The Application Of Choice Experiments In The Analysis Of Visitors' Preferences For Ecotourism Facilities And Services In Redang Island Marine Park

This paper estimates the visitor’s’ preferences of ecotourism facilities and services in the Redang Island Marine Park (RIMP) by using choice experiments (CE). Personal interviews were conducted with a total of 298 visitors of RIMP. The visitors were asked to select the best of ecotourism facilities...

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Main Authors: Mohd Rusli, Yacob, Ahmad, Shuib, Mohd Parid, Mamat
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Language:English
Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2009
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author Mohd Rusli, Yacob
Ahmad, Shuib
Mohd Parid, Mamat
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Mohd Parid, Mamat
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description This paper estimates the visitor’s’ preferences of ecotourism facilities and services in the Redang Island Marine Park (RIMP) by using choice experiments (CE). Personal interviews were conducted with a total of 298 visitors of RIMP. The visitors were asked to select the best of ecotourism facilities and services from a given set of alternatives. Investigation on the ecotourism facilities and services attributes were done on accessibility to RIMP, provision of interpretive trail, provision of information and extra package price. The conditional logit (CL) model was used to estimate visitors’ preferences. Results of the study showed that visitor’s preferences of facilities and services varied according to changes in attributes levels. Results of this study are important in assisting policy makers in the management and development of ecotourism facilities and services in RIMP. This study shows that choice experiments are useful tools in the investigation of visitors’ preferences for the ecotourism facilities and services in marine park.
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spelling unimas-92332015-10-27T06:53:08Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9233/ The Application Of Choice Experiments In The Analysis Of Visitors' Preferences For Ecotourism Facilities And Services In Redang Island Marine Park Mohd Rusli, Yacob Ahmad, Shuib Mohd Parid, Mamat H Social Sciences (General) This paper estimates the visitor’s’ preferences of ecotourism facilities and services in the Redang Island Marine Park (RIMP) by using choice experiments (CE). Personal interviews were conducted with a total of 298 visitors of RIMP. The visitors were asked to select the best of ecotourism facilities and services from a given set of alternatives. Investigation on the ecotourism facilities and services attributes were done on accessibility to RIMP, provision of interpretive trail, provision of information and extra package price. The conditional logit (CL) model was used to estimate visitors’ preferences. Results of the study showed that visitor’s preferences of facilities and services varied according to changes in attributes levels. Results of this study are important in assisting policy makers in the management and development of ecotourism facilities and services in RIMP. This study shows that choice experiments are useful tools in the investigation of visitors’ preferences for the ecotourism facilities and services in marine park. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2009 Article NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9233/1/THE%20APPLICATION%20OF%20CHOICE%20EXPERIMENTS%20IN%20THE%20ANALYSIS%20OF%20VISITORS%27%20PREFERENCES%20FOR%20ECOTOURISM%20FACILITIES%20AND%20SERVICES%20IN%20REDANG%20ISLAND%20MARINE%20PARK.pdf Mohd Rusli, Yacob and Ahmad, Shuib and Mohd Parid, Mamat (2009) The Application Of Choice Experiments In The Analysis Of Visitors' Preferences For Ecotourism Facilities And Services In Redang Island Marine Park. International Journal of Business and Society, 10 (2). pp. 39-52. ISSN 1511 6670 http://www.ijbs.unimas.my
spellingShingle H Social Sciences (General)
Mohd Rusli, Yacob
Ahmad, Shuib
Mohd Parid, Mamat
The Application Of Choice Experiments In The Analysis Of Visitors' Preferences For Ecotourism Facilities And Services In Redang Island Marine Park
title The Application Of Choice Experiments In The Analysis Of Visitors' Preferences For Ecotourism Facilities And Services In Redang Island Marine Park
title_full The Application Of Choice Experiments In The Analysis Of Visitors' Preferences For Ecotourism Facilities And Services In Redang Island Marine Park
title_fullStr The Application Of Choice Experiments In The Analysis Of Visitors' Preferences For Ecotourism Facilities And Services In Redang Island Marine Park
title_full_unstemmed The Application Of Choice Experiments In The Analysis Of Visitors' Preferences For Ecotourism Facilities And Services In Redang Island Marine Park
title_short The Application Of Choice Experiments In The Analysis Of Visitors' Preferences For Ecotourism Facilities And Services In Redang Island Marine Park
title_sort application of choice experiments in the analysis of visitors' preferences for ecotourism facilities and services in redang island marine park
topic H Social Sciences (General)
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9233/
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http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9233/1/THE%20APPLICATION%20OF%20CHOICE%20EXPERIMENTS%20IN%20THE%20ANALYSIS%20OF%20VISITORS%27%20PREFERENCES%20FOR%20ECOTOURISM%20FACILITIES%20AND%20SERVICES%20IN%20REDANG%20ISLAND%20MARINE%20PARK.pdf