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WILLINGNESS TO PAY IN KUBAH NATIONAL PARK AND MATANG WILDLIFE CENTRE: A CONTINGENT VALUATION METHOD

International Journal of Business and Society

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Title WILLINGNESS TO PAY IN KUBAH NATIONAL PARK AND MATANG WILDLIFE CENTRE: A CONTINGENT VALUATION METHOD
 
Creator Abu Bakar, Nor Afiza
Radam, Alias
Samdin, Zaiton
Yacob, Mohd Rusli
 
Description National Park is an important component in the protected area system, and plays a key role in the tourism industry, precisely through ecotourism. Since its inception, the national park concept has been defined in different ways, but it is often connected with the idea of conservation and preservation of the nature and its ecosystems. Having the challenges in the determination of the value (price) of the non-market goods and services, non-market valuation techniques such as Contingent Valuation Method and Choice Experiment have been developed to cater the issues in valuing environmental goods. This study seeks to study on the association of ecotourism as a segment of tourism in Malaysia. However, the scope of this study is limited to the valuation of ecotourism of NPs in Malaysia, particularly in Kubah National Park, Sarawak. Data were obtained using questionnaires from face-to face interviews. A sample of 618 respondents, comprising of visitors and non-visitors (Kuching residents) were involved in the study.Keywords: Willingness to Pay; Kubah National Park; Ecotourism; Contingent Valuation Method; Entrance Fees.
 
Publisher Faculty of Economics and Business, UNIMAS
 
Date 2017-11-20
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://publisher.unimas.my/ojs/index.php/IJBS/article/view/517
 
Source International Journal of Business and Society; Vol 17 No 1 (2016): International Journal of Business and Society
1511-6670
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://publisher.unimas.my/ojs/index.php/IJBS/article/view/517/456
 
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