“Who wants to join?” Visitors' willingness to participate in beach litter clean-ups in Nigeria

Lucrezi, Serena; Digun-Aweto, Oghenetejiri

doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111167

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“…In addition to the socioeconomic characteristics, previous studies recreation have indicated that tourists' perception of marine litter, such as its quantity and the impact it has, plays an important role in environmental behavior, including WTP the entrance fee [3,14]. Marine litter perception shows the value that people place on marine litterfree beaches [2].…”

Section: Willingness To Pay and Determinantsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The unique features of the marine and coastal ecosystem and activities attract many tourists, both local and international. The cleanliness of the sea and beaches is a feature that fascinates tourists [2,3]. However, currently, some coasts around the world are threatened by marine litter [4][5][6][7][8][9][10].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In the context of coastal tourism, the increase in marine litter negatively affects the health of the coastal ecosystem, services, and recreation [3,5]. Some tourists are unsatisfied and decline to visit beaches that are strewn with marine litter [2,14].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Are Tourists Willing to Pay for a Marine Litter-Free Coastal Attraction to Achieve Tourism Sustainability? Case Study of Libong Island, Thailand

Panwanitdumrong

Chen

2022

Sustainability

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Coastal areas around the world are under increasing environmental pressures from marine litter. In particular, tourism in coastal tourist areas suffers with waste littering on the coast, as well as in the water. Therefore, substantial costs are required for the handling of marine litter in order to achieve sustainable development in the tourism sector. The introduction of an entrance fee as an economic tool is a feasible way to provide alternative financing, in addition to limited government funding. The objective of this study was to estimate tourists’ willingness to pay (WTP) for visiting a marine litter-free coastal attraction, and examine the factors affecting the WTP. A questionnaire was employed using a single-bound dichotomous choice method on Libong Island, Thailand, between September and December 2020. A logistic model was used to estimate the WTP of the 1655 respondents. The mean WTP obtained is THB 92.24 per person per visit (approximately USD 3). The expected benefit of charging an entrance fee is THB 27.52 million (USD 0.88 million) for 2019. The factors influencing WTP are bid amount, age, education, monthly income, marine litter perception, and environmentally responsible behaviors. Associated initiatives were recommended to achieve coastal destination sustainability, including regular clean-up operations at beaches, seagrass beds, and surrounding waters; the placement and maintenance of litter facilities; and the promotion of marine litter awareness and environmentally responsible behaviors.

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Section: Willingness To Pay and Determinantsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Are Tourists Willing to Pay for a Marine Litter-Free Coastal Attraction to Achieve Tourism Sustainability? Case Study of Libong Island, Thailand

Panwanitdumrong

Chen

2022

Sustainability

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“…Although there was some criticism expressed towards the government, there was no attempt to shift responsibility. Nigerians reportedly have limited understanding or trust in the government to invest in the reduction or recycling of litter and this may impact on people's sense of collective responsibility (Lucrezi & Digun-Aweto 2020). In addition, it is also possibly an obvious function of the current lack of solid waste management infrastructure which devolves responsibility to individuals for managing their own waste.…”

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‘Drinking and Dropping’: On Interacting with Plastic Pollution and Waste in South-Eastern Nigeria

Henderson

Dumbili

2020

Preprint

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Nigeria is reported as having released up to 0.34 million tonnes of plastic debris into the ocean in 2010 and ranked ninth country in the world for pollution of the marine environment. It is a postcolonial, oil-rich country where plastic is cheap and widely available. Currently, there is no government policy regulating single-use plastic products. Previous studies have identified university student residential areas as ‘hot spots’ for plastic waste. We used qualitative methods (focus groups and semi-structured interviews) to explore how students made sense of their single use plastics consumption (including ‘pure water’ plastic sachets) and analysed how young Nigerians interact with plastic waste. Students perceived plastic waste as malodorous, causing harm to human health and blighting environmental aesthetics. Students saw themselves as the cause of plastic pollution (as consumers) whereas plastic industries were framed positively as producers bringing progress and prosperity. Participants were open about their indiscriminate littering practices subverting other study findings where responsibility tends to be deflected (to policy makers, producers). While we are relying on self-reported behaviour, we found no obvious link between awareness of environmental harm caused by plastic pollution and students’ actions. Within this peer group of young Nigerians, it was not considered ‘normal’ or ‘cool’ socially to use waste bins or recycle. We suggest that further research is needed into how plastic pollution is made sense of in terms of individual responsibility; lay understandings of miasmas; perceptions of public/private spaces and plastics as a signifier of modernity and enhanced social status.

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“…Although there was some criticism expressed towards the government, there was no attempt to shift responsibility. Nigerians reportedly have limited understanding or trust in the government to invest in the reduction or recycling of litter and this may impact on people's sense of collective responsibility (Lucrezi & Digun-Aweto 2020). In addition, it is also possibly an obvious function of the current organisation of solid waste management in the locality where in the absence of waste management infrastructure it is individuals who have devolved responsibility for managing their own waste.…”

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confidence: 99%

‘Drinking and Dropping’: On Interacting with Plastic Pollution and Waste in South-Eastern Nigeria

Henderson

Dumbili

2021

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Nigeria is reported as having released up to 0.34 million tonnes of plastic debris into the ocean in 2010 and ranked ninth country in the world for pollution of the marine environment.It is a postcolonial, oil rich country where plastic is cheap and widely available. Currently there is no government policy regulating single use plastic products. Previous studies have identified university student residential areas as 'hot spots' for plastic waste. We used qualitative methods (focus groups and semi-structured interviews) to explore how students made sense of their single use plastics consumption (including 'pure water' plastic sachets) and analysed how young Nigerians interact with plastic waste. Students perceived plastic waste as malodorous, causing harm to human health and blighting environmental aesthetics.Students saw themselves as the cause of plastic pollution (as consumers) whereas plastic industries were framed positively as producers bringing progress and prosperity. Participants were open about their indiscriminate littering practices subverting other study findings where responsibility tends to be deflected (to policy makers, producers). While we are relying on self-reported behaviour, we found no obvious link between awareness of environmental harm caused by plastic pollution and students' actions. Within this peer group of young Nigerians, it was not considered 'normal' or 'cool' socially to use waste bins or recycle. We suggest that further research is needed into how plastic pollution is made sense of in terms of lay understandings of miasmas; perceptions of public/private spaces and plastics as a signifier of modernity and enhanced social status.

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“Who wants to join?” Visitors' willingness to participate in beach litter clean-ups in Nigeria

Cited by 25 publications

References 52 publications

Are Tourists Willing to Pay for a Marine Litter-Free Coastal Attraction to Achieve Tourism Sustainability? Case Study of Libong Island, Thailand

Are Tourists Willing to Pay for a Marine Litter-Free Coastal Attraction to Achieve Tourism Sustainability? Case Study of Libong Island, Thailand

‘Drinking and Dropping’: On Interacting with Plastic Pollution and Waste in South-Eastern Nigeria

‘Drinking and Dropping’: On Interacting with Plastic Pollution and Waste in South-Eastern Nigeria

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