Tourists’ willingness to pay for upstream restoration and conservation measures

Pedroso, Rui; Kung’u, J.B.

doi:10.1080/09669582.2019.1593991

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“…Despite more PAs being established in the region, many wildlife species are wiped-out due to lack of conservation financing coupled with other critical challenges discussed above (Wei et al, 2018;Huntley et al, 2019). On the other hand, the presence of flagship species attracts considerable international donors for supporting the conservation measures and opening-up future ecotourism development simultaneously (Pedroso and Kungu, 2019). This can be considered as a big opportunity for generating funds from the multi-country WTP for the conservation and management of outstanding global biodiversity hotspots in the region such as BMNP.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…However, as the trend shows (see Figure 2), the number of visitors is subject to seasonality. Bearing this into consideration, the 10% non-response rate was added (Pedroso and Kungu, 2019).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The mean WTP was estimated using Eq. 5, which was previously used by Pedroso and Kungu (2019) for estimating visitors' WTP for the green tourism fund for the case of Masai Mara Reserve, where n is the number of respondents who were willing to pay, BP i is the chosen bid prices in the i th respondents, and WTPi is the estimated respondents' probability of WTP from the binary logistic model in Eqs. (3) and (4).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…However, global biodiversity and ecosystem services are now rapidly declining due to different challenges at local and global scales of either natural or anthropogenic factors (Rani et al, 2019;Wang et al, 2019;Savage et al, 2020). Since the 1970s, wildlife species and their ecological habitats have been degraded, especially in developing countries (Riggio et al, 2019;Pedroso and Kungu, 2019) and this critically affects the future opportunity to develop ecotourism sector in PAs.…”

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Estimating visitors' willingness to pay for a conservation fund: sustainable financing approach in protected areas in Ethiopia

Aseres

Sira

2020

Heliyon

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An increasing number of protected areas (PAs) are being established in many countries to conserve and preserve the wildlife species and to maintain earth's ecological balance, but in emerging economies such as Ethiopia, PAs are currently confronted with inadequate conservation funding that makes it tough to protect the remaining biodiversity. PAs, therefore try to use other financial means such as ecotourism to subsidize their financial shortage and nourishes the nexus between conservation and development. Estimation of visitors' willingness to pay (WTP) would be useful to craft strategies to strengthen the self-financing capability of PAs and hence realizing environmental and livelihood goals. In this study, the visitors' WTP for the proposed conservation fund in the context of Bale Mountains National Park (BMNP) was estimated using a contingent valuation method. The finding indicated that 75% of visitors were willing to pay a conservation fee. The mean WTP was estimated to be US$7.40 for foreign visitors and US$1.00 for domestic visitors. The finding suggests that the implementation of conservation fee in addition to the existing entry fee helps to improve the long-term sustainable financing of PAs.

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Estimating visitors' willingness to pay for a conservation fund: sustainable financing approach in protected areas in Ethiopia

Aseres

Sira

2020

Heliyon

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“…Other areas of tourism in which contingent valuation has been carried out through willingness-to-pay programs include, among others, ecotourism [56,57], geotourism [58], contributions by tourists for the environmental conservation of a protected natural area [59,60], and so on.…”

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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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The Contingent Valuation Method contributes solutions for wildlife conservation: A case study at the Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre in Borneo, Malaysia

Musa

Darman

2022

Integr Envir Assess & Manag

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The special series addressing UN Sustainable Development Goals highlights "Environmental Management Practices Inspired by SDGs" and aims to call attention to practices, ideas, and thought leaders contributing to sustainability in all facets of the global economy. The 2020s are a transformative decade for human interaction with the environment, largely inspired by the United Nations' 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Scientific research and environmental management practices lead the way to sustainability, and several SDGs aim to reduce our environmental footprint and preserve, protect, and restore ecological health.

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Tourists’ willingness to pay for upstream restoration and conservation measures

Cited by 23 publications

References 49 publications

Estimating visitors' willingness to pay for a conservation fund: sustainable financing approach in protected areas in Ethiopia

Estimating visitors' willingness to pay for a conservation fund: sustainable financing approach in protected areas in Ethiopia

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

The Contingent Valuation Method contributes solutions for wildlife conservation: A case study at the Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre in Borneo, Malaysia

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