Biodiversity needs our attention because humans receive a wide range of direct and indirect benefits. Valuation of biodiversity is important to establish the importance of use and non‐use values of biological resources and cost of ignoring them. Against this backdrop, the aim of this study is to capture the recreational value of the national park biodiversity while employing travel cost method. To this end, the value of the economic benefits generated by sustainable management of Dachigam National Park in Jammu and Kashmir (India) is estimated using data from 301 visitors from different parts of the country. Data are analysed using count data models, and results reveal that travel cost method is suitable for valuation of various use values generated by environmental resources such as national parks. Estimated results show that consumer surplus per visitor per visit in present study is equal to Rs. 12,470 (US$197), which translates into an annual monetary recreational value of about Rs. 247,614,828 (approximately US$3,930,395). Demand for tourism services is also found to be fairly insensitive to travel cost/price. Therefore, an increase in entry fee and redistribution of proceeds can improve the physical and financial management of the park.

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南亚生物多样性的经济价值评估：以查Jam和克什米尔的达奇加姆国家公园为例（印度）

生物多样性需要我们的关注，因为人类会获得广泛的直接和间接利益。对生物多样性的估价对于确立生物资源的利用价值和非利用价值的重要性以及忽略它们的成本非常重要。在此背景下，本研究的目的是在采用旅行成本方法的同时，获取国家公园生物多样性的娱乐价值。为此，利用来自该国不同地区的301名游客的数据，估算了由查Jam和克什米尔（印度）的达奇伽姆国家公园的可持续管理所产生的经济利益价值。使用计数数据模型对数据进行分析，结果表明旅行成本方法适合于评估由国家公园等环境资源产生的各种使用价值。估计结果表明，本研究中每位访问者每次访问的消费者剩余等于Rs。12,470（US $ 197），折算成每年的货币娱乐价值约为Rs。247,614,828（约3,930,395美元）。还发现对旅游服务的需求对旅行成本/价格相当不敏感。因此，增加入场费和收益再分配可以改善公园的物质和财务管理。