Abstract
This paper studies the recreational experience, satisfaction, intention and economic value of a new recreation site - Waiao Beach, Yilan. The study result suggests that the beach on the Waiao coastal line has created significant recreational value for visitors. For an average visitor, it is estimated 552.97 NTD per year by single-bounded dichotomous CVM and 571.57 NTD per year by double-bounded dichotomous CVM. High recreational satisfaction is stated by the visitors for natural landscape, water-based recreational activities, but not for the public facilities. Positive behavior intention of the visitors is observed. Moreover, most visitors are from locally Yilan and neighborhood Taipei. The revisiting intention of the visitors from Taipei is higher than that from Yilan. The number of male visitors is larger than that of female. Male visitors tend to come much often and to stay longer in each visit than the female.
| Translated title of the contribution | Economic Evaluation of Recreational Benefit in Yilan Coastal Area: A Case Study in Waiao Beach |
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| Original language | Chinese (Traditional) |
| Pages (from-to) | 19-37 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| Journal | 工程環境會刊 |
| Issue number | 27 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2011 |
Keywords
- recreational experience
- satisfaction
- behavior intention
- contingent valuation method
- economic value of recreation