Valuing visitors' economic benefits of public beach access points |
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| Authors: | Chi-Ok Oh Anthony W Dixon James W Mjelde Jason Draper |
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| Institution: | aDepartment of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management, Clemson University, 283 Lehotsky Hall, Clemson, SC 29634-0735, United States;bDepartment of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University, United States |
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| Abstract: | An increase in the population of coastal counties and popularity of coastal beaches as tourism destinations create difficulties for management agencies responsible for providing public beach access. The objective of this paper is to determine non-resident visitors to South Carolina beaches economic value for public beach access. Visitors are willing to pay an extra $6.60 per day for additional beach access points and parking or an aggregate of $93 million. Visitors' economic value of public beach access allows decision-makers the ability to better compare management policies in their efforts to provide sufficient public beach access through a target effective strategy. |
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