Recreationists Willingness to Pay for Conservation of a Forest ecosystem: An Economic study of Basavana Betta State Forest, Karnataka state, India
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An economic study on willingness to pay by general recreationists’ who visited
Basavana Betta State Forest, Karnataka, India, for water recreation revealed that average
WTP for conservation of the forest ecosystem, based on the double bounded
dichotomous contingent valuation method, was Rs. 846 ($17.63) per visitor as onetime
payment. On the contrary WTP of recreationists of a well developed recreation spot
(resort) was higher at Rs. 2367 (US$ 49.31) per visitor. There was a negative relationship
between the bid amount and WTP and a positive relationship between income and WTP
in both the cases.