Table 8 Reviewed studies dealing with recreation including its methodology and monetary value

1

Ninan and Kontoleon (2016), India

Travel cost and benefit transfer approach

–

0.37 million US$ year⁻¹

2

Ninan and Inoue (2013a), Japan

Willingness to pay

11.72–27.04 million US$

3

Kibria et al. (2017), Cambodia

A number of tourists multiplied by the average price of tourist paid per year.

0.37 US$ ha⁻¹ year⁻¹

0.02 million US$ ha⁻¹ year⁻¹

4

Uddin et al. (2013), Bangladesh

Direct market valuation

42,000 US$ year⁻¹

–

5

Häyhä et al. (2015), Italy

Number of tourists: areas with landscape value

–

1,094,866 person y⁻¹

6

Häyhä et al. (2015), Italy

Number of hunters

–

498 person year⁻¹

7

Häyhä et al. (2015), Italy

Tourists’ willingness to pay

77£ ha⁻¹ year⁻¹

3,090,281£ year⁻¹

8

Häyhä et al. (2015), Italy

Cost of hunting(permit, license and insurance)

10£ ha⁻¹ year⁻¹

385,425£ year⁻¹

9

Mamat et al. (2018), in China

Adopt benefit transfer value of Costanza et al. (1997) and Xie et al. (2008)

6040.36 US$ ha⁻¹ year⁻¹

–

10

Gaodi et al. (2010), China

Benefit transfer method based on tourism income of Beijing

415.72 × 10⁶¥ (in 2004)

–

11

Bernard et al. (2009)

Market analysis

1,250,000 US$ year⁻¹

625,000 million US$ year⁻¹

12

Mutoko et al. (2015)

Willingness to pay

179 US$ ha⁻¹ year⁻¹

3,185,000US$

13

Birch et al. (2014)

Using an entrance survey

An average income of $1600 year⁻¹ per community forest user groups

$8000 year⁻¹