Visitor Preferences and Values for Water-Based Recreation: A Case Study of the Ocala National Forest

Shrestha, Ram K.; Alavalapati, Janaki R.R.; Stein, Taylor V.; Carter, Douglas R.; Denny, Christine B.

doi:10.1017/s1074070800009305

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“…The mean number of trips, total travel cost, and household income were 2.36, $147.11, and $57,761, respectively (Rows 1 to 3, Table 3). 10 Most of the respondents (i.e., 79%) indicated that they had alternatives for similar recreation activities if the spring they visited was closed.…”

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“…In addition, those whose primary purpose was not for recreation in the springs were excluded, and those with highly frequent visits (above 95 percentile) were dropped to decrease the influences of extreme values. 10 Household income was a categorical response. Following previous studies, we used the mid-points of the categorical responses as the level of household income.…”

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“…Shrestha et al [10] estimated visitors' willingness to pay (WTP) for water-based recreation at four springs in the Ocala National Forest using contingent valuation. Day visitors were willing to pay an average of $4.88, given the current facilities at the spring sites.…”

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“…However, they were willing to pay an additional $8.75 and $11.72 (in 2000 dollars) for moderately improved and significantly improved facilities, respectively. While Shrestha et al [10] provides useful estimates specific to the Ocala National Forest, these springs and corresponding trips to them may have This study contributes to the existing studies by focusing on springs in two important springfed river systems and comparing different empirical strategies in travel cost and contingent valuation.…”

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“…Additionally, we estimate visitors' willingness to contribute to preserve the springs, thereby providing empirical evidence on the extent to which revenues generated by visitors could be used to support and sustain springs restoration. In contrast, previous studies have documented the economic impact of springs on the local economy [5,7] and a few have examined the recreation benefits of springs in a limited geographic area (i.e., in the Ocala National Forest) or focused on unique recreation activities such as cave-diving [10][11][12].…”

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