Exploring economic valuation and impact of rural tourism

• Main Authors: Matthew, Nitanan Koshy, Shuib, Ahmad, Ramachandran, Sridar, Mohammad Afandi, Syamsul Herman, Nair, Vikneswaran
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Tourism Educators Association of Malaysia 2011
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/48413/1/Exploring%20economic%20valuation%20and%20impact%20of%20rural%20tourism.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/48413/; https://teamjournalht.wordpress.com/back-issues/volume-8-issue-1-december-2011/

Economic valuation studies can be used to determine conservation values of resources to consumers. Since rural tourism development depends greatly on the availability of natural resources, an economic valuation of natural resources can be used to gauge sustainability of rural tourism in the future....