Visitors’ Willingness to Pay (WTP) at Kionsom Recreation Centre, Inanam, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
Aim of this study is to determine the willingness to pay (WTP) of visitors to pay admission fees for conservation at Kionsom Recreation Centre (KRC) and opinion on ecosystem services of KRC. Contingent Valuation Method (CVM) of WTP is used to find out the respondent’s payment valuation on study area...
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| description | Aim of this study is to determine the willingness to pay (WTP) of visitors to pay admission fees for conservation at Kionsom Recreation Centre (KRC) and opinion on ecosystem services of KRC. Contingent Valuation Method (CVM) of WTP is used to find out the respondent’s payment valuation on study areas by using open-ended payment vehicle. 140 of questionnaire is distributed in the area using convenience sampling but only 100 questionnaires are selected as they are fully answered by the respondents. Result showed that factor of WTP influenced by gender, age and distance between respondent’s place to Kionsom Recreational Centre. A regression model was created and the results shows that gender, age and distance have relationship on the amount of WTP that stated by respondents. Mean maximum WTP by per visitor to KRC is RM 2.89. Besides, most of the respondents valued highly the services of tree and ecosystem services of the site. The visitors also agrees that conservation fee collected are suitable for development purposes and add more recreation activities to attract visitor to visit Kionsom Recreational Centre (KRC). Future study on differences payment vehicle and elicitation method of contingent valuation on the site is highly recommended. |
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| spelling | ums.eprints-340972022-09-15T00:30:07Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/34097/ Visitors’ Willingness to Pay (WTP) at Kionsom Recreation Centre, Inanam, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah Andy Russel Mojiol Ziyad Zamri Muhammad Azrul Hilmi Maskir Gitom GV1-1860 Recreation. Leisure QH1-(199.5) General Including nature conservation, geographical distribution Aim of this study is to determine the willingness to pay (WTP) of visitors to pay admission fees for conservation at Kionsom Recreation Centre (KRC) and opinion on ecosystem services of KRC. Contingent Valuation Method (CVM) of WTP is used to find out the respondent’s payment valuation on study areas by using open-ended payment vehicle. 140 of questionnaire is distributed in the area using convenience sampling but only 100 questionnaires are selected as they are fully answered by the respondents. Result showed that factor of WTP influenced by gender, age and distance between respondent’s place to Kionsom Recreational Centre. A regression model was created and the results shows that gender, age and distance have relationship on the amount of WTP that stated by respondents. Mean maximum WTP by per visitor to KRC is RM 2.89. Besides, most of the respondents valued highly the services of tree and ecosystem services of the site. The visitors also agrees that conservation fee collected are suitable for development purposes and add more recreation activities to attract visitor to visit Kionsom Recreational Centre (KRC). Future study on differences payment vehicle and elicitation method of contingent valuation on the site is highly recommended. e-VIBS, Faculty of Science and Natural Resources 2017 Article PeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/34097/1/Visitors%E2%80%99%20Willingness%20to%20Pay%20%28WTP%29%20at%20Kionsom%20Recreation%20Centre%2C%20Inanam%2C%20Kota%20Kinabalu%2C%20Sabah.pdf text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/34097/2/Visitors%E2%80%99%20Willingness%20to%20Pay%20%28WTP%29%20at%20Kionsom%20Recreation%20Centre%2C%20Inanam%2C%20Kota%20Kinabalu%2C%20Sabah1.pdf Andy Russel Mojiol and Ziyad Zamri and Muhammad Azrul Hilmi and Maskir Gitom (2017) Visitors’ Willingness to Pay (WTP) at Kionsom Recreation Centre, Inanam, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. Transactions on Science and Technology, 4 (2). pp. 174-182. ISSN 2289-8786 http://tost.unise.org/pdfs/vol4/no2/4x2x174x182.pdf |
| spellingShingle | GV1-1860 Recreation. Leisure QH1-(199.5) General Including nature conservation, geographical distribution Andy Russel Mojiol Ziyad Zamri Muhammad Azrul Hilmi Maskir Gitom Visitors’ Willingness to Pay (WTP) at Kionsom Recreation Centre, Inanam, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah |
| title | Visitors’ Willingness to Pay (WTP) at Kionsom Recreation Centre, Inanam, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah |
| title_full | Visitors’ Willingness to Pay (WTP) at Kionsom Recreation Centre, Inanam, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah |
| title_fullStr | Visitors’ Willingness to Pay (WTP) at Kionsom Recreation Centre, Inanam, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah |
| title_full_unstemmed | Visitors’ Willingness to Pay (WTP) at Kionsom Recreation Centre, Inanam, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah |
| title_short | Visitors’ Willingness to Pay (WTP) at Kionsom Recreation Centre, Inanam, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah |
| title_sort | visitors willingness to pay wtp at kionsom recreation centre inanam kota kinabalu sabah |
| topic | GV1-1860 Recreation. Leisure QH1-(199.5) General Including nature conservation, geographical distribution |
| url | https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/34097/1/Visitors%E2%80%99%20Willingness%20to%20Pay%20%28WTP%29%20at%20Kionsom%20Recreation%20Centre%2C%20Inanam%2C%20Kota%20Kinabalu%2C%20Sabah.pdf https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/34097/2/Visitors%E2%80%99%20Willingness%20to%20Pay%20%28WTP%29%20at%20Kionsom%20Recreation%20Centre%2C%20Inanam%2C%20Kota%20Kinabalu%2C%20Sabah1.pdf |
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