Assessing Tourists' Multi-Attribute Preferences for Public Beach Access

Because of the limited capacity of coastal lands and conflicting interests among stakeholders of the coastal resources, there are intensifying pressures to retain and provide more public access to the coast. Under limited development opportunities and budget constraints, identifying tourists' p...

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Published in:Coastal management 2009-03, Vol.37 (2), p.119-135
Main Authors: Oh, Chi-Ok, Draper, Jason, Dixon, Anthony W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Access
Beaches
Capacity
coastal resource management
Coastal resources
coastal tourism
Coastal zone management
Coasts
Interest groups
Management
Marine
Marine resources
Policies
Preferences
Public access
public beach access
Public lands
Stakeholders
stated preference choice method
Tourism
Tourists
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Summary:Because of the limited capacity of coastal lands and conflicting interests among stakeholders of the coastal resources, there are intensifying pressures to retain and provide more public access to the coast. Under limited development opportunities and budget constraints, identifying tourists' preferences for management options is highly important for management agencies to better serve coastal tourists. The purpose of this article is to better understand tourists' preferences for management options and policies related to public beach access. A stated preference choice method is used to identify the extent of coastal tourists' concern about current beach management programs and support for prospective management actions related to public beach access. Results provide management agencies with a comprehensive understanding of tourists' preferences for management attributes, as well as willingness to make tradeoffs among the attributes. The article concludes with a discussion of beach management implications and future research that will benefit beach management.
ISSN:0892-0753
1521-0421
DOI:10.1080/08920750802701128