Beach users' profile, perceptions and willingness to pay for beach management in Cadiz (SW Spain)

Alves, Bruna; Benavente, Javier; Ferreira, Óscar

doi:10.2112/si70-088.1

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“…While in Greece, the previous respondents' participation in environmental protection programs by paying an amount was the main cause presented by the respondents (Halkos and Matsiori 2012). However, these reasons are not always enough to engage in nature conservation, in Spain the population was not prepared to pay increased taxes to achieve a better quality of the urban coast of Cadiz (Alves et al, 2014).…”

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Integrating marine ecosystem conservation and ecosystems services economic valuation: Implications for coastal zones governance

Ferreira

Marques

Seixas

2017

Ecological Indicators

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a b s t r a c tThis paper presents a preliminary attempt to estimate the awareness and value that society gives to the maintenance and protection of marine protected areas, linking the ecological and economic value scale assigned to the study. To accomplish this, we took as illustrative example the Biophysical Interest Zone of Avencas (ZIBA), in Portugal. The ZIBA spans over one ha and its coastal ecosystems present a very rich biodiversity, providing several socio-economic opportunities to society. To estimate the value that society attributes to this area we conducted a contingent valuation exercise, considering two different aspects: 1) the direct economic value that people state to conserve the ecosystem and 2) the willingness to contribute through the allocation of hours of voluntary work to its conservation. The values obtained indicate the dependence and importance of this ecosystem to local population (willing to pay to conserve it of 60 D per household per year and willing to give 3 h of voluntary work per year). The proximity of the local population to the protected area increases the willing to pay for its conservation; this could reveal a good local indicator of ecosystem valuation. This valuation exercise highlights the importance of coastal ecosystem services to society and draws attention to the benefits that local populations derive from those systems. These results have also implications in future governance actions regarding protected areas, as well as to justify for sustainable investments in coastal management efforts, to sustain the flow of coastal ecosystem services for current and future generations.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Integrating marine ecosystem conservation and ecosystems services economic valuation: Implications for coastal zones governance

Ferreira

Marques

Seixas

2017

Ecological Indicators

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“…Gender is another factor that can explain the variability in the greater or lesser amount that tourists are willing to pay for sustainable tourism services [64,67,68]. The educational level also introduces differences in the willingness to pay [69][70][71].…”

Section: The Willingness To Pay For Cultural Heritage and Sustainablementioning

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Willingness to Pay for More Sustainable Tourism Destinations in World Heritage Cities: The Case of Caceres, Spain

Jurado-Rivas

Sánchez-Rivero

2019

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Sustainable tourism management is becoming an increasingly important factor in the image of tourist destinations. Therefore, it is appropriate to consider the possibility of charging a premium price on certain tourism products or services in exchange for making them more sustainable. Generally, eco-friendly management of cultural heritage sites, and particularly World Heritage sites, along with protected natural areas, is essential for the image enhancement of tourist destinations. In line with these considerations, this paper aims to quantify the willingness to pay (WTP) an extra amount in order for certain tourism products and services to become more sustainable in a World Heritage city such as Caceres, Spain. By using the contingent valuation method, the average price increase that tourists visiting the city would be willing to pay for a double room in a hotel, a restaurant, entrance to a museum, or a taxi ride, all of which would become more sustainable services, has been estimated. In addition to the aggregate analysis, diverse average-comparison statistical techniques have been used in order to determine the possible influence of sociodemographic factors on the WTP for more sustainable products and services. Specifically, factors including the effect resulting from a tourist’s place of origin, gender, the year when the survey was conducted (through t-tests), and the effect of age and educational levels (through ANOVA tests) on the WTP for sustainability, have been analyzed. When considering all of the sociodemographic factors involved, notable statistical differences have been found. This implies that when a hypothetical increase in tourism prices for the purpose of financing public or private sustainability actions is considered, different segments of the tourism market should be taken into account, since it would not be appropriate to apply the same policy of price increases to all tourists equally.

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“…In terms of education, the highest percentage belongs to those with a university degree (44.8 %). Average household monthly income was found as between €1000 and €1999 and 19.6 % of the respondents refused to state their income (Alves et al 2014). Beach users are mostly from town (56.5 %); however, it is interesting to notice that this percentage rises to 70.8 % in Santa María del Mar (Alves et al 2014).…”

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“…The final questionnaire resulted in an evaluation of social, economic and demographic parameters for later analysis of the WTP and beach erosion perception. Further detail on beach user demographics is provided in Alves et al (2014).…”

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Coastal erosion perception and willingness to pay for beach management (Cadiz, Spain)

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Coastal zones are complex systems where many different human activities and natural processes converge. One of the most profitable and enjoyable activities is beach tourism and recreation; however, coastal erosion can cause not only loss of land and asset values but also loss of environmental and landscape qualities and therefore their recreational value due to passive erosion from shoreline armouring and coastal development. This paper reports results from economic and demographic factors affecting public coastal erosion awareness and willingness to pay on the urban beaches of Cadiz, SW Spain. Although there is a great public awareness of coastal erosion among the interviewed adults from town, the willingness to pay for beach management improvement is minimal. The fact is possibly explained by the low regional economic status and the large number of local residents among the beachgoers. The majority of the respondents said that there should not be any extra charges because they pay regular local taxes and already pay for using beach services.

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Beach users' profile, perceptions and willingness to pay for beach management in Cadiz (SW Spain)

Cited by 35 publications

References 15 publications

Integrating marine ecosystem conservation and ecosystems services economic valuation: Implications for coastal zones governance

Integrating marine ecosystem conservation and ecosystems services economic valuation: Implications for coastal zones governance

Willingness to Pay for More Sustainable Tourism Destinations in World Heritage Cities: The Case of Caceres, Spain

Coastal erosion perception and willingness to pay for beach management (Cadiz, Spain)

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