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Willingness to pay for the sustainability of recreational forest reserve in Malaysia: Case study Gunung Nuang, Hulu Langat, Selangor

Recreational areas centred around nature are gaining popularity among Malaysians.One such area, the Gunung Nuang Recreational Forest, charges a minimal fee of only RM1.In view of rising maintenance costs, it is necessary to determine the amount that the public is willing to pay for access to Gunung...

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Main Author: Abdul Rahman, Rohana
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2015
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HD28 Management. Industrial Management
Online Access:http://repo.uum.edu.my/23915/1/RC07.pdf
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spelling my.uum.repo.239152018-04-15T04:23:59Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/23915/ Willingness to pay for the sustainability of recreational forest reserve in Malaysia: Case study Gunung Nuang, Hulu Langat, Selangor Abdul Rahman, Rohana HD28 Management. Industrial Management Recreational areas centred around nature are gaining popularity among Malaysians.One such area, the Gunung Nuang Recreational Forest, charges a minimal fee of only RM1.In view of rising maintenance costs, it is necessary to determine the amount that the public is willing to pay for access to Gunung Nuang.As environmental factors can not be assigned monetary value, a Contingent Valuation method is utilized for this purpose.This paper aims to determine the willingness to pay of visitors to Gunung Nuang Recreational Forest.The results show that visitors are willing to pay up to RM2.50 per entry. This study is also intended to aid technical officers in future valuations of this nature. 2015-10-06 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://repo.uum.edu.my/23915/1/RC07.pdf Abdul Rahman, Rohana (2015) Willingness to pay for the sustainability of recreational forest reserve in Malaysia: Case study Gunung Nuang, Hulu Langat, Selangor. In: 2nd National Case Study Conference 2015, 6th- 8th October 2015, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia.
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Abdul Rahman, Rohana
Willingness to pay for the sustainability of recreational forest reserve in Malaysia: Case study Gunung Nuang, Hulu Langat, Selangor
description Recreational areas centred around nature are gaining popularity among Malaysians.One such area, the Gunung Nuang Recreational Forest, charges a minimal fee of only RM1.In view of rising maintenance costs, it is necessary to determine the amount that the public is willing to pay for access to Gunung Nuang.As environmental factors can not be assigned monetary value, a Contingent Valuation method is utilized for this purpose.This paper aims to determine the willingness to pay of visitors to Gunung Nuang Recreational Forest.The results show that visitors are willing to pay up to RM2.50 per entry. This study is also intended to aid technical officers in future valuations of this nature.
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author Abdul Rahman, Rohana
author_facet Abdul Rahman, Rohana
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title Willingness to pay for the sustainability of recreational forest reserve in Malaysia: Case study Gunung Nuang, Hulu Langat, Selangor
title_short Willingness to pay for the sustainability of recreational forest reserve in Malaysia: Case study Gunung Nuang, Hulu Langat, Selangor
title_full Willingness to pay for the sustainability of recreational forest reserve in Malaysia: Case study Gunung Nuang, Hulu Langat, Selangor
title_fullStr Willingness to pay for the sustainability of recreational forest reserve in Malaysia: Case study Gunung Nuang, Hulu Langat, Selangor
title_full_unstemmed Willingness to pay for the sustainability of recreational forest reserve in Malaysia: Case study Gunung Nuang, Hulu Langat, Selangor
title_sort willingness to pay for the sustainability of recreational forest reserve in malaysia: case study gunung nuang, hulu langat, selangor
publishDate 2015
url http://repo.uum.edu.my/23915/1/RC07.pdf
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