Willingness to pay if the entrance fee to Bako national park is to be increased

National parks play an important role in contributing to our national revenue and yet some of the income is used to finance the maintenance works, but still inadequate. Revenue is also being collected from the entrance fee to the parks. The rates during the study was carried out were RM3.00 for an...

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Main Author: Ahmad Sonhajee, Hussin.
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2003
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Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/15826/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/15826/2/Ahmad%20Sonhajee.pdf
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Summary:National parks play an important role in contributing to our national revenue and yet some of the income is used to finance the maintenance works, but still inadequate. Revenue is also being collected from the entrance fee to the parks. The rates during the study was carried out were RM3.00 for an adult and RM1.00 for a student or a kid. It is considered as murder charged. The objective of this paper was to impose extra price to the visitors, with the hope that they will agree on the proposal. Bako National park was chosen because it is the most popular park with many visitors.