Economic Development Analysis of Three Famous Tourist Destinations in Purbalingga

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10.2991/aebmr.k.211225.002How to use a DOI?

Keywords

willingness to pay; travel cost; tickets; tourist destination; waterpark

Abstract

This research focuses on economics tourism studies which analyse the economic development of three famous tourist destinations in Purbalingga Regency, i.e. Owabong Waterpark, Sanggaluri Reptile Park, and Purbasari Riverworld. The objectives of this research are (1) to measure willingness to pay of tourist destinations and (2) to analyse factors affecting willingness to pay of each tourist destination. This research uses travel cost method and multiple regression technique with incidental sampling technique for collecting primary data and supported by secondary ones from related institutions. The research findings are (1) willingness to pay of each destination is still at recommended price/ticket which ranges IDR25,000-35,000 for Owabong Waterpark, IDR15,000-20,000 for Sanggaluri Park, and IDR20,000-25,000 for Purbasari Riverworld; (2) the major determinant factors of willingness to pay of those three destinations are travel costs, visitor income, and visitor perceptions.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Agus Arifin
AU  - Rakhmat Priyono
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/01/13
TI  - Economic Development Analysis of Three Famous Tourist Destinations in Purbalingga
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Innovation Track Accounting and Management Sciences (ICOSIAMS 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 9
EP  - 14
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.211225.002
DO  - 10.2991/aebmr.k.211225.002
ID  - Arifin2022
ER  -