Assessing visitors' preferences and willingness to pay for the Malayan Tiger conservation in a Malaysian National Park: A choice experiment method
Assessing visitors' preferences and willingness to pay for the Malayan Tiger conservation in a Malaysian National Park: A choice experiment method
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评估游客对马来西亚国家公园马来亚虎保护的偏好和支付意愿：选择实验方法
DOI：
10.1016/j.ecolecon.2021.107218
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发表时间：
2022
影响因子：
7
通讯作者：
W. N. W MOHAMAD
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作者：
Tareq Mzek;Zaiton Samdin;W. N. W MOHAMAD
马来西亚虎（Panthera tigris jacksoni）是一种独特的极度濒危物种，其野生数量持续下降至不到200只，需要立即注意实施保护计划。因此，本研究确定游客的喜好，并估计他们愿意支付马来亚虎保护属性在塔曼国家公园在彭亨，马来西亚。采用选择实验方法估计多项和混合logit模型。选定的属性有关的老虎，老虎猎物和护林员的数量，频率的认识方案，缓冲区，和保护费。估计是用游客社会人口特征的基本模型和相互作用模型进行的。结果显示，增加老虎的数量是最受欢迎的属性，不同模型之间的支付意愿从15.42马币到18.07马币（3.7美元到4.4美元）不等。研究结果还显示，教育和性别对游客的偏好有显著影响。文化程度高的游客愿意花钱增加老虎的猎物。此外，男性愿意花钱增加宣传方案的频率，而女性愿意花钱增加猎物和护林员的数量。这些研究结果将支持政策制定者应用有效的保护预算分配来制定保护管理计划。
The population of the unique and critically endangered species Malayan tiger (Panthera tigris jacksoni)continues to decline to less than 200 in the wild, demanding immediate attention to apply conservation plans. Thus, this study determined visitors' preferences and estimated their willingness to pay for Malayan tiger conservation attributes in Taman Negara Park in Pahang, Malaysia. Choice experiment method was used to estimate multinomial and mixed logit models. The selected attributes were related to number of tigers, tiger prey and rangers, frequency of awareness programmes, buffer zones, and conservation fee. The estimations were done with basic and interaction models of visitors' socio-demographic characteristics. Results revealed that increasing the number of tigers was the most preferred attribute with the willingness to pay varying from MYR15.42 to MYR18.07 (US$3.7 to US$4.4) between the models. The results also revealed that education and gender significantly impacted visitors' preferences. Visitors with high education level are willing to pay to increase tigers' prey. In addition, males are willing to pay to increase the awareness programme frequency, whereas females are willing to pay to increase the number of prey and rangers. These findings would support policymakers in applying an efficient conservation budget allocation to develop conservation management plans.