ECOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF IBAJAY MANGROVE ECO-TOURISM PARK
ECOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF IBAJAY MANGROVE ECO-TOURISM PARK
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IBAJAY 红树林生态旅游园的生态和经济重要性
DOI：
10.15623/ijret.2016.0505044
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发表时间：
2016
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Negros Occidental
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作者：
Ricky B. Acanto;Negros Occidental
本研究旨在确定Ibajay红树林生态旅游公园的生态和经济重要性，以及受访者愿意支付生态旅游公园门票和保护费的意愿和平均金额。本研究采用自编问卷及立意抽样技术。该研究的受访者由一百六十（160）游客的生态旅游公园，即：商人，教育工作者，工业合作伙伴，地方政府单位人员，研究人员，居民，学生和游客（当地，国家，国际）。调查采用频数和百分比分析收集的数据，并计算受访者愿意支付的平均金额。调查结果显示，95%的受访者知道依巴杰红树林生态旅游园的生态和经济重要性，只有5%的受访者不知道其重要性。维持自然生态平衡的重要性最高，占95.6%，其次是作为野生动物的觅食和生活场所，占67.5%。在经济重要性方面，74.4%的受访者认为生态旅游公园既能为社区带来经济利益，又可作为生态旅游的观光路线。80.66%的被调查者愿意支付入园费，95.6%的被调查者愿意支付生态旅游公园的保护费。受访者愿意支付平均38英镑。每次访问75英镑，并愿意每月平均支付116.88英镑来保护生态旅游公园。平均收费为38.75比索，高于目前生态旅游公园的门票收费20.00比索。在受访者中，商人愿意支付更高的入场费，平均为75.00便士，工业合作伙伴愿意每月支付高达142.00便士的保护费。
The study sought to determine the ecological and economic importance of Ibajay Mangrove Eco-Tourism Park, the willingness to pay and the average amount the respondents are willing to pay for the entrance fee and conservation fee of the eco-tourism park. The study utilized the researcher-made questionnaire and purposive sampling technique. The respondents of the study were composed of one hundred sixty (160) visitors of the eco-tourism park, namely: businessmen, educators, industrial partners, Local Government Unit personnel, researcher, residents, students, and tourists (Local, National, international). Frequency count and percentage were used to analyze the data gathered; and computation of the average amount for the willingness to pay of the respondents. The result revealed that 95% of the respondents are aware of the ecological and economic importance of Ibajay Mangrove Eco-Tourism Park and only 5% are not aware of its importance. Maintaining the ecological balance of nature topped among the ecological importance with 95.6% followed by it served as foraging and living places for wildlife with 67.5%. For the economic importance, 74.4% of the respondents agreed that the eco-tourism park both brings financial incentives to the community and served as sightseeing route for eco-tours. Eighty point sixty-six (80.66%) percent of the respondents are willing to pay for the entrance fee and 95.6% are willing to pay for the conservation of the eco-tourism park. The respondents are willing to pay for an average of P 38. 75 per visit and are willing to pay for an average of P 116.88 per month for the conservation of the eco-tourism park. The average amount which is P 38.75 is higher than P 20.00, the present entrance fee of the eco-tourism park. Among the respondents, businessmen are willing to pay higher for an average of P 75.00 for the entrance fee and industrial partners are willing to pay as much as P 142.00 per month for the conservation fee.