Authors

• Ali Emami Meibodi ¹
• Morteza Ghazi ²

¹ Assistant Professor , Faculty of Economics , Allameh Tabatabaie University

² Graduate Student of the Environmental Economics, Allameh Tabatabaie University

Abstract

This paper has assesses of the recreational value of the Saee Park by estimating a visitor’s willingness to pay (WTP) for recreational benefits obtained, the contingent valuation (CV) and dichotomous choice (DC) using methods. The light model estimation results indicate that 60% of visitors are willing to pay for recreational values at the SaeePark. The mean value for willingness to pay for the recreational value of the park is 1840 Rls. per visit. The mean of WTP for recreational value of this park is 220 million Rls household/month and the total recreational annual value was estimated at 2.7 billions Rls for the Park. Results also reveal that offer value and visitor’s income variables are the most important factors that affect visitor’s WTP for use of the SaeePark . The visitor’s belief of park quality and the cost of coming to park are the next important factors that affect visitor’s wtp. The other important factors are the weekly time engaged in art work, the weekly study time, and the type of residential house.
 

Keywords

• Environment
• Contingent Valuation
• Willingness to Pay
• Saee Park
• Logit Model