National park ticket pricing based on double-bounded dichotomous contingent valuation method for the Jiaozhou Bay National Marine Park

Jingmei LI; Zhongxian DING; Wanting XU; Zhihua XU; Jingzhu SHAN

doi:10.18402/resci.2020.02.03

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