To examine the effect that landscape and in particular
seascape has on tourism demand the hedonic price method is
used. The hedonic hypothesis is that goods are valued for their
utility bringing characteristics, and that this is reflected in the
willingness to pay for these characteristics and hence in the
price. In tourism research, this method is not frequently used.
Fleischer and Tchetchik (2005), however, apply this method to
the price of rural tourist accommodation in Israel. They focus
on whether tourists value that their accommodation is located
on a working farm. In this study the focus is on whether tourists
value their accommodation being located in a district with
certain coastal characteristics, and if so by how much.