Estimating the Economic Value of an Ecotourism Area: The Case of Bishangari Lodge
| dc.contributor.advisor | Berhanu, Wasse (Dr.) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Begashaw, Mlaku | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-03-29T08:02:19Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-04T10:28:45Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-03-29T08:02:19Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-04T10:28:45Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2007-08 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Ecotourism is purposefiiltravel to natural areas to understand the culture and natural history o/the environment; taking care not to alter the integrity o/the ecosystem; producing economic opportunities that make the conservation o/natural resources beneficial to local people. It is currently the/astest growing sector o/the world's largest service industlY, tourism. The key problem driving the accelerating widespread destruction and degradation o/the natural environment o/the country is that the importance 0/ environmental conservation and sustainable development to socio-economic development is undervalued by our society. To appeal/or decision makers the importance 0/ conservation empirical evidence is necessary. By employing lndividual Travel cost Method o/Valuationto measure the recreational economic benefit using on-site survey data from Bishangari ecolodge in Eastern Shewa Zone, Oromya Region, this paper estimates a lruncated count data demand model 10 estimate the users' value 0/ access to this wilderness area. The recreational benefit o/the site was estimated to be Birr 3,943 ,500 implying that the site authorities wlleGled 25 % o/lhis some. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/25743 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | A.A.U | en_US |
| dc.subject | Economic Value Of An Ecotourism | en_US |
| dc.title | Estimating the Economic Value of an Ecotourism Area: The Case of Bishangari Lodge | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |