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Year: 2006 | Volume: 6 | Issue: 1 | Page No.: 1-5
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2006.1.5
Estimation of Recreational Use Value of Forest Resources by Using Individual Travel Cost and Contingent Valuation Methods (Kayabasi Forest Recreation Site Sample)*
Mehmet Pak and Mustafa Fehmi Turker

Abstract: In this study, the recreational use value of forest has been estimates by using the Individual Travel Cost and Contingen Valuation Methods with the case study of Kayabasi Forest Recreation site located in Trabzon City of the East Black Sea Region of Turkey. As a result of the study, the value of Kayabasi Forest Recreation Site (Consumer Suplus) was estimated by using ITCM as 27.640 million Turkish Lira per person per visit. On the other hand, according to contingent valuation method, total willingness to pay per year was calculated as 12.362 billion Turkish Lira for the current situation, 21.581 billion Turkish Lira for the developed situation 1 and lastly 25.287 billion Turkish Lira for the developed situation 2 of Kayabasi Forest Recreation Site.

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Mehmet Pak and Mustafa Fehmi Turker, 2006. Estimation of Recreational Use Value of Forest Resources by Using Individual Travel Cost and Contingent Valuation Methods (Kayabasi Forest Recreation Site Sample)*. Journal of Applied Sciences, 6: 1-5.

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