Tsmp
Semporna Islands Darwin Project
Capacity building to enhance Marine Protected Area effectiveness
Tun Sakaran Marine Park Visitor and Willingness-to-Pay Survey
Elizabeth Wood and Jamie Valiant Ng 2011
Contact information Dr Elizabeth Wood: Marine Conservation Society; Semporna Islands Darwin Project Manager. ewood@f2s.com; elizabeth.wood@mcsuk.org Jamie Valiant Ng: SIDP/Sabah Parks: Community Outreach & Public Awareness Officer. jmieval@hotmail.com Helen Brunt: SIDP Sabah Coordinator: helen@sempornaislandsproject.com
Sabah Parks, PO Box 163, 91307 Semporna, Sabah, Malaysia PO Box 10626 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah www.sabahparks.org.my sabahparks@gmail.com Marine Conservation Society, Unit 3 Wolf Business Park, Alton Road, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire HR9 5BU UK www.mcsuk.org info@mcsuk.org
Semporna Islands Darwin Project www.sempornaislandsproject.com
Citation: Wood E.M. and Ng J V., 2011. Tun Sakaran Marine Park Visitor and Willingness-to-pay Survey 2011. Semporna Islands Darwin Project/MCS.
Tun Sakaran Marine Park
Visitor and Willingness-to-Pay Survey
Contents
Introduction and Aims Summary Methods 1. Survey Results 1.1. 1.2. 1.3. 1.4. 1.5. 1.6. 1.7. Respondent profile Places visited and activities undertaken Interest in alterative activities Diver experience and dive operators Rating of quality and health of reefs in TSMP Additional comments Willingness-to-pay
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5 7 8 10 11 13 15 17 20 21
2. Discussion and conclusions regarding entry and diving fee Annex 1. Letter to tour operators Annex 2. Survey questionnaire
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TSMP Visitor and Willingness-to-pay Survey
Introduction and aims
Tun Sakaran Marine Park was gazetted as a State Park in June 2004, to protect the area’s spectacular features and rich biodiversity. The Park is under the management of Sabah Parks and it is planned that entry fees will be introduced in the near future. Whilst it would have been possible to follow the fee structure that is in place at Tunku Abdul
Capacity building to enhance Marine Protected Area effectiveness
Tun Sakaran Marine Park Visitor and Willingness-to-Pay Survey
Elizabeth Wood and Jamie Valiant Ng 2011
Contact information Dr Elizabeth Wood: Marine Conservation Society; Semporna Islands Darwin Project Manager. ewood@f2s.com; elizabeth.wood@mcsuk.org Jamie Valiant Ng: SIDP/Sabah Parks: Community Outreach & Public Awareness Officer. jmieval@hotmail.com Helen Brunt: SIDP Sabah Coordinator: helen@sempornaislandsproject.com
Sabah Parks, PO Box 163, 91307 Semporna, Sabah, Malaysia PO Box 10626 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah www.sabahparks.org.my sabahparks@gmail.com Marine Conservation Society, Unit 3 Wolf Business Park, Alton Road, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire HR9 5BU UK www.mcsuk.org info@mcsuk.org
Semporna Islands Darwin Project www.sempornaislandsproject.com
Citation: Wood E.M. and Ng J V., 2011. Tun Sakaran Marine Park Visitor and Willingness-to-pay Survey 2011. Semporna Islands Darwin Project/MCS.
Tun Sakaran Marine Park
Visitor and Willingness-to-Pay Survey
Contents
Introduction and Aims Summary Methods 1. Survey Results 1.1. 1.2. 1.3. 1.4. 1.5. 1.6. 1.7. Respondent profile Places visited and activities undertaken Interest in alterative activities Diver experience and dive operators Rating of quality and health of reefs in TSMP Additional comments Willingness-to-pay
2 2 4
5 7 8 10 11 13 15 17 20 21
2. Discussion and conclusions regarding entry and diving fee Annex 1. Letter to tour operators Annex 2. Survey questionnaire
1
TSMP Visitor and Willingness-to-pay Survey
Introduction and aims
Tun Sakaran Marine Park was gazetted as a State Park in June 2004, to protect the area’s spectacular features and rich biodiversity. The Park is under the management of Sabah Parks and it is planned that entry fees will be introduced in the near future. Whilst it would have been possible to follow the fee structure that is in place at Tunku Abdul