Estimation of visitors' preferences for house boat service attributes by using a choice experiment
This paper aims to capture the level of satisfaction of the visitors towards the ecotourism service attributes at Kenyir Lake, by providing results of a valuation study on the house boat services, which is the main focus in the research. A choice experiment is employed to estimate the visitors’ pref...
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Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Putra Malaysia
2012
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| author | Wan Mohamad, Wan Norhidayah Radam, Alias Yacob, Mohd Rusli |
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| description | This paper aims to capture the level of satisfaction of the visitors towards the ecotourism service attributes at Kenyir Lake, by providing results of a valuation study on the house boat services, which is the main focus in the research. A choice experiment is employed to estimate the visitors’ preferences for houseboat service attributes. The attributes investigated were tourist guide (TG), provision of safety equipment (SAFE), coverage for communication system (COMM), package of activities (ACTV) and extra package price (EPP). The simple conditional logit (CL) model is estimated to identify the preferences of the visitors from various service options of house boat attributes. Finding of this study can assist house boat operators and policy makers in order to identify the real concerns and issues which could be useful for the development and improvement of house boat services and the implementation of relevant policies that appropriate with the current service condition. |
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| spelling | upm-512722017-04-03T07:44:32Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/51272/ Estimation of visitors' preferences for house boat service attributes by using a choice experiment Wan Mohamad, Wan Norhidayah Radam, Alias Yacob, Mohd Rusli This paper aims to capture the level of satisfaction of the visitors towards the ecotourism service attributes at Kenyir Lake, by providing results of a valuation study on the house boat services, which is the main focus in the research. A choice experiment is employed to estimate the visitors’ preferences for houseboat service attributes. The attributes investigated were tourist guide (TG), provision of safety equipment (SAFE), coverage for communication system (COMM), package of activities (ACTV) and extra package price (EPP). The simple conditional logit (CL) model is estimated to identify the preferences of the visitors from various service options of house boat attributes. Finding of this study can assist house boat operators and policy makers in order to identify the real concerns and issues which could be useful for the development and improvement of house boat services and the implementation of relevant policies that appropriate with the current service condition. Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2012 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/51272/1/12-22.pdf Wan Mohamad, Wan Norhidayah and Radam, Alias and Yacob, Mohd Rusli (2012) Estimation of visitors' preferences for house boat service attributes by using a choice experiment. In: National Research & Innovation Conference for Graduate Students in Social Sciences (GS-NRIC 2012), 7-9 Dec. 2012, Mahkota Hotel, Melaka. (pp. 424-434). |
| spellingShingle | Wan Mohamad, Wan Norhidayah Radam, Alias Yacob, Mohd Rusli Estimation of visitors' preferences for house boat service attributes by using a choice experiment |
| title | Estimation of visitors' preferences for house boat service attributes by using a choice experiment |
| title_full | Estimation of visitors' preferences for house boat service attributes by using a choice experiment |
| title_fullStr | Estimation of visitors' preferences for house boat service attributes by using a choice experiment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Estimation of visitors' preferences for house boat service attributes by using a choice experiment |
| title_short | Estimation of visitors' preferences for house boat service attributes by using a choice experiment |
| title_sort | estimation of visitors' preferences for house boat service attributes by using a choice experiment |
| url | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/51272/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/51272/1/12-22.pdf |