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| Title: | Stated Preferences for Ecotourism Alternatives On the Standing Rock Sioux Indian Reservation |
| Authors: | Hearne, Robert R.
Tuscherer, Sheldon |
| Keywords: | choice experiments
ecotourism
Native Americans
Standing Rock Sioux |
| Issue Date: | 2007 |
| Series/Report no.: | Agribusiness & Applied Economics Report No. 601 |
| Abstract: | Despite favorable locations and the potential for economic development, Native
American tribes have not developed their ecotourism markets substantially. This paper presents
a choice experiment analysis of potential tourist and local resident preferences for alternative
ecotourism development scenarios for the Standing Rock Sioux Indian Reservation. The choice
experimentsÂ’ elicitation featured attributes of both cultural and nature-based tourist attractions.
Survey results demonstrated that visitors interviewed at powwows had significantly different
preferences from those interviewed at local tourist attractions. Results from all samples showed
positive preferences towards an amphitheater, a nature trail, and a bison meal, and no preference
toward an ATV trail. Non-powwow tourists had significant willingness to pay for a number of
potential attractions, including nature trails, a road through the bison pasture, and an interpretive
center with amphitheatre show. |
| URI: | http://purl.umn.edu/10005 |
| Institution/Association: | North Dakota State University>Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics>Agribusiness & Applied Economics Report |
| Total Pages: | 16 |
| Language: | English |
| Collections: | Agribusiness & Applied Economics Report
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