Valuing ecotourism and conservation benefits in Marine Parks : the case of Redang Island, Malaysia.

The purpose of this study is to estimate the visitors preferences of ecotourism attributes in Redang Island Marine Park. This study employs the Choice Experiments (CE), the Conditional Logit (CL) to investigate the visitors’ preferences of the ecotourism attributes. The personal interview has been m...

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Main Authors: Yacob, Mohd Rusli, Radam, Alias, Rawi, S.B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Asian Network for Scientific Information 2009
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17579/
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author Yacob, Mohd Rusli
Radam, Alias
Rawi, S.B.
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Radam, Alias
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description The purpose of this study is to estimate the visitors preferences of ecotourism attributes in Redang Island Marine Park. This study employs the Choice Experiments (CE), the Conditional Logit (CL) to investigate the visitors’ preferences of the ecotourism attributes. The personal interview has been made with a total of 298 representative respondents. The respondents has been asked to select the best among the alternatives of ecotourism attributes. The ecotourism attributes which have been investigated are ecological management, recreational activity congestion, provision of employment opportunity to local people and conservation charge. Results of the study found that the visitors preferred the highest changed in ecological management attribute levels compared to recreational activity congestion and provision to local employment attributes levels. Results of this study are very important in assists policy maker in management and development plan for ecotourism in marine parks.
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spelling upm-175792024-05-23T06:54:12Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17579/ Valuing ecotourism and conservation benefits in Marine Parks : the case of Redang Island, Malaysia. Yacob, Mohd Rusli Radam, Alias Rawi, S.B. The purpose of this study is to estimate the visitors preferences of ecotourism attributes in Redang Island Marine Park. This study employs the Choice Experiments (CE), the Conditional Logit (CL) to investigate the visitors’ preferences of the ecotourism attributes. The personal interview has been made with a total of 298 representative respondents. The respondents has been asked to select the best among the alternatives of ecotourism attributes. The ecotourism attributes which have been investigated are ecological management, recreational activity congestion, provision of employment opportunity to local people and conservation charge. Results of the study found that the visitors preferred the highest changed in ecological management attribute levels compared to recreational activity congestion and provision to local employment attributes levels. Results of this study are very important in assists policy maker in management and development plan for ecotourism in marine parks. Asian Network for Scientific Information 2009 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17579/1/Valuing%20ecotourism%20and%20conservation%20benefits%20in%20Marine%20Parks.pdf Yacob, Mohd Rusli and Radam, Alias and Rawi, S.B. (2009) Valuing ecotourism and conservation benefits in Marine Parks : the case of Redang Island, Malaysia. The International Journal of Applied Economics and Finance, 3 (1). pp. 12-21. ISSN 1991-0886 10.3923/ijaef.2009.12.21
spellingShingle Yacob, Mohd Rusli
Radam, Alias
Rawi, S.B.
Valuing ecotourism and conservation benefits in Marine Parks : the case of Redang Island, Malaysia.
title Valuing ecotourism and conservation benefits in Marine Parks : the case of Redang Island, Malaysia.
title_full Valuing ecotourism and conservation benefits in Marine Parks : the case of Redang Island, Malaysia.
title_fullStr Valuing ecotourism and conservation benefits in Marine Parks : the case of Redang Island, Malaysia.
title_full_unstemmed Valuing ecotourism and conservation benefits in Marine Parks : the case of Redang Island, Malaysia.
title_short Valuing ecotourism and conservation benefits in Marine Parks : the case of Redang Island, Malaysia.
title_sort valuing ecotourism and conservation benefits in marine parks : the case of redang island, malaysia.
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17579/1/Valuing%20ecotourism%20and%20conservation%20benefits%20in%20Marine%20Parks.pdf