Valuing benefits of tourism activities in Nara Prefecture: an application of the Kuhn-Tucker model

• Tadahiro Okuyama ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Nagasaki

     University of Nagasaki

     Japón

     
• Localización: Tourism economics: the business and finance of tourism and recreation, ISSN 1354-8166, Vol. 18, Nº. 2, 2012, págs. 393-412
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Benefit measurements have been performed on tourism activities on the basis of demand theory or random utility theory. Recently, the Kuhn-Tucker model (KTM), which can measure more flexible patterns of preferences, has been used for benefit measurement. The purpose of this study is to measure the benefits of tourism activities in Nara Prefecture by the KTM and examine the features of the model by comparing it with the demand-based approach (DBA) and the random utility model (RUM). The benefit ranges measured by the DBA, RUM and KTM methods are 4,659-42,874, 236-10,106 and 289-37,670 yen, respectively. Finally, the World Heritage Sites have larger benefits than the other sites.