‘A travel cost analysis of the value of Carnarvon Gorge National Park for recreational use’: reprise

Beal, Diana

doi:10.1111/1467-8489.00051

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“…In this sense, it is clear that the measure of value calculated with the TCM is a measure of only the user value of the site. Examples of the application of the method to value national parks include Beal (1995) and Liston-Heyes and Heyes (1999).…”

Section: The Travel Cost Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For trips involving multiple destinations (MDT), which pose a similar problem, there is no theoretically-acceptable method of allocating travel costs and the researcher must resort to arbitrary methods, so making no correction at all would be preferable according to some authors (Beal 1995;Beal 1998). On the other hand, treating multiple-destination visitors as single destination ones can be seen as equally arbitrary, as pointed out by Kennedy (1998) in his comment to Beal (1995).…”

Section: Multi-purpose/multi-site Tripsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…On the other hand, treating multiple-destination visitors as single destination ones can be seen as equally arbitrary, as pointed out by Kennedy (1998) in his comment to Beal (1995).…”

Section: Multi-purpose/multi-site Tripsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For example, it has been found that MDT visitors sometimes state that they valued a given site more than single destination visitors (Sorg, Loomis, Donnelly, and Nelson 1985). More objective approaches such as using the number of nights spent to weight the importance of a site also usually result in low travel cost values associated with long distance travelers, which undermines the logic of the TCM (Beal 1995;Nillesen, Wesseler and Cook 2005). This makes the strategies based on eliciting visitors' preferences the theoretically preferred approaches (Walsh, Johnson, and McKean 1988;Ward and Beal 2000) .…”

Section: Multi-purpose/multi-site Tripsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Multi-Destination and Multi-Purpose Trip Effects in the Analysis of the Demand for Trips to a Remote Recreational Site

Martı́nez-Espiñeira

Amoako-Tuffour

2009

Environmental Management

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in AbstractOne of the basic assumptions of the travel cost method for recreational demand analysis is that the travel cost is always incurred for a single purpose recreational trip. Several studies have skirted around the issue with simplifying assumptions and dropping observations considered as non-conventional holiday-makers or as non-traditional visitors from the sample. The effect of such simplifications on the benefit estimates remains conjectural. Given the remoteness of notable recreational parks, multi-destination or multi-purpose trips are not uncommon. This paper examines the consequences of allocating travel costs to a recreational site when some trips were taken for purposes other than recreation and/or included visits to other recreational sites. Using a multi-purpose weighting approach on data from Gros Morne National Park, Canada, we conclude that a proper correction for multi-destination or multi-purpose trip is more of what is needed to avoid potential biases in the estimated effects of the price (travel-cost) variable and of the income variable in the trip generation equation.

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Section: The Travel Cost Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Multi-purpose/multi-site Tripsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…On the other hand, treating multiple-destination visitors as single destination ones can be seen as equally arbitrary, as pointed out by Kennedy (1998) in his comment to Beal (1995).…”

Section: Multi-purpose/multi-site Tripsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Multi-purpose/multi-site Tripsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Multi-Destination and Multi-Purpose Trip Effects in the Analysis of the Demand for Trips to a Remote Recreational Site

Martı́nez-Espiñeira

Amoako-Tuffour

2009

Environmental Management

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“…This method has been used by both state and federal agencies to value a wide variety of non-market goods and services. For instance, the TCM was used by Beal (1995) to estimate the value of camping at Carnarvon National Park. Results suggested that the annual net present value for camping at this park alone was nearly $40 million.…”

Section: Travel Cost Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Fundamentals of estimating the net benefits of ecosystem preservation: the case of the Salton Sea

Schwabe

Schuhmann

Baerenklau

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The Salton Sea Centennial Symposium

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This article, both theoretical and methodological in nature, argues the potential merits of using a net benefits framework as a tool to aid policy makers in their efforts to compare Salton Sea restoration alternatives and inform the public as to the potential magnitude and distribution of trade-offs associated with each alternative. A net benefits approach can provide a more accurate comparison and evaluation of the potential net returns from public spending on Salton Sea restoration than what would be provided under the suggested criteria of current legislative mandates. Furthermore, a net benefits framework provides a more lucid and systematic accounting framework by which to enumerate the full array of benefits and costs of each alternative for policy analysis. Finally, net benefits analysis serves to add transparency to the decision making process so that the public gains an understanding of how its scarce resources, including both financial and natural capital, are being appropriated. Additionally, we illustrate and emphasize the importance of estimating the non-market values associated with many of the ecosystem services provided by the Salton Sea and describe the major techniques that do so.2

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Measuring the Social Recreation Per-Day Net Benefit of the Wildlife Amenities of a National Park: A Count-Data Travel-Cost Approach

Mendes

Proença

2011

Environmental Management

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In this article, we apply count-data travel-cost methods to a truncated sample of visitors to estimate the Peneda-Gerês National Park (PGNP) average consumer surplus (CS) for each day of visit. The measurement of recreation demand is highly specific because it is calculated by number of days of stay per visit. We therefore propose the application of altered truncated count-data models or truncated count-data models on grouped data to estimate a single, on-site individual recreation demand function, with the price (cost) of each recreation day per trip equal to out-of-pocket and time travel plus out-of-pocket and on-site time costs. We further check the sensitivity of coefficient estimations to alternative models and analyse the welfare measure precision by using the delta and simulation methods by Creel and Loomis. With simulated limits, CS is estimated to be 194 (range 116 to 448). This information is of use in the quest to improve government policy and PNPG management and conservation as well as promote nature-based tourism. To our knowledge, this is the first attempt to measure the average recreation net benefits of each day of stay generated by a national park by using truncated altered and truncated grouped count-data travel-cost models based on observing the individual number of days of stay.

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‘A travel cost analysis of the value of Carnarvon Gorge National Park for recreational use’: reprise

Cited by 47 publications

References 6 publications

Multi-Destination and Multi-Purpose Trip Effects in the Analysis of the Demand for Trips to a Remote Recreational Site

Multi-Destination and Multi-Purpose Trip Effects in the Analysis of the Demand for Trips to a Remote Recreational Site

Fundamentals of estimating the net benefits of ecosystem preservation: the case of the Salton Sea

Measuring the Social Recreation Per-Day Net Benefit of the Wildlife Amenities of a National Park: A Count-Data Travel-Cost Approach

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