Estimating the Recreational Value of Mountain Biking Sites in Scotland Using Count Data Models

Dominic Moran, Esmond Tresidder and Alistair McVittie
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Dominic Moran: Scottish Agricultural College, Kings Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JG, UK
Esmond Tresidder: Former undergraduate student, School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh, UK
Alistair McVittie: Scottish Agricultural College, Edinburgh, UK

Tourism Economics, 2006, vol. 12, issue 1, 123-135

Abstract: Mountain biking is a relatively recent forest recreational activity and this paper estimates the use value associated with purpose-built centres in southern Scotland. An on-site survey is used to generate visitor frequency that can be related to travel costs and participants' socio-economic characteristics. Count data regressions provide maximum likelihood estimates of model coefficients used to estimate expected per-trip economic surplus. The estimated consumer surplus for the Glentress biking range is £80 per visit. An aggregate value of £9.6 million is obtained, with an estimated 120,000 visits annually. While appreciable relative to the site investment outlay, data limitations lead the authors to caution against extrapolating this value over a range of substitute sites planned by the UK's Forestry Commission.

Keywords: travel cost; consumer surplus; count data; mountain biking; Scotland (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.5367/000000006776387097

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