Yong Chang Jang, Sunwook Hong, Jongmyoung Lee, Mi Jeong Lee, Won Joon
Shim, Estimation of lost tourism revenue in Geoje Island from the 2011
marine debris pollution event in South Korea, Marine Pollution Bulletin,
Volume 81, Issue 1, 15 April 2014, Pages 49-54, ISSN 0025-326X,
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.02.021.
(http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X14001179)
Abstract: Following a period of heavy rainfall in July 2011, a large
amount of marine debris was washed up on the beaches of Geoje Island,
South Korea, affecting the island?s tourism industry. The tourism
revenue decreased due to this pollution event and was estimated by
multiplying the decreased number of visitors by the average expenditure
of visitors to the beaches. Due to the fact that the visitor count at
the Island?s beaches decreased from 890,435 in 2010 to 330,207 in 2011
(i.e., a reduction of 560,228 persons, 63%), the tourism revenue loss of
the island was estimated to be US$29 ? 37 million. This study is one of
the few to consider the economic effects of marine debris.
Keywords: Marine debris; Economic effect; Tourism; Pollution; Korea