinent characteristics and the main reasons and attributes that attract them to the site.  Particular attention is given to birds and their attributes as attractions.  The primary economic injection accruing locally as a result of visits is examined and the difference that the presence of birds makes to local expenditure by visitors is explored.  The extent of support for and objection to the introduction of a fee for entering Lamington National Park is estimated. The many suggestions received from visitors for environmental improvements at this site are discussed.  It is...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Birds and tourism; Economic impact; Ecotourism; Entry fees; Lamington National Park; Recreational parks; Tourism economics; Wildlife-based tourism; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48957