Diving Atlas of Mexico: Economic value of scuba

Arcos-Aguilar, Ramiro; Martínez-Cruz, Adan; Aburto-Oropeza, Octavio (2020). Diving Atlas of México: Economic value of scuba. In dataMares: Ecosystem Dynamics. UC San Diego Library Digital Collections. https://doi.org/10.6075/J0NZ865R

This database has been collected from the GCMP during the dive atlas expeditions in 2018-2019. All data was collected via personal survey applied to the tourism operators around México where SCUBA diving activities occur, this database includes economic information based on answers of tourism operators about the annual performance of their tourism activities, such as a number of clients attended, percent scuba divers, cost per dive or snorkel trip. Using this data, we estimate the gross and net revenues for the SCUBA diving sector.

The data described here have been embargoed.

Contact information: Santiago Dominguez-Sanchez, santiago@gocmarineprogram; Catalina Lopez-Sagastegui, catalina@ucr.edu

• 2018 to 2019

• 2020

• Aburto-Oropeza, Octavio

• Aburto-Oropeza, Octavio
• Arcos-Aguilar, Ramiro
• Martínez-Cruz, Adan

• Arcos-Aguilar, Ramiro
• Martínez-Cruz, Adan

• Centro para la Biodiversidad Marina y la Conservación (Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation)

All data were collected via personal surveys applied from January to August in a field trip in Mexico. All tourism operators were found and collected previously via internet. The survey was made in collaboration with Dr. Adan Martinez-Cruz. And every survey was designed in "survey monkey" platform. The average duration of every survey takes around 25 min.

Software used: Microsoft Excel. Coordinate system: WGS 1984.

• Mexico

• Economics
• SCUBA
• Tourism

• data

• English

Doi: https://doi.org/10.6075/J0NZ865R

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2023-11-08