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The importance of water clarity to Great Barrier Reef tourists and their willingness to pay to improve it

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posted on 2023-05-20, 10:36 authored by Farr, M, Natalie StoecklNatalie Stoeckl, Esparon, M, Larson, S, Jarvis, D
Using the Great Barrier Reef as a case study area, the authors investigate visitors' willingness to pay (WTP) to improve water clarity (WC). They also explore the extent to which people's objective and subjective measures of WC influenced WTP. The results suggest that people's stated perceptions (importance and satisfaction) and the interaction between them have a significant influence on WTP. Those for whom WC was very important and who were very satisfied with WC were willing to pay more to preserve it. The importance variable interacts with subjective perceptions that drive behaviour. Thus one needs to consider not only satisfaction, but also the importance of the environment rather than using only subjective (or objective) measures when trying to explain behaviour. Further deterioration in WC could adversely affect the tourism industry and the average visitor would be willing to pay up to Aus$14.5 per visit to help improve it (although this amount is different for different visitors).

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Publication title

Tourism Economics

Volume

22

Pagination

331-352

ISSN

1354-8166

Department/School

College Office - College of Business and Economics

Publisher

Sage Publications Ltd.

Place of publication

United Kingdom

Rights statement

Copyright 2016 SAGE Publications

Repository Status

  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Economic issues in tourism; Management of Antarctic and Southern Ocean environments not elsewhere classified

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