Assessing price sensitivity of forest recreational tourists in a mountain destination
Gianluca Grill
Despite the large use of the travel cost method as estimation technique for the demand for forest recreation, information on price elasticity is only seldom reported. In this way, it is hard to understand if a large consumer surplus could be reflected in income opportunities for the local populations, because it is unknown whether the number of annual trips will decrease as a consequence of price changes. This is particularly relevant in remote rural areas, where few other opportunities for additional earnings are available. This contribution attempts to fill this gap, estimating price elasticities for two different specifications of the cost for travel; a first specification includes cost for travel only, while the second comprise on-site expenditures (such as food and accommodation). Data were collected by means of a questionnaire survey administrated to a sample of local visitors and analysed with a Poisson model. Results suggest that visitors have different sensitivities to distance travelled and to expenses locally sustained, the first being more elastic.
Year of publication: |
2019
|
---|---|
Authors: | Grill, Gianluca |
Published in: |
Bio-based and applied economics. - Firenze : Firenze University Press, ISSN 2280-6172, ZDB-ID 2852439-1. - Vol. 8.2019, 1, p. 63-74
|
Subject: | Travel cost | forest recreation | price elasticity | Carpathians | rural development | Tourismusregion | Tourism destination | Preiselastizität | Price elasticity | Wald | Forest | Ländliche Entwicklung | Rural development | Forstpolitik | Forest policy | Tourismus | Tourism | Gebirge | Mountains | Naturschutzgebiet | Nature reserve | Forstwirtschaft | Forestry |
Saved in:
freely available
Type of publication: | Article |
---|---|
Type of publication (narrower categories): | Aufsatz in Zeitschrift ; Article in journal |
Language: | English |
Other identifiers: | 10.13128/bae-8146 [DOI] |
Classification: | C21 - Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models ; D61 - Allocative Efficiency; Cost-Benefit Analysis ; Q26 - Recreational Aspects of Natural Resources |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012263786
Saved in favorites
Similar items by subject
-
Multifunctional recreation and nouveau heritage values in plantation forests
Rolfe, John, (2015)
-
Mäntymaa, Erkki, (2018)
-
Qin, Guangyuan, (2021)
- More ...