Valuing the Land of Tigers – What Indian Visitors are Willing to Pay

Indrila Guha () and Santadas Ghosh

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Abstract: The study uses an assessment of visitors’ travel costs to estimate the annual recreational value of the Sundarban. It calculates this to be at least INR 15 million (US$ 377,000) for domestic visitors alone.

Keywords: travel costs; tigers; Indian; environmental; population; development; tourists; conservation; protection; domestic visitors; recreational value; sundarban (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009-11
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