Comparison of ZTCM and TCIA methods for evaluating the use value of tourism resources: Taking Beijing Olympic Forest Park as an example

doi:10.13287/j.1001-9332.201708.034

Abstract

Abstract: The zonal travel cost model (ZTCM) and travel cost interval analysis (TCIA) are two commonly used tourism resources valuation methods. However, the two models may lead to different results because of different starting points. Comparing the evaluation results of the two methods is very important for the accurate evaluation of the tourism resource use value. In this study, Beijing Olympic Forest Park was used to study the use value of this scenic spot by using the questionnaire and ZTCM and TCIA. The results showed that the landscape use value was 16.236 and 3.732 billion yuan by using ZTCM and TCIA, respectively. The fitness of the additional cost and tourist number by TCIA was higher than that by ZTCM. TCIA could effectively improve the ZTCM assumption in the same departure place for the sample of travel expenses that varied greatly at the same place of departure. The results were more realistic and more suitable for the accurate evaluation of the use value of tourism resources evaluation.

DONG Tian, ZHENG Hua, XIAO Yi, OUYANG Zhi-yun. Comparison of ZTCM and TCIA methods for evaluating the use value of tourism resources: Taking Beijing Olympic Forest Park as an example[J]. Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology, 2017, 28(8): 2605-2610.

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