Divers’ willingness to pay to visit marine sanctuaries: an exploratory study

Arin, Tijen; Kramer, Randall A.

doi:10.1016/s0964-5691(02)00049-2

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“…Several studies have explored the potential for introducing such fees to support marine protected areas (MPAs) (e.g., Arin and Kramer 2002;Svensson et al 2008;Edwards 2009;Reid-Grant and Bhat 2009). Most of these studies use contingent valuation (CV) (Venkatachalam 2004) to estimate user willingness-to-pay (WTP) (Arin and Kramer 2002;Yeo 2004;Asafu-Adjaye and Tapsuwan 2008;Peters and Hawkins 2009). Some studies have led to the establishment of user fees.…”

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Charging for Nature: Marine Park Fees and Management from a User Perspective

Uyarra

Gill

Côté

2010

AMBIO

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User fees can contribute to the financial sustainability of marine protected areas (MPAs), yet they must be acceptable to users. We explore changes in the fee system and management of Bonaire National Marine Park (BNMP) from the perspective of users. Responses from 393 tourists indicated that 90% were satisfied with park conditions and considered current user fees reasonable. However, only 47% of divers and 40% of non-divers were prepared to pay more. Diver willingness-to-pay (WTP) appears to have decreased since 1991, but this difference could be due in part to methodological differences between studies. Although current fees are close to diver maximum stated WTP, revenues could potentially be increased by improving the current fee system in ways that users deem acceptable. This potential surplus highlights the value of understanding user perceptions toward MPA fees and management.

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Charging for Nature: Marine Park Fees and Management from a User Perspective

Uyarra

Gill

Côté

2010

AMBIO

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“…However, it is notable that the highest reef values of $250 million yr -1 (Johns et al 2001), $400 million yr -1 (Casey et al 2010), and $1.8 billion yr -1 (Carr and Mendelsohn 2003) are associated with larger reef systems and developed countries. Th e two lowest non-spatial total reef values of $4,000 yr -1 (Arin and Kramer 2002) and $640,000 yr -1 (Dixon et al 2000) are associated with smaller reefs in the Philippines and the Netherlands Antilles respectively.…”

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Valuing and Evaluating Marine Ecosystem Services: Putting the Right Price on Marine Environments?

Clifton¹,

Cullen-Unsworth²,

Unsworth³

2014

Environment and Society

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Ⅲ ABSTRACT: Th e fl ow of ecosystem services from coral reefs, seagrass meadows and mangrove forests sustains the livelihoods of billions of people worldwide. Faced with the global degradation of marine and coastal ecosystems, policy makers are increasingly focusing on ecosystem service valuation techniques to encourage conservation and sustainable use of marine resources. Here we provide a review and synthesis of the available information on economic valuation techniques as applied to tropical marine habitats. Our study demonstrates the high variability and lack of consistency in outcomes from these studies. We conclude that, if the concept of ecosystem goods and services is to make a positive contribution towards managing the impacts of humans on the environment, then economic valuation approaches must refl ect the inherent limitations of economic theory whilst emphasizing the complexity and heterogeneity of the natural environment and human decision making.

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“…The most often suggested alternative livelihood strategy is tourism, in the form of SCUBA diving, snorkeling, boating, wildlife viewing, historical and cultural tourism, eco-voluntourism, and even recreational fishing [14,[59][60][61][62][63]. Tourism has significant potential as an MPA financing mechanism [15,[64][65][66] and may lead to economic benefits at a broader scale; however, the level of local community benefit from and involvement in tourism can be minimal. Some MPAs, such as the Great Barrier Reef MPA in Australia [67], Mendes Island MPA in the Mediterranean [68], and Tsitskamma National Park in South Africa [69], have resulted in significant increases in tourism visitation and revenue [51,70].…”

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From measuring outcomes to providing inputs: Governance, management, and local development for more effective marine protected areas

Bennett¹,

Dearden²

2018

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Marine protected areas (MPAs) have the potential to conserve marine resources as well as provide social and economic benefits to local communities. Yet the percentage of MPAs that might be considered “successful” or effective on ecological and/or socio-economic accounts is debatable. Measurement of biophysical and socio-economic outcome indicators has become de rigeur for examining MPA management effectiveness so that adaptive feedback loops can stimulate new management actions. Scholars and practitioners alike have suggested that more attention should be given to the inputs that are likely to lead to successful MPA outcomes. This paper briefly discusses the potential ecological and socio-economic outcomes of MPAs then reviews the literature on three categories of inputs – governance, management, and local development – that lead to effective MPAs. In conclusion, the paper presents a novel inputs framework that incorporates indicators for governance, management and development to be used in the design and analysis of MPAs.

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Divers’ willingness to pay to visit marine sanctuaries: an exploratory study

Cited by 138 publications

References 7 publications

Charging for Nature: Marine Park Fees and Management from a User Perspective

Charging for Nature: Marine Park Fees and Management from a User Perspective

Valuing and Evaluating Marine Ecosystem Services: Putting the Right Price on Marine Environments?

From measuring outcomes to providing inputs: Governance, management, and local development for more effective marine protected areas

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