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dc.contributor.authorSalpage, Nesha Dushani
dc.contributor.authorAanesen, Margrethe
dc.contributor.authorAmarasinghe, Oscar
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-09T09:01:05Z
dc.date.available2020-03-09T09:01:05Z
dc.date.issued2019-12-02
dc.description.abstractThis study investigates intended visitation behavior of tourists toward Rekawa wetland under anticipated climate change (CC) scenarios. An interview-based contingent visitation survey was conducted with 365 foreign and domestic tourists to estimate the effects of CC on future visitation. Based on two IPCC scenarios using two direct and three indirect climatic factors, we composed a CC environmental index. The results show a decline in number of trips equal to 43 per cent and 53 per cent under scenarios 1 and 2 respectively, but the difference is not significant. Foreign and domestic tourists differ significantly with regard to socio-demographic characteristics and beliefs about CC effects at Rekawa. Controlling for such differences, we demonstrate that foreign tourists are less likely than domestic tourists to reduce future visitation to Rekawa due to CC impacts. Still, the future of ecotourism at Rekawa wetland is at risk if adaptation measures are not taken to meet CC impacts.en_US
dc.identifier.citationDushani, Aanesen M, Amarasinghe. Is the Sri Lankan ecotourism industry threatened by climate change? A case study of Rekawa coastal wetland using contingent visitation approach. Environment and Development Economics. 2019en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1765948
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1017/S1355770X19000391
dc.identifier.issn1355-770X
dc.identifier.issn1469-4395
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/17666
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherCambridge University Pressen_US
dc.relation.ispartofSalpage, N.D. (2022). Economic valuation of climate change impacts on ecotourism in Rekawa coastal wetland in Sri Lanka: Application of stated preference techniques. (Doctoral thesis). <a href=https://hdl.handle.net/10037/25127>https://hdl.handle.net/10037/25127</a>
dc.relation.journalEnvironment and Development Economics
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dc.rights.holder© Cambridge University Press 2019en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400en_US
dc.titleIs the Sri Lankan ecotourism industry threatened by climate change? A case study of Rekawa coastal wetland using contingent visitation approachen_US
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dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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