Estimating and Measuring of the Value of Pelagic Tourism System - Preliminary Mapping and A Literature and Secondary Reviews

Abstract

This article proposed selected tourism services of the pelagic system in the Lesser Sunda Ecoregion that will be mapped, measured, and valued in the content of mapping ocean wealth of the Lesser Sunda Ecoregion of Indonesian Pelagic System. This article also reviewed view of the applied methodology for valuing ecosystem services (type of cultural services - tourism activities) and overview the existing value of cultural services (tourism activities) based on a view of literature survey. At the end, this article also proposed the method to value tourism services of the pelagic system in the Lesser Sunda Ecoregion.

Keywords: pelagic tourism fisheries, mapping ocean wealth, economic value, literature review