Ecotourism: Funding conservation programs through entrance fees. The case of the Galapagos National Park

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dc.contributor.authorMachado, K.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialGalapagos National Parken
dc.coverage.spatialGalápagos Islandsen
dc.coverage.temporal1998 - 1998en
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T18:08:10Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T18:08:10Zen
dc.date.issued2001en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractThis study tries to answer the following question: are visitors to national parks willing to pay higher entrance fees if they are told the money collected will be used to increase conservation efforts? In order to address the issue, the Contingent Valuation Methodology (CVM) is used to estimate visitors Willingness to Pay (WTP) entrance fees for conservation programs designed to improve the quality of the Galapagos National Park. Although this study is not the first to apply CVM in the Galapagos National Park, it is the first study to link entrance fees as a vehicle to fund conservation practices and elicit views on the amount visitors would be willing to pay. The following sections include a review of the main economic theory relevant to CV, with special attention to utility function specification, estimators, the type of method used to elicit a response, and the welfare measure associated with the method. Then, the more relevant results of the study conducted in the Galápagos Islands are presented. Finally, some conclusions and recommendations are offered.en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier378en
dc.identifier.isbn1-59111-009-2en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/65445en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherAthens, GA: SANREM CRSP and CARE-SUBIRen
dc.relation.ispartofIn: Rhoades, R. and J. Stallings (eds.). 2001. Integrated Conservation and Development in Tropical America: Experiences and Lessons in Linking Communities, Projects, and Policies, 153-168en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2001 by SANREM CRSP and CARE-SUBIR. All rights reserveden
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectNational parksen
dc.subjectSustainable developmenten
dc.subjectEconomic analysesen
dc.subjectEcotourismen
dc.subjectConservation strategyen
dc.subjectTourismen
dc.subjectGalapagos national parken
dc.subjectContingent valuation methodology (cvm)en
dc.subjectWillingness to payen
dc.subjectEcosystemen
dc.titleEcotourism: Funding conservation programs through entrance fees. The case of the Galapagos National Parken
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