Attribution, Substitution and Confusion in Wildlife and Natural Area Tourism Expenditure Research

This research note addresses the current confusion of terminology and practice amongst studies of the expenditure of tourists to natural areas and wildlife attractions. We suggest that the term 'substitution' be used when estimating tourists' intention to substitute another destinatio...

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Main Authors: Jones, Tod, Wood, David
Format: Journal Article
Published: IP Publishing 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/26226
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description This research note addresses the current confusion of terminology and practice amongst studies of the expenditure of tourists to natural areas and wildlife attractions. We suggest that the term 'substitution' be used when estimating tourists' intention to substitute another destination for the study region, should the natural resource cease to exist in the study region. We also discuss the use of the term 'attribution' and how the concept of 'attributable expenditure' has been applied in natural area and wildlife tourism expenditure research
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-262262017-09-13T16:07:33Z Attribution, Substitution and Confusion in Wildlife and Natural Area Tourism Expenditure Research Jones, Tod Wood, David expenditure wildlife tourism tourism surveys tourism economics substitution natural area tourism attribution This research note addresses the current confusion of terminology and practice amongst studies of the expenditure of tourists to natural areas and wildlife attractions. We suggest that the term 'substitution' be used when estimating tourists' intention to substitute another destination for the study region, should the natural resource cease to exist in the study region. We also discuss the use of the term 'attribution' and how the concept of 'attributable expenditure' has been applied in natural area and wildlife tourism expenditure research 2008 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/26226 10.5367/000000008784460364 IP Publishing restricted
spellingShingle expenditure
wildlife tourism
tourism surveys
tourism economics
substitution
natural area tourism
attribution
Jones, Tod
Wood, David
Attribution, Substitution and Confusion in Wildlife and Natural Area Tourism Expenditure Research
title Attribution, Substitution and Confusion in Wildlife and Natural Area Tourism Expenditure Research
title_full Attribution, Substitution and Confusion in Wildlife and Natural Area Tourism Expenditure Research
title_fullStr Attribution, Substitution and Confusion in Wildlife and Natural Area Tourism Expenditure Research
title_full_unstemmed Attribution, Substitution and Confusion in Wildlife and Natural Area Tourism Expenditure Research
title_short Attribution, Substitution and Confusion in Wildlife and Natural Area Tourism Expenditure Research
title_sort attribution, substitution and confusion in wildlife and natural area tourism expenditure research
topic expenditure
wildlife tourism
tourism surveys
tourism economics
substitution
natural area tourism
attribution
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/26226