Valuing setting-based recreation for selected visitors to national forests in the southern United States

Sardana, Kavita; Bergstrom, John C.; Bowker, J.M.

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.09.050

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“…A field survey was conducted in 2019 (April to June) to collect data. On-site sampling was used, ensuring that site users were included in the sample [83]. This study gathered data on the travel expenditure of individual visitors from their origins.…”

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Impacts of Environmental Knowledge, Motives, and Behavior on Ecotourism

Jayasekara,

Rajapaksa,

Gunawardena

2024

Sustainability

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Trip cost indirectly reflects the perceived value (PV) related to a tourist destination, which can be influenced by knowledge, motivation, and behavior. This research investigated the relationship between PV and pro-environmental behavior (PEB). Moreover, the influence of environmental knowledge and motives on PEB was ascertained. Hikkaduwa National Park, Sri Lanka, was considered as a case study, and 235 visitors were interviewed for data collection. Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) was developed based on the proposed hypotheses. The average individual cost of traveling of local tourists is USD 4.7, which reflects the PV. The results revealed that motivation directly and indirectly impacts PV, and PEB positively influences PV. Environmental knowledge does not positively influence either PEB or PV. Motivating individuals to participate in environment-related activities is important for encouraging PEB and positively impacting value perception. As PEB influences PV in ecotourism areas, eco-friendly individuals will visit these areas as they value them more. Anthropogenic impacts are minimized if the visitors are environmentally friendly. Accordingly, this study highlights the desirability of promoting ecotourism and PEB for the environmental sustainability of marine habitats. The management of ecotourism destinations can develop strategies to use PEB to ensure the long-term survival of these areas.

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Impacts of Environmental Knowledge, Motives, and Behavior on Ecotourism

Jayasekara,

Rajapaksa,

Gunawardena

2024

Sustainability

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“…Dropping these individuals or modeling these individuals using a recreation demand framework with homogeneous preferences would be incorrect from a theoretical perspective as explained below. In addition, classifying visitors into a homogeneous class of visitors who mostly engage in developed activities is incorrect from a policy perspective because resource managers who manage decisions control multiple recreational settings such as developed, wilderness, and general undeveloped forest areas 1 (e.g., see Sardana, Bergstrom, and Bowker, 2016). The National Visitor Use Monitoring Program (NVUM) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service classifies settings into four categories: Wilderness (WILD), Overnight-use Developed Settings (OUDS), Day-use Developed Settings (DUDS), and General Forest Areas (GFA).…”

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“…For example, Englin and Shonkwiler (1995) drop observations with annual trips greater than 12, allowing one trip per month. Egan and Herriges (2006), Bowker et al (2009), and Sardana, Bergstrom, and Bowker (2016) drop observations with annual trips greater than 52, allowing one trip per weekend. By dropping these observations, researchers truncate the distribution of visitors to the site, and the truncation is somewhat ad-hoc, that is, the truncation rule or threshold does not originate from theory.…”

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“…With chi-square value of 9.38 and 503.74, we find that socio-economic variables are jointly significant at the 5% significance level in modeling demand and membership probabilities, respectively. Additionally, it is common in the literature to include socio-economic variables in demand functions for National Forest recreation trips (Sardana et al 2016;Nakatani and Sato 2010;Bowker et al 2009) and membership probability specifications (Baerenklau 2010;Hynes and Greene 2013).…”

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Effects of Ad-hoc Data Truncation and Homogeneous Preferences on Recreational Demand and Values: An Application to the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests

Sardana

Bergstrom

Bowker

2021

J. Agric. Appl. Econ.

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We estimate a travel cost model for the George Washington & Jefferson National Forests using an On-Site Latent Class Poisson Model. We show that the constraints of ad-hoc truncation and homogenous preferences significantly impact consumer surplus estimates derived from the on-site travel cost model. By relaxing the constraints, we show that more than one class of visitors with unique preferences exists in the population. The resulting demand functions, price responsive behaviors, and consumer surplus estimates reflect differences across these classes of visitors. With heterogeneous preferences, a group of ‘local residents’ exists with a probability of 8% and, on average take 113 visits.

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“…Additionally, forest resources are the object of recreational use, as suggested above, and are also subject to conservation-but how to balance them is left a matter of controversy among researches (Eggers et al 2018;Heyman 2012). In order to consider this issue, many researchers have addressed the ecological impact from humans' recreational use of the forest, and have developed a suitability index to conserve and use forest resources, applying landscape characteristics (Morelle et al 2018;Nino et al 2017;Sardana et al 2016). The ROS (Huang and Confer 2009;Gundersen et al 2015) has also been utilized to determine the appropriate recreational site, as far as possible, to conserve forests.…”

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Outdoor recreation planning and management considering FROS and carrying capacities: a case study of forest wetland in Yeongam-gum, South Korea

Yun

Kang

2021

Environ Dev Sustain

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Since demand for outdoor recreation in forests has been increasing, a structural planning framework for sustainable use while minimizing ecosystem degradation is needed. Utilizing the recreational opportunity spectrum (ROS) and carrying capacities (CC) have been long-standing tools in management outdoor recreation and tourism. Therefore, this study proposes using FROS (forest recreation outdoor system), LAC (limits of acceptable change), and CC for outdoor recreation in forest wetland in Youngam-gum, South Korea. An analysis of the spatial characteristics of the site-geological features, elevation, slope, viewshed, water system, forest age class, etc.-were carried out. Based on this analysis, an outdoor recreation planning and management framework was developed, including expert elicitation and a eld survey of the site. This study found that (1) FROS classi ed the site as "rural developed" (zone 1), "rural natural" (zone 2), and "semi-primitive" (zone 3); (2) LAC considered spatial characteristics and tourism attractions network around the site by each zone; (3) and ecological CC (104.1-485.5 people per day), physical CC (130.9 ~ 445.1 people per day), and social CC (25 people for "PAOT," or "persons at one time") were proposed for sustainable management of the site. Compared to previous studies, this study has the novelty of suggesting an integrated outdoor recreation model for sustainable planning and management by introducing systematic zoning and coping with the changing environment. This result can be useful for policy-makers who are concerned with the outdoor recreation of forest wetland to conserve and utilize the site, and to prioritize suitable sites depending on the determining variables used in this study.

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Valuing setting-based recreation for selected visitors to national forests in the southern United States

Cited by 20 publications

References 20 publications

Impacts of Environmental Knowledge, Motives, and Behavior on Ecotourism

Impacts of Environmental Knowledge, Motives, and Behavior on Ecotourism

Effects of Ad-hoc Data Truncation and Homogeneous Preferences on Recreational Demand and Values: An Application to the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests

Outdoor recreation planning and management considering FROS and carrying capacities: a case study of forest wetland in Yeongam-gum, South Korea

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