Preferences and willingness to pay for close to home nature for outdoor recreation in Sweden

Ezebilo, Eugene E.; Boman, Mattias; Mattsson, Leif; Lindhagen, A; Mbongo, Werner

doi:10.1080/09640568.2013.854196

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“…In addition, visiting urban parks has been linked to better results in pulse and heart rate, diastolic blood pressure, sympathetic nerve activities and a lower level of negative emotions and anxiety [29][30][31]. Nonetheless, research shows that outdoor recreation benefits individuals when the participation is frequent and lasts long enough [32,33]. For example, in their study with individuals over 65 years of age, Christensen and colleagues [34] investigated whether the prevalence of major depression at the time of study differed based on the outdoor recreation participation in the past year.…”

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Outdoor Recreation Participation in Istanbul, Turkey: An Investigation of Frequency, Length, Travel Time and Activities

Hayir-Kanat

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2020

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Although outdoor recreation participation has been studied extensively, little research has come from less developed regions of the world. This paper examined outdoor recreation participation and its predictors in Istanbul, an increasingly urbanized and populated megacity, in Turkey. The results show that nearly half of the people interviewed in this study had claimed to visit a nature area at least once a week or more often, nearly three-quarters invested a travel time to these areas of between 30 min to 2 h, about two-thirds spent more than 2 h at the area, and about one-third was engaged in leisurely walking. The frequency of visits was almost the single predictor of travel time. Visit frequencies were predicted by the travel time and visit length. Activity type and traveling longer than 2 h predicted the length of visits. Recreational activity type was predicted by visit length and travel time. Socio-demographic variables were associated with only a few outdoor participation variables. The findings imply that the residents have limited contact with nature and limited opportunity to benefit from such interaction.

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“…These results encourage frequent and longer outdoor recreation participation with a good amount of time. Yet, only a limited number of studies have focused on the duration of the recreational site visits (e.g., [33,35]) and its predictors.…”

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Outdoor Recreation Participation in Istanbul, Turkey: An Investigation of Frequency, Length, Travel Time and Activities

Hayir-Kanat

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2020

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“…This implies that the recreational value of Mount Wilhelm will not be fully reflected in market prices. The CVM is capable of capturing the full value of recreation based on free access (Mitchell & Carson, 1989;Bateman et al, 2002;Ezebilo et al, 2015). In this paper the CVM was used to explore whether Kundiawa residents would be willing to pay for maintenance Mount Wilhelm for it use in the future, i.e.…”

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Willingness to Pay for Maintenance of a Nature Conservation Area: A Case of Mount Wilhelm, Papua New Guinea

Ezebilo

2016

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Ecosystem services that are not traded on markets contribute to human wellbeing however their economic value is not well known and research is required to reveal it. This paper reports on a study of willingness to pay (WTP) for the maintenance of Mount Wilhelm by urban residents and socio-economic factors influencing it. The possibility of developing an ecotourism strategy that could generate benefits for local are discussed. The data were obtained from questionnaire and personal interviews of residents of Kundiawa, which is the capital of Simbu Province, Papua New Guinea. The data were analysed using descriptive statistics and binary logit regression model. The results showed that 92% of the respondents were willing to pay for maintenance of Mount Wilhelm and they would pay an average of 7.4 Papua New Guinea Kina (US$ 2.5) each year. The respondents who belonged to high income group had the highest WTP, followed by those who were willing to give out part of their land for conservation. Approximately 62% of the respondents would pay ≥10 Papua New Guinea Kina (PGK), which is equivalent to the amount charged as access fee to Mount Wilhelm by the locals living around it. The willingness to pay ≥10 PGK was influenced by income, education, importance of forests and willingness to give up land for conservation. The findings will contribute to land use planning and design of nature-based recreation that meets societal demands.

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“…There are 13 variables correlated to cruise WTP, namely region, gender, age, education, monthly income, occupation, family structure cruise experience, cruise intention, preferred partner, cruise duration, cruise motivation and cruise preference. According to the previous research of Kim et al (2007) and Ezebilo et al (2015), they found that a set of variables, namely distance away from home (regional variable), socio-demographics (such as age, gender, education, income, occupation, family structure), consumption experience/frequency, duration, motivation, preference and intention, influence WTP significantly. So, we divided the independent variables as follows: regional variable (Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan and other global regions), sociodemographics (age, gender, education, income, occupation and family status), cruise perception (cruise experience, cruise intention, cruise partner and cruise duration), cruise motivation and cruise preference.…”

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A regional analysis of willingness-to-pay in Asian cruise markets

2016

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This article tests whether the willingness-to-pay (WTP) of cruise tourists is affected by multivariables, namely regional level variables, socio-demographic variables, cruise perception variables, cruise motivations and cruise preferences. Our research aims to measure the influence of the multivariables on the WTP of cruise tourists, in order to trace the determinants of WTP. Using a censored regression model, the following variables are found to be highly associated with the WTP of cruise tourists: income, education, family structure, occupation, cruise experience, cruise duration and cruise preferences. The results of the modelling not only fill in existing research gaps in the theory of WTP but also shed new light on the comparison of multiple regions in terms of the difference of WTP of cruise tourists. A latent cluster analysis is further conducted to identify market segments with different cruise WTPs, and this knowledge can be used to improve the marketing performance of cruise companies in the growing Asian markets.

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Preferences and willingness to pay for close to home nature for outdoor recreation in Sweden

Cited by 45 publications

References 38 publications

Outdoor Recreation Participation in Istanbul, Turkey: An Investigation of Frequency, Length, Travel Time and Activities

Outdoor Recreation Participation in Istanbul, Turkey: An Investigation of Frequency, Length, Travel Time and Activities

Willingness to Pay for Maintenance of a Nature Conservation Area: A Case of Mount Wilhelm, Papua New Guinea

A regional analysis of willingness-to-pay in Asian cruise markets

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